Partner Manager, Internet Broadcasting

Minneapolis

Cory Bergman March 29th, 2007

Internet Broadcasting produces over 70 television station web sites
for the premier broadcasters in the country: NBC, Cox Television,
Hearst-Argyle, Post-Newsweek, Meredith Broadcasting, The McGraw-Hill
Companies, Capitol Broadcasting Company, Scripps Howard, and
Telemundo Local.

Internet Broadcasting has regularly been awarded for excellence in
journalism, most recently with the National Edward R Murrow Award for
Large Market Television Station Web Sites for 2005 by NBC10.com in
Philadelphia, PA.

With over 12 million monthly unique visitors, Internet Broadcasting
is the third largest source of news and information on the web and is
ranked in America’s Top 40 Web Companies by AC Nielsen. As the
nation’s largest publisher of local online news, Internet
Broadcasting continues to grow by delivering the News that Hits Home
to our nationwide audience.

JOB SUMMARY:

The partner manager oversees the news editors and editorial content
across a group of IBS sites. This person also acts as the primary
liaison between the local sites and IBS headquarters, continually
communicating with IBS editors in the field, as well as with local
news directors and other newsroom managers. This is not a technical
position, although familiarity with basic Internet publishing
technology is expected. Primarily, this is a news management and
relationship position. Partner Managers report directly to an IBS
Partner Director.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

Manage staff at local sites.

· Hire managing editors and supervise the hiring of editors.
Approve staff schedules, arrange training, and manage PTO/vacation
time. Coach managing editors and mediate routine personnel issues.
Administer annual performance reviews; communicate performance goals
and feedback on an ongoing basis.

Supervise local content.

· Monitor the presentation and quality of local editorial content,
particularly during breaking news and weather, or major planned
events. Encourage local editors to maximize the creative/interactive
resources and national content available to them. Work with local
managing editors and IBS producers to make special sections and
station initiatives the best they can be. Emphasize the importance
of TV-Web cross promotion and share best practices of good TV-Web
promotion.

Coordinate technical projects.

· Coordinate plans and deadlines for projects involving complex
technical processes such as election results and school closing data
feeds. Be a liaison between local editors and IBS tech staff in
resolving extraordinary issues.

Cultivate good partner relationships.

· Make sure all local editors project a positive, responsive,
engaged presence in their TV newsrooms. Make sure managing editors
report site successes and traffic trends to station management on a
regular basis. Promptly answer questions and concerns from TV
managers, or relay them to other IBS managers/departments as
appropriate.

QUALIFICATIONS & COMPETENCIES (KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES)
REQUIRED:

· At least 5 years of experience in journalism; at least 2 year in
online news or online-related field. TV newsroom experience is
preferred.

· Significant management experience. Remote management experience
is preferred.

Strong familiarity with trends, economics and technologies
influencing the evolution of online news.

Basic understanding of Internet publishing, Web hosting and
multimedia production.

· Ability to communicate clearly, efficiently and pleasantly with
people of varying backgrounds – from TV news directors to database
programmers.

JOB SPECIFICATIONS:

· Job requires frequent communication via telephone and email.

· It often requires many conference calls to connect varies parties
from both TV and IBS.

We offer a competitive salary and benefits package. If you are driven
to succeed and seeking an opportunity with a fast growing media
company – This is the opportunity you have been waiting for.

Please send your resume and cover letter to jobs@ibsys.com. Must
include Req # in subject line of email. Equal Opportunity Employer.