MISSISSIPPI AUTHORITY FOR EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION
IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

TITLE OF POSITION: Senior Producer/Director (PIN 0091)

DEPARTMENT: News & Public Affairs

ANNUAL SALARY: Competitive

JOB DUTIES INCLUDE:

Mississippi Public Broadcasting is seeking an experienced multimedia journalist to join our award winning news team. This person will produce NPR-style news stories and features on issues of local and regional interest. Candidates should be comfortable and competent with social media and reporting on multiple platforms. The ideal candidate should be a self-starter with strong news judgment who’s enterprising and capable of generating story ideas. This position is also responsible for producing long form, sound rich features for insertion into daily newscast. The reporter may be asked to anchor newscasts and host programs. Applicant must have expertise in news-gathering, writing, editing and radio production for short-form and long form-reports. Ideally would be familiar with public radio news programming.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

A Master’s Degree from an accredited four-year college or university in Radio/Television/Film or a directly related field (AND) two (2) years of experience in work directly related to the above-described duties; (OR) A Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited four-year college or university in Radio/Television/Film or a directly related field (AND) three (3) years of experience in work directly related to the above-described duties; (OR) Graduation from a standard four-year high school or equivalent (GED), (AND) seven (7) years of experience in work directly related to the above-described duties; (OR) Above graduation from a standard four-year high school or equivalent (GED), directly related education and related experience may be substituted on an equal basis. This position is classified as State Service, Exempt. See Web Site for compete description (www.mpbonline.org). SUBMIT Applicants may apply online through the Mississippi State Personnel Board until February 13, 2015.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT:
MISSISSIPPI AUTHORITY FOR EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION
3825 RIDGEWOOD ROAD, JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI 39211

February 06, 2015 Gearlletha Stevens, Personnel Officer I 601-432-6202

(02-13-15)