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Assistant News Director-August 2024
Des Moines
Aug 17, 2025
About Assistant News Director

  Assistant News Director

  KCCI-TV, the CBS affiliate in Des Moines, Iowa, is searching for a passionate, creative, and experienced news leader to fill an Assistant News Director role. You will have excellent news judgment, management skills and a bold approach to breaking news coverage--on the air and online. You will help lead our news team in the execution of market defining breaking news, weather coverage, and community service on all platforms daily. As Assistant New Director, you will lead the news team in facilitating impactful community-based stories. With a unique format and the resources of Hearst Television, this is a rare opportunity to join one of the best. You will report to the News Director.

  Responsibilities

  Work with the News Director to oversee the daily operation and editorial content of the newsroom Plan big event coverage Help with sweeps planning Build the brand, both on air and online Schedule newsroom employeesRequirements

  2 years of newsroom supervisory and/or management experience Producing background preferred Individual must have experience with news and managing a large staff and multiple hours of daily newscasts Adaptability in ever-evolving news environment Related military experience will be consideredDiversity Statement

  At Hearst Television we tell stories every day. Stories about people of all cultures, backgrounds, perspectives, and identities. That's why, behind the scenes, we believe in being an organization as diverse and varied as the audience we reach, ensuring that the content we create is more compassionate, and more representative of the communities we serve.

  Benefits

  Hearst's benefit programs are modern, flexible and designed to focus on you. As a Hearst employee, you and your spouse or partner or dependents would have access to the following benefits.

  Medical | Dental | Vision 401(k) matching Emotional Wellness Support Paid Time Off Paid Parental Leave LGBTQ+ Health Services Additional benefits to meet your and your family's needs

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