Warner Bros. Discovery Looking for Executive Producer – Newshub Nation at Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand Full Time

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Who We Are…

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From brilliant creatives, to technology trailblazers, across the globe, WBD offers career defining opportunities, thoughtfully curated benefits, and the tools to explore and grow into your best selves. Here you are supported, here you are celebrated, here you can thrive.

The Role

Newshub is looking for an energetic and dedicated Executive Producer to lead the production of Newshub Nation output working towards clear strategic goals to grow audience on linear and digital platforms.

Key Responsibilities

• Oversee the prodution and evolution of Newshub Nation content in 2024.
• Articulate growth strategy to Newshub Nation production team and ensure it is being executed across the week.
• Maintain relationship with Irirangi Te Motu/NZ On Air and ensure regular reporting requirements are met.
• Ensure production spend is in line with forecast budget and keep in close contact with NZ On Air about any potential risks.
• Intimately understand the audience profile for Newshub Nation and identify key audiences for growth.
• Lead regular debriefs of output and critically assess decision making and team functionality.
• Line management of the Newshub Nation producion team and presenter.
• Work collaboratively with legal counsel and senior newsroom leaders to ensure all stories are editorially and legally sound, and standards compliant.
• Engage with wider newsroom to maximise the potential of Newshub Nation content across Newshub’s programmes and platforms.
• Play a role in weekly planning meetings to discuss roll out and treatment of different news stories
• Write and cut Openers, Playoffs and other programme elements to ensure they are enticing and interesting.
• Build rundowns for programmes
• Think creatively about the delivery of Newshub Nation output, continually striving for innovation and fresh ideas using all available production elements
• Output bulletins in the control room
• Sub reporter scripts
• Provide feedback to producers, presenters & reporters to help them develop their craft
• Maintain an excellent relationship with key personnel both within the newsroom, particularly our Gallery staff and in the broader Discovery ANZ team
• The Employee shall ensure they are familiar with the Employer’s health and safety policies and procedures, and any modifications to those policies and procedures that may be introduced from time to time.
• Carry out your work safely and without endangering or causing harm to yourself, fellow staff members, contractors, customers, visitors, or the general public.
• Other duties as required.
• The Company may, after fair and reasonable consultation, change your duties, from time to time, for commercial reasons but not so as to substantially change the nature of the position.

Qualities Required

• Tertiary level qualification or equivalent industry experience of 5+ years
• A passion for politics and strong contacts in parliament
• A proven record of success in producing television news programmes
• Experience successfully managing a team
• Ability to develop and execute an audience strategy
• Strong organisational skills
• Excellent editorial nous
• A generator of original ideas who strives to lead the news agenda
• In depth knowledge of New Zealand news and current affairs
• Excellent knowledge of laws governing defamation, libel and other applicable legal issues
• Excellent knowledge of Broadcasting Standards Authority rules and guidelines
• Willing to take direction and also to encourage and advise less experienced journalists
• A generous team member who appreciates individual and business successes
• Ability to work to tight deadlines and perform effectively under pressure
• Close attention to detail
• Understanding of and engagement with digital platforms including social networks
• Maintains excellent collaborative and professional relationships both internally and externally
• Strongly committed to creating an environment where all employees are included, are treated with dignity and respect and are in a position to contribute to our future success.
• Understanding of and engagement with digital platforms including social networks
• Competitiveness to drive constant improvement

How We Get Things Done…

This last bit is probably the most important! Here at WBD, our guiding principles are the core values by which we operate and are central to how we get things done. You can find them at www.wbd.com/guiding-principles/ along with some insights from the team on what they mean and how they show up in their day to day. We hope they resonate with you and look forward to discussing them during your interview.

The Legal Bits…

Warner Bros. Discovery embraces the opportunity to build a workforce that reflects the diversity of our society and the world around us. Being an equal opportunity employer means that we take seriously our responsibility to consider qualified candidates on the basis of merit, regardless of sex, gender identity, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marital status, pregnancy, parenthood, disability or any other category protected by law.

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