Executive Producer, CBC News Network (English Services)

Position Title:

Executive Producer, CBC News Network (English Services)

Status of Employment:

Permanent

Position Language Requirement:

English

Language Skills:

English (First Official Language), English (Reading), English (Speaking), English (Writing)

Work at CBC/Radio-Canada

At CBC/Radio-Canada, we create content that informs, entertains and connects Canadians on multiple platforms. Our successes and accomplishments are driven by embodying and upholding values, which include creativity, integrity, inclusiveness and relevance.

Do you think you have the ability and drive to keep up with this exciting, ever-changing industry? Whether it be in front of the camera, on air, online or behind the scenes, you would be joining a team that thrives on making connections and telling stories that are important to Canadians.

Unposting Date:

2024-12-05 11:59 PM

CBC News is looking for an exceptional editorial leader with an audience growth and staff development mindset to lead weekday daily news coverage as an Executive Producer at CBC News Network, Canada’s top all-news, award-winning channel and livestream.

You support a team of more than 40 people to drive breaking, live and specials programming to broadcast and streaming channels with tight and frequent deadlines, during the busiest live and breaking times of the news day. You’re experienced in conceiving, planning, shaping and vetting visual journalism. You bring a deep understanding of visual storytelling, including on-screen presentation; live production; and on-demand streams. Your curiosity and creativity encourages experimentation including with different live and breaking formats to engage with audiences’ shifting viewing habits. You rely on data and research to inform your decisions.

In this role, you are the first stop for the team around legal issues and questions involving the CBC’s Journalistic Standards and Practices (https://cbc.radio-canada.ca/en/vision/governance/journalistic-standards-and-practices) , ensuring your team is providing fair, balanced, accurate, thoughtful and immediate coverage.

You know how to build a respectful newsroom culture where people are motivated to support each other in delivering relevant content that resonates with Canadians, meets the CBC News strategy to grow new audiences, and fulfills the CBC News Network mission of breaking and live.

You are immersed in the diverse experiences that make up contemporary Canada. You care about the people you work with and have a deep appreciation for different perspectives, opinions and experiences.

You’re a partner with colleagues across the CBC News division, sharing both content and expertise across platforms and programs in support of CBC’s goals and to help to leverage the CBC News brand.

While editorial excellence is an important focus of this job, it also requires exceptional leadership skills. Working with the Managing Editor of CBC News Network, you guide and support your producers as they help grow and develop staff, regardless of tenure. You provide regular feedback to team members, including producers, hosts, writers, editorial assistants and technical staff. You schedule your teams and handle their timecards and paperwork. You care for the physical and mental wellbeing of your team and co-ordinate support with the Managing Editor as required.

Core Responsibilities:

• Drive editorial to determine story priorities, develop innovative content strategies and guide teams through live, breaking and ongoing news stories.

• Respond and co-ordinate coverage of major events/breaking news, often in partnership with CBC colleagues or freelancers at the local, national and international level and in a live environment.

• Oversees assignment of writing, researching, gathering, editing, vetting and distribution of content against CBC News editorial strategy.

• Provides strong direction through the day to the show team on expectations around story coverage including length, deadlines, updates, treatments and value-added material, ensuring close collaboration between news units.

• Monitors content across CBC News platforms to ensure breadth of coverage, variety of innovative treatments and quality of work throughout the day.

• Plans, selects and requests the financial and production/resource requirements needed for daily news coverage. During program preparation, production and post-production, is responsible and accountable for exercising budget authority.

• Ensure teams are meeting audience needs and that they have the tools to support this work.

• Ensure compliance with the CBC’s Journalistic Standards and Practices, including editorial sign-off on sensitive or complex stories.

• Co-ordinate, problem-solve and drive strategy with team.

• Interpret data and competitive analysis to develop editorial strategies to build trust in the CBC News brand and to retain and grow audience on CBC NN.

• Answer Ombudsman complaints and manage external and internal editorial issues in collaboration with the Managing Editor.

• In partnership with the Managing Editor, responsible for staffing and hiring decisions; staff development; training; performance management; feedback; schedules and outreach for the program team.

What you bring to the role:

• As proven in your attached resume and cover letter:

• Experience in leading in a deadline-driven news environment.

• Ability to direct coverage in a breaking news and live environment.

• Experience in live programming and content, including production planning and resource co-ordination.

• Ability to identify and execute relevant, audience-focused stories which reflect issues being discussed by the general public.

• A track record of creativity and experimentation with different video formats and story treatments.

• Exceptional critical thinking, including problem solving, crisis management and editorial judgment.

• Thoughtfulness around serving audiences, which is the core purpose of public broadcasting.

• Demonstrated professional experience with various news platforms including streaming, digital, social, television.

• Superior coaching and mentoring skills with both developing and veteran journalists.

• Superior knowledge of Canadian (national and regional) politics, world events, geography and history.

• Ability to forge positive team relationships where you value collaboration, transparency, respect and inclusiveness.

• Ability to manage multiple competing and changing priorities.

• Ability to lead transformative change in a team environment.

• Strong communication, organizational and interpersonal skills.

• Ability to give and receive constructive, effective feedback.

• Demonstrated skills managing conflict and having difficult conversations.

• Strong understanding of industry trends and their impact on CBC News.

• Minimum five years of previous related leadership experience in a multiplatform newsroom or an environment with transferable skills.

• A university degree or college diploma in journalism, video production or related fields is preferred.

Operational requirements:

• This is a full-time permanent position and you must be able to work on-site in the CBC Toronto Broadcast Centre.

• You will be expected to work overtime, including early mornings, evenings and weekends if news is breaking.

• You will be required to assign and create project plans within a defined budget.

• Familiarity with technology including iNews, Avid Media Central, Ross Overdrive, and Google tools for content creation, distribution, and planning.

Candidates may be subject to skills and knowledge testing.

We thank all applicants for their interest, but only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.

CBC/Radio-Canada is committed to being a leader in reflecting our country’s diversity. That’s because we can only create and tell the stories that connect Canadians, by having a workforce that mirrors the ever-changing makeup of our country. That’s why we, as an employer, value equal opportunity and nurture an inclusive workplace where our individual differences are not only recognized and valued, but also extend to and pervade all the services we provide as Canada’s public broadcaster. For more information, visit the Diversity and Inclusion section (http://cbc.radio-canada.ca/en/working-with-us/jobs/diversity-inclusion-cbc-rc) of our website. If you have accommodation needs at this stage of the recruitment process, please inform us as soon as possible by sending an e-mail to [email protected] .

You are invited to consult and familiarize yourself with our Code of Conduct, which can be found on our corporate website (http://cbc.radio-canada.ca/en/vision/governance/corporate-policies/values-ethics/conduct) . All employees must adhere to the Code as a condition of employment. We also invite you to take a look at our policy on conflicts of interest (http://cbc.radio-canada.ca/en/vision/governance/corporate-policies/human-resources/conflicts) . In the event that you become an employee, it will be important to inform us, as quickly as possible, of any situation that, because of your hiring, constitutes or could appear to constitute a conflict of interest.

Primary Location:

Broadcast Centre 205 Wellington St. W., Toronto, Ontario, M5V 3G7

Work Schedule:

Full time

At CBC/Radio-Canada (http://cbc.radio-canada.ca/en) , we create content that informs, entertains and connects Canadians on multiple platforms. Our successes and accomplishments are driven by embodying and upholding values, which include creativity, integrity, inclusiveness and relevance.