The Alabama News Network made up of CBS8, ABC Montgomery, CW Montgomery, MeTV and The Heartland Network produces 30 hours of local news a week and we are looking for an experienced, creative and technically proficient Director/TD. This position requires excellent communication and organizational skills. Must work well under pressure and be capable of executing an error-free newscast production. Essential component is to be an excellent team player and a team leader. Position requires calling and switching multi-camera, graphic intensive newscasts.

Duties: Directing weekday / weekend newscasts and directing personnel in pre-production and execution of show content. Must be able to work mornings, nights, weekends, holidays and overtime as needed. Additionally, position will be responsible for training for certain aspects for all directors for the different shows. This person will be in charge of guiding the production of programs for the station. Direct in-house and remote interview segments both live and live to tape as needed. Act as a liaison between control room staff and engineering dept. on any technical issues relating to the newscast production.

Qualifications: Experience in operation of various broadcast equipment including but not limited to: video switchers, cameras, video servers, and character generators. A general understanding of studio lighting techniques, set creation and studio technical operations.
Proven experience with Ross Vision with Overdrive switcher including knowledge of effects-building, DME’s, macros, file maintenance and frame memory. Experience working with server based playback systems and multi-channel graphic generators.

Education: College degree or 1-3 years experience directing live and recorded multi-camera shows or related Master Control experience. Please send your resume and cover letter to jobs@waka.com or mail to HR Manager, 4001 Carmichael Road, Suite 100, Montgomery, AL 36106. No phone calls, please. EOE

(08-30-14)