Job description
Overview:
Audacy offers full time employees with a comprehensive benefits package to include: health care coordinator, medical, dental, vision, telemedicine, flexible spending accounts, health savings account, disability, life insurance, critical illness, hospital indemnity, accident insurance, paid time off (sick, vacation, personal, parental, volunteer), 401(k) retirement plan, discounted employee stock purchase, student loan payment assistance program, legal assistance, life assistance program, identity theft protection, discounted home and auto insurance, and pet insurance. About Us:
Audacy’s KCBS All News Radio, The Bay Area’s number one news station, is looking for an intrepid and tech-savvy journalist with a positive attitude and impressive work ethic to join an elite news team.
Responsibilities:
What You'll Do:
- Report, from the field or Newsroom, over the course of multiple hours, on various KCBS channels
(radio, Audacy app, station website and social media channels) - Conceptualize, pitch, produce and record news segments
- Gather, write, record, edit and deliver news content inclusive of providing live coverage when
breaking news occurs - Interview newsmakers
- Write scripts and ad-lib material for stories
- Use social media – including but not limited to Facebook, Twitter and Instagram – during the
course of your shift to connect with the community, promote upcoming stories and interviews,
and to highlight station content - Contribute content – including but not limited to audio, video and written format – to the Audacy app and the station website, KCBSradio.com
- Develop and research potential news stories
- Protect the station’s FCC license
- Other duties as required by management
Required & Preferred:
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills are required
- Must be able to take a detail-oriented approach and meet tight deadlines
- Extensive knowledge of the San Francisco market is a plus
- Anchoring experience is a plus, but not required
- Must be a proficient news gatherer, using a variety of sources, and be comfortable with audio and video editing equipment and programs.
- Able to thrive in a fast-pace Newsroom or field environment
- High collaboration efficiency with editors and producers, must be able to pitch stories and interview ideas
- Must have a broadcast journalist background
- Proficient with various content creation tools across multiple social media channels
- Must be willing to work shifts that may include early morning, evening, dayside, weekend, and holidays
- A valid driver’s license, satisfactory completion of a motor vehicle record check, and, if the position requires use of applicant’s own vehicle, proof of insurance, is required
Pay Transparency:
The anticipated starting salary range for California based individuals expressing interest in this position is $43.94/hr to $43.94/hr. Salary to be determined by the education, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities and location of the applicant, as well as internal and external equity.
Audacy offers full time employees with a comprehensive benefits package to include: health care coordinator, medical, dental, vision, telemedicine, flexible spending accounts, health savings account, disability, life insurance, critical illness, hospital indemnity, accident insurance, paid time off (sick, vacation, personal, parental, volunteer), 401(k) retirement plan, discounted employee stock purchase, student loan payment assistance program, legal assistance, life assistance program, identity theft protection, discounted home and auto insurance, and pet insurance.
Audacy, Inc. (NYSE: AUD) is a leading multi-platform audio content and entertainment company with the country’s best collection of local music, news and sports brands, a premium podcast creator, major event producer, and digital innovator. Audacy engages 200 million consumers each month, bringing people together around content that matters to them. Learn more at
www.audacyinc.com
, Facebook (Audacy Corp) and
Twitter
(@AudacyCorp).
EEO:
Audacy is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. Audacy affords equal employment opportunity to qualified individuals regardless of their race, color, religion or religious creed, sex/ gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ancestry, age (over 40), physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, military or veteran status, or other classification protected by applicable federal, state, or local law, and to comply with all applicable laws and regulations. Consistent with our commitment to equal employment opportunity, we provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities who need assistance in applying electronically for a position with Audacy, unless doing so would impose an undue hardship. To request a reasonable accommodation for this purpose, please call 1-610-660-5614. Please note that this phone number is to be used solely to request an accommodation with respect to the online application process. Calls for any other reason will not be returned. Reasonable accommodation requests are considered on a case-by-case basis.
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