Executive Producer

Job Description :
Position:
Executive Producer

Location:

Dallas TX Type:
In Office

News
24 is the new brand name for Sky News Australia. After 30 years as an innovator in the news industry, the network has adopted a new brand name and is expanding its world‑leading news and commentary digital strategy. As one of the top 10 most viewed English‑language news channels in the world on You Tube, this new role is a unique opportunity to join an established news brand with global reach which also has the agility, dynamism and ambition of a startup brand.

As Executive Producer at News
24, you are the senior editorial and production lead responsible for the direction, quality, and daily delivery of content across News
24s digital platforms for content created in the United States of America. You provide decisive leadership across editorial and production teams, bringing strong news judgment, strategic thinking, and the ability to manage complex productions  are accountable for the overall performance of the programs under your remit across News
24s digital platforms, including growth in subscriptions and views, delivery within budget, and the development of a high‑performing, motivated team.

Reports to:

Digital Editor,

• Set and drive the daily and long‑term editorial direction for the programs under your remit, ensuring content is original, authoritative, and aligned with News
  24's editorial and audience objectives.
• Lead the development and evolution of program formats, ensuring they are engaging, competitive, and editorially strong.
• Partner closely with the host on program content and direction, contributing ideas and shaping the editorial agenda, while retaining final editorial authority on all content decisions.
• Make the final call on story selection, angle, framing, and prioritization across the programs you oversee, ensuring all editorial decisions reflect News
  24s strategy.
• Provide final editorial approval on scripts, segments, and all content ensuring output meets News
  24s editorial standards.
• Manage the working relationship with the host constructively and professionally, providing clear editorial direction and addressing any editorial disagreements decisively.
• Escalate editorial risks, legally sensitive content, or standards concerns to senior leadership immediately and without delay.

• Vet every guest and contributor before appearance or publication, confirming credibility, background, and any potential editorial or reputational risks.
• Conduct thorough social media checks on all guests and contributors prior to their first appearance, and re-check recurring guests routinely to ensure no new adverse, offensive, or reputationally risky content has emerged.
• Ensure all guests and contributors are clearly briefed on the purpose of their contribution, editorial context, and the standards of conduct expected across News
  24s digital platforms.
• Intervene immediately if a guest or contributor behaves in a way that breaches editorial or professional standards.

• Take final responsibility for editorial sign‑off across all digital and streaming content, nothing goes live without EP or delegated editorial approval.
• Ensure accuracy across all digital content in line with applicable content codes and regulations and the Editorial Code of Conduct.
• Safeguard all content against defamation, discrimination and misleading information.
• Ensure all legal changes are made and reflected in the content schedule and communicated clearly to the host and production team before publication.
• Apply sound editorial judgment under pressure, prioritizing accuracy, credibility, and integrity over speed.
• Ensure all scripts, captions, on‑screen text, tags, and digital copy are accurate, correctly spelled, fact‑checked, and uphold professional journalistic standards.
• Ensure all images, photographs, graphics, maps, and video assets used across digital platforms are accurate, legally cleared, appropriately labelled, and editorially relevant.
• Guard against plagiarism and ensure all editorial content, including scripts, graphics, captions, digital copy, and social…