[Hiring] Producer, Creative Production @KSHB / KMCI / The EW Scripps Company

Role Description

Are you a creative storyteller with a passion for brand-building and a talent for bringing marketing campaigns to life from concept to completion? Scripps is looking for a Producer, Creative Production to join our team and help elevate the brands that millions of viewers trust every day. In this role, you'll develop and execute high-impact marketing campaigns that strengthen local station and news brands and drive audience engagement — crafting premium, scalable work that can be customized across multiple markets. If you thrive at the intersection of strategy, storytelling, and production craft, this is your opportunity to make a real impact at a national scale.

• Conceptualize, write, produce, and edit marketing campaigns supporting station and news brands, audience growth, and strategic initiatives.
• Turn brand strategy and marketing objectives into compelling, consumer-facing creative.
• Develop scalable campaigns that maintain brand consistency while allowing for local customization.
• Manage projects from concept and scripting through production, post-production, versioning, and final delivery.
• Write scripts, promotional copy, headlines, taglines, and campaign messaging.
• Produce and edit broadcast-quality video using strong visual storytelling, sound design, graphics, and motion design.
• Direct and coordinate production shoots as needed.
• Adapt creative across broadcast, streaming/OTT, digital, social, and other platforms.
• Collaborate with Team leadership, local and regional marketing teams, News, and other partners to develop effective creative solutions.
• Work with stations to gather footage, talent, photography, and other assets needed to localize campaigns.
• Maintain established brand standards and organize projects for efficient versioning across markets.
• Manage multiple projects and deadlines while maintaining high creative and technical standards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Communications, Advertising, Video Production, Journalism, or related field preferred; or equivalent work experience.
• Generally, 3+ years of professional experience in marketing, advertising, broadcast promotion, creative services, agency production, or a comparable creative environment preferred.
• Proven experience creating professional marketing campaigns from concept through final delivery.

Requirements

• Strong conceptual, writing, editing, and visual storytelling skills.
• Advanced proficiency in Adobe Premiere Pro, with working knowledge of After Effects and Photoshop.
• Experience in television marketing, news promotion, advertising, entertainment marketing, or a similar brand-focused environment.
• Experience marketing local news, journalism, media, or content brands.
• Advanced motion graphics and visual-effects skills.
• Experience directing talent and managing video productions.
• Experience creating campaigns for use across multiple brands or markets.
• Portfolio demonstrating strong conceptual thinking and polished production execution.

Company Description

The E.W. Scripps Company (NASDAQ: SSP) is a diversified media company focused on creating connection. As one of the nation’s largest local TV broadcasters, Scripps serves communities with quality, objective local journalism and operates a portfolio of more than 60 stations in 40+ markets. Scripps reaches households across the U.S. with national news outlet Scripps News and popular entertainment brands ION, ION Plus, ION Mystery, Bounce, Grit and Laff. Scripps is the nation’s largest holder of broadcast spectrum. Scripps Sports serves professional and college sports leagues, conferences and teams with local market depth and national broadcast reach of up to 100% of TV households. Founded in 1878, Scripps is the steward of the Scripps National Spelling Bee and its longtime motto is: “Give light and the people will find their own way.”