Assistant Managing Editor

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Job Title Assistant Managing Editor

Auto req ID 13438BR

Station KCBS-TV

KCAL-TV
Department / Business Unit Web 0409/CA057
Location California - Studio City

Job Description Assistant Managing Editor

CBS2/KCAL9is looking for an Assistant Managing Editor. Position oversees digital content, production for CBSLA.com under the Director of Digital Content.
Required Skills/Experience This position will require strong editorial skills and daily interaction with site producers to ensure stories are written in a timely manner and adhere to all quality controls set forth by Digital Director. This candidate will also be in charge of seeking out story ideas, assigning work and determining what goes on the site, in addition to content production. Candidate will have strong communication skills, problem-solving abilities and react well under under-pressure situations, conflicts and deadlines.
NO PHONE CALLS or EMAILS PLEASE

Preferred Skills/Experience

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Supervise local editorial team by assigning work, editing stories and regulating workflow amongst website producers.
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Track engagement metrics to determine what stories are working and which ones are not, and making publication decision based on them.
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Collaborate with the national editorial counterparts on overall editorial site strategies by taking part in conference calls, communicating and carrying our corporate initiatives and putting together content plans around them.
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Produce daily content for CBSLA.com, including writing and editing text taken from scripts and wires, cutting and posting streamed video, optimizing imagery, creating slideshows and adapting other TV material for the Web.
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Writing original feature stories relating to travel, food, entertainment, etc. And performing basic editorial duties from time to time, relating to section, including maintaining editorial calendar, communicating with freelance writers and editing submitted work.
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Create weekly reports based on criteria set by Director of Digital Content.
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Conduct occasional meetings, one-on-one or group, with digital team to discuss updates, issues, new initiatives, policy, etc.

NO PHONE CALLS or EMAILS PLEASE
Minimum Education Level Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent Experience

Referral Instructions

All qualified candidates must apply to the CBS Television Stations online Applicant Tracking System:www.cbsandyou.com(internal applicants) andwww.cbscareers.com(external applicants)

This is the only method in which applications will be accepted for open positions.

NO PHONE CALLS or EMAILS PLEASE. Only qualified candidates considered for this position will be contacted for an interview. We regret that we cannot accept phone calls or respond to individual inquiries.

CBS is an Equal Opportunity Employer. It is the continuing policy of CBS to afford equal employment opportunity to qualified individuals regardless of their race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, or physical or mental disability, veteran’s status, marital status, or height or weight and to conform to applicable federal and state laws and regulations.