News15, the FOX and NBC affiliate in Lafayette, LA has an immediate opening for a Videographer.  The person will be responsible for shooting and editing video for news stories, shooting live shots, and assisting reporters and producers in gathering news content.  The successful candidate should be familiar with video field production equipment and live backpack technology.  Candidates should be creative with a good eye for how to use video to help tell a story. 

To be considered for this exciting opportunity, please visit the below link to apply for the position.

https://www.kadn.com/about-us/jobs

Equal Opportunity Employer.

If you're looking for a bunch of clichés in this listing hit the back button now. News 15 is looking for hungry, passionate Multimedia Journalists who crave coming to work every day.

The ideal candidates have a thirst for breaking news, public safety, education, cultivating sources and asking questions that will hold people accountable. You will be a creative writer and storyteller ready to break the surface with your stories. You will value engaging and active stand-ups. You will appreciate constructive criticism and put ideas into action.

In return, News 15 will take the time and spend the money to invest in you. You will have a voice in the newsroom and opportunities for advancement. We will give you all the tools you need to succeed.

Lafayette, LA and Acadiana are hidden gems. Culture, bayou boat tours, awesome wildlife and the best food in the country. If you like to travel, New Orleans is a two-hour drive, Houston is three hours away.

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor degree in Journalism, Mass Communication or equivalent experience.
• 2 years of experience preferred.
• Able to work independently and as a team member
• Ability to shoot and edit video
• Willing to work in any weather condition, holidays and weekends.

Interested candidates should upload their resume and email reel to jobs@bayoucitybroadcasting.com with the subject "LAFAYETTE MMJ OPENING."

No phone calls accepted.  News 15 KADN/KLAF is an Equal Opportunity Employer. News 15 is owned by Allen Media Group.  Our company expects top performance and results, but provides the support and culture to win.  AMG believes that local television is rewarding and fun in a market that is full of culture! Must pass pre-employment drug screening. This is a full-time job.  Benefits include medical, dental and vision.

How would you like to deliver the news in the capital of Louisiana’s Cajun and Creole Country? KADN News15, the FOX and NBC affiliate in Lafayette, LA is looking for a Weekend Anchor/MMJ to join our team in telling the stories of the region, anchoring newscasts, and focusing on all that makes Lafayette one of the most interesting and fun places anywhere.

The Principle Duties and Responsibilities of our Weekend Anchor/Reporter include but are not limited to the following:

• Anchoring weekend, weekday evenings, noon or morning newscasts across the 38 hours of live news we produce weekly
• Producing or assistant producing the newscasts you anchor
• Report the news by gathering information, setting up interviews, writing stories, and shooting and editing video.
• Write stories for on-air, online, and for social media.
• Make calls on news stories
• Relay information to viewers/readers in a clear, understandable, fair, and accurate manner.
• Receive and answer phone calls from viewers in a professional manner.
• Represent the station at community events such as parades, station sponsored events, speeches at schools or to various organizations, etc.
• Be available for various promotional shoots

To be considered for this exciting opportunity, please visit the below link to apply for the position.

https://www.kadn.com/about-us/jobs

Equal Opportunity Employer.

KADN/KLAF, the FOX and NBC affiliate in Lafayette, LA, is looking for an experienced Account Executive.

Are you passionate about sports? Are you crazy about the New Orleans Saints and NFL Football? How about the Olympics, College Football, NASCAR, Golf, and much more!

As an Account Executive, you will be responsible for establishing relationships with local businesses and ad agencies, helping them develop multi-platform marketing campaigns. This position will be responsible for promoting products across all of our television stations, KADN.com, and numerous digital marketing solutions. The ideal candidate is service oriented, coachable, self-motivated, thrives in a goal-oriented team environment, and has strong interpersonal skills. If this opportunity excites you, look no further! We will provide the tools for powerful multi-platform marketing solutions that will create partnerships to retain and grow clients – you provide sales ability, positive attitude, client focus, and the desire to WIN!

To be considered for this exciting opportunity, please visit the below link to apply for the position.

https://www.kadn.com/about-us/jobs

Equal Opportunity Employer.

The Executive Producer leads and supervises aspects of news, weather, and sports editorial decisions, and ensures accuracy.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Works closely with the News Director and news team to produce high-quality, relevant, local content that sets the station apart from competitors.
• Leads with a culture that owns enterprise reporting and breaking news across all content platforms.
• Oversees and critiques newscasts daily to correct errors, improve coverage, and provide mentoring feedback to news staff.
• Assigns projects to staff and verifies that deadlines are being met.
• Works with other senior station leaders to establish and reach station goals.
• Experience guiding, directing and motivating news staff, including setting performance standards and monitoring performance.
• Experience establishing long-range objectives and specifying the strategies and actions to achieve them.
• Other duties may be assigned.

Qualification Requirements:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

A valid driver’s license is a requirement

Education and Experience:

• High school graduate with a college degree preferred. Experience in broadcast journalism and news producing is required. Minimum 3 years of news producing experience.  Good working knowledge of video and audio equipment necessary.  Journalistic integrity is a must.

Equal Opportunity Employer

NEWS15, the local FOX and NBC affiliate in Lafayette, LA is looking for a News Director to lead our news department.  We are looking for someone with outstanding leadership skills who thrives on teaching, coaching and developing a strong and positive newsroom environment.   In addition, the News Director leads and supervises all aspects of news, weather, and sports programming production.

The News Director will oversee a department that generates 40.5 hours of on-air content on the Lafayette market’s NBC and FOX stations. Lafayette is a great place to live and work with a culture all its own, and we are looking for a someone to oversee a department that produces professional and engaging content that reflects that culture in a way that appeals to our own families and communities.

Specific Job Duties:

• Plans and manages staffing, training, and performance evaluations for the News Department.
• Institutes training systems for new employees.
• Makes decisions regarding hiring, evaluation, promotion and termination of employees.
• Fosters a positive, motivational and professional atmosphere throughout the department.
• Develops news coverage strategy for the station and its website.
• Critiques newscasts daily to correct errors, improve coverage and provide mentoring feedback to news staff.
• Establishes general duties and schedules for all news department employees.
• Exercises editorial and production control of newscast content.

• Prepare the department’s budget and manages expenses to meet established financial goals.

• Works with other senior station leaders to establish and reach station goals.
• Performs any and all other tasks perceived, assigned, and/or required that contribute to the achievement of departmental and station goals.

Skills & Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Broadcast Journalism, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and work-related experience preferred.
• Previous experience teaching and leading staff as a news director, assistant news director, executive producer, managing editor, assignment manager, or senior producer is preferred.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Thorough understanding of producing news content on multiple platforms.
• Minimum five years’ experience in news programming production, with at least two years’ experience in a leadership role.
• Ability to identify the developmental needs of others and to coach, mentor or otherwise help others to improve their knowledge or skills.
• Ability to meet deadlines, prioritize assignments and handle multiple tasks simultaneously.

To be considered for this exciting opportunity, please visit the below link to apply for the position.

https://www.kadn.com/about-us/jobs

Equal Opportunity Employer.