The WPR News Program Director is chiefly responsible for the audience experience on WPR News, a network with nearly 150,000 weekly listeners. They will manage teams, coordinate special coverage, and implement our promo strategy and partners with the Chief Content Officer to set the broadcast schedule. The WPR News Program Director must keep their feet in both traditional radio and the digital space where an increasing percentage of our audience experiences content. They will also take a lead role in developing new programming. This role will require daily collaboration across multiple departments including news, marketing and development.

• 20% Implements strategic planning initiatives and establishes objectives to ensure appropriate use of financial, administrative, and staffing resources in alignment with the strategic plan. Advises and assists with developing the overall strategic and operational direction of service
• 10% Evaluates, determines, and acquires content for a variety of media platforms. Maximizes impact by collaborating cross-departmentally among staff
• 5% Develops and administers the annual programming budget including approval and tracking of expenditures
• 10% Determines and maintains appropriate quality and editorial standards for broadcast content including adherence to all Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regulations and broadcast standards
• 15% Creates, stewards, and maintains cooperative relationships with internal and external stakeholders, public agencies, and national industry organizations
• 20% Maintains policies and practices to protect the credibility of the unit and the editorial integrity of broadcast talent and reporters
• 20% Exercises supervisory authority, including hiring, transferring, suspending, promoting, managing conduct and performance, discharging, assigning, rewarding, disciplining, and/or approving hours worked of at least 2.0 full-time equivalent (FTE) employees

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Preferred
Bachelor's Degree
With an emphasis in Journalism, Communications or related fields.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Full-time experience in broadcast media.
- Experience managing a team, supporting team members with varying levels of experience.
- Experience with online platforms or digital strategies to grow an audience.
- Proven ability to work in both independent and collaborative settings.
- Strong organizational skills, ability to work within tight deadlines and experience managing competing responsibilities.
- Demonstrated knowledge of journalism ethics.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Experience reporting or hosting in a live broadcast environment.
- Experience scheduling staff and managing employee performance.
- Knowledge and understanding of Wisconsin news, culture, issues and personalities.
- Experience with document sharing and virtual meeting software (e.g. Microsoft, Slack, Google, etc.)
- Familiarity with common audience metrics.
- Experience with broadcast regulations, including FCC requirements.
- Knowledge and understanding of marketing and promotions strategies.
- Experience with budgeting and finance reporting.

Full Time: 100%

This position may require some work to be performed in-person, onsite, at a designated campus work location. Some work may be performed remotely, at an offsite, non-campus work location.

Ongoing/Renewable

Minimum $91,000 ANNUAL (12 months)
Depending on Qualifications
$91,000 - $96,000 annually. Actual pay will depend on experience and qualifications.

PBS Wisconsin and Wisconsin Public Radio are part of Wisconsin Public Media. The person in this position will be required to comply with the Wisconsin Public Media Code of Ethics: https://wpm.wisc.edu/policies/, in addition to the UW-Madison code of ethics.

Please note that successful applicants are responsible for ensuring their eligibility to work in the United States (i.e. a citizen or national of the United States, a lawful permanent resident, a foreign national authorized to work in the United States without need of employer sponsorship) on or before the effective date of appointment.

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The following must be received for your application to be complete:
1) Resume
2) A cover letter describing how your experience relates to the listed required and preferred job qualifications;
3) A list of at least three professional references with titles, emails, and phone numbers (include at least one supervisory reference). Note that references will not be contacted without your prior knowledge.

Questions? Contact: Mariah Stuckey, 821 University Avenue, Madison, WI, 53706; 608-890-2272; hr@wpm.wisc.edu.

Mariah Stuckey
mariah.stuckey@wisc.edu
608-890-2272
Relay Access (WTRS): 7-1-1. See RELAY_SERVICE for further information.

Director of Programming(PB009)

A46-PUBLIC MEDIA/WPR

Academic Staff-Renewable

305051-AS

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