Associate Producer

The News Department at Univision Arizona is looking for a News Producer to join our team!

The Associate Producer generates, plans, and develops ideas for newscasts. The position is also responsible for conceiving, writing, and preparing broadcast material including local and national stories, news breaks, teasers, headlines, and digital content.

• Minimum 6 months of experience as a News Producer.
• Lead and conduct news meetings, generating story ideas, dispatching news crews and reporters.
• Oversee the on-air look of news broadcasts to ensure compliance with UTG and station policies.
• Proofread rundown and copy for accuracy before airing.
• Manage content and creative flow of assigned broadcasts, including writing teasers/headlines and ordering graphics. Oversee production of stories.
• Work with the Executive Producer and News Director as a liaison between producer, photographers, and reporters in the field.
• Select and assign stories to reporters and photographers.
• Prepare newscast rundowns (story selection and order) on the iNews system for morning newscasts.
• Supervise writing and pre-production of each newscast element, including anchor-read stories, reporter full tracks, video editing, and graphics.
• Line-produce (back-timing) newscasts while on the air.
• Create and execute original stories for show development and sweep projects.
• Show leadership, teamwork, self-starting attitude, and solid news judgment and ethics.
• Demonstrate knowledge of newsroom operations and electronic news-gathering (ENG) and general office equipment.
• Work a flexible schedule, including nights, weekends, and holidays.
• Other duties as deemed necessary.

• Full command of Spanish language, written and spoken.
• Digital content creation experience.
• Social media savvy.
• Comfortable working in a lead capacity.
• Physical ability to stand, walk, bend, type, edit, reach and sit for up to eight hours.

Televisa Univision is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to characteristics protected by law.