Senior Producer, Assignment & Digital (English Services) (On-Site)

About the role

CBC New Brunswick is looking for a Senior Producer of Assignment and Digital. This role leads journalistic excellence in afternoon and evening assignment, making CBC NB the all-platform resource for late breaking news, while prepping the delivery of fresh and finessed treatments of the news agenda for the coming day. This role also drives excellence in digital journalism by being a champion of best practices, attention to detail, and understanding audience needs by monitoring and leveraging digital performance data and analytics. The position requires demonstrated leadership excellence and strong journalistic judgement. This position will concentrate on responsiveness and growth - live, breaking coverage and audience growth. This is a full-time permanent position, based onsite in Fredericton or Saint John. Key tasks: The Senior Producer of Assignment and Digital is responsible for a variety of tasks, including, but not limited to: Leading assignment, identifying and elevating breaking news and stories that develop; anticipating morning audience needs and ensuring those needs are met. Driving digital content that meets audience needs by being an implementer of best practices, and champion of creativity and attention to detail. Monitoring digital performance data and analytics, consistently providing reports and leveraging data to grow the audience. Supervising journalists focused on digital content. Providing editorial oversight to ensure our content is original, relevant and impactful, elevates a range of voices and perspectives, identifies legal risk and adheres to our Journalistic Standards and Practices. Implementing CBC News strategy and objectives About you You are an experienced team leader and know how to plan, direct, and co-ordinate the work of others, as well as manage the performance of team members You know how to balance a senior leadership role that includes an accountability to achieve strategic objectives with the continuous requirement to focus on the details that ensure that content is of the highest quality You have a good track record of quick editorial judgment and making immediate decisions in complex and stressful environments You are a critical thinker and can sift through complex layers of a story, and provide guidance or seek consultation when needed You have sound experience and judgment in news, Journalistic Standards and Practices and media law You have experience in and understanding of all content delivery platforms, and seek collaboration and seamlessness between teams, putting the audience first through a story centric approach You have demonstrated experience working to produce content on digital platforms and understand the best practices associated with digital content You are a promoter of live coverage and thrive during breaking news You are an exceptional leader, bring a team-first attitude and the ability to motivate and coach teams, encourage creativity and embrace experimentation You enjoy leading in a collaborative manner that fosters an open environment and encourages input from all team members You have demonstrated skills in talent recognition, development and retention You are enthusiastic and passionate about CBC's mission and have a thorough understanding of CBC objectives and how to implement them You enjoy breaking down audience data and using that data to guide decision making and have a desire to increase audience engagement You are committed to developing content strategies to feature new voices and perspectives and to connect with new, younger and more diverse audiences You are engaged, interested and immersed in the diversity of experiences that make up contemporary Canada. You will encourage members of the team to bring their life experiences, perspectives and expertise to the program, with the goal of enriching the team and the content of CBC New Brunswick You care deeply about the province of New Brunswick and the audiences we serve Candidates may be subject to skills and knowledge testing. We thank all applicants for their interest, but onl