KLAS-TV, 8 News Now the CBS affiliate in Las Vegas, Nevada is seeking a forward-thinking, organized, and dynamic Assignments Manager to lead our daily newsgathering efforts across all platforms. Do you thrive on breaking news and enterprise storytelling? Can you juggle multiple crews, deadlines, and platforms with precision and clarity? Are you passionate about both the on-air product and the digital experience? Do you know how to inspire and orchestrate a team of reporters, producers, anchors, and photographers? If so, you may be the perfect fit for this critical Newsroom leadership role. This is a M-F full-time, full benefits position.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities:
As Assignments Manager, you will be the central hub of our editorial operation - coordinating coverage plans, managing logistics, and ensuring our content is timely, relevant, and impactful. You will work closely with the News Director, Assistant News Director and Digital Content Manager to shape daily coverage, respond to breaking news, and elevate our storytelling across broadcast, digital, and social platforms.
The Ideal Candidate:
Applicants should have a minimum of three years newsroom experience, preferably in a leadership or coordination role.
Physical Demands & Work Environment:
The Assignment Manager must be able to sit, conduct telephone conversations, use electronic mail, write letters and memos, conduct face-to-face discussions with individuals or groups, make decisions without supervision, and work indoors in environmentally controlled conditions. In addition, the Assignment Manager must be able to handle, control and feel objects, tools or controls. Repetitive movements may be required. Work may be conducted in extremely bright or inadequate lighting conditions.
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