CBC/Radio-Canada

Position Title:

Executive Producer, The Sunday Magazine (English Services)

Status of Employment:

Permanent

Position Language Requirement:

Language Skills:

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At CBC/Radio-Canada, we create content that informs, entertains and connects Canadians on multiple platforms. Our successes and accomplishments are driven by embodying and upholding values, which include creativity, integrity, inclusiveness and relevance. 

Do you think you have the ability and drive to keep up with this exciting, ever-changing industry? Whether it be in front of the camera, on air, online or behind the scenes, you would be joining a team that thrives on making connections and telling stories that are important to Canadians.

Unposting Date:

2024-05-02 11:59 PM

CBC Radio is looking for an Executive Producer for our national weekly current affairs program The Sunday Magazine with Piya Chattopadhyay. We need someone who can take the existing program to the next level by thoughtfully combining excellent in-depth, contextual and documentary storytelling with responsiveness and a live energy on Sunday mornings, attracting new audiences in the 30-49 target demographic on both broadcast and digital platforms. 

This is a permanent, full time position based in Toronto that requires some weekend work. Please note: there is a strong internal candidate. 

As the show leader, you inspire and motivate your team to come up with innovative and creative ideas for the continuing evolution of this program. 

You embrace new challenges and are confident of success - you have a proven ability to plan, communicate, execute and deliver on change. 

You are a journalist with a passion for telling the stories that connect Canadians wherever they are, and however they choose to access us. 

You have a keen understanding of the current media landscape, and a vision for where The Sunday Magazine needs to go next, to meet our expanding audience and distribution needs. 

You know how to build a strategy around the digital iterations of the program’s content (from podcasts to video), and how to plan for optimum cross departmental collaboration.

You are focused on audience retention and growth, continuing to engage our existing audiences while growing others, especially those in the 30-49 demographic.

You understand and embrace the importance of diversity of perspective, opinion and experience so that it is reflected in all hiring and programming decisions.

Essential Skills

Journalistic and programming experience - you demonstrate clear strengths as a journalistic leader, ensuring balance and range of perspectives on the air. You are comfortable dealing with difficult situations, and are both aware of and able to lead content decisions based on the requirements of the JSP. You have proven programming sensibility in terms of editorial relevance and innovative treatments, with a focus on providing fresh and diverse perspectives that place current events into context. 

Commitment to responsiveness - you understand what this means for this program and how to integrate that into the more contemplative tone of a weekend program, diving into the deeper questions behind the news of the week, and maintaining the strong production qualities of storytelling that mark the show as “must hear” audio whether that’s on live or on demand platforms. 

Compassionate leader - you are an excellent team leader, with demonstrated skills on how to motivate people, and create the best creative environment for them to thrive in. You are experienced in change management with a proven record of introducing new objectives and priorities to a team, and implementing them in a supportive manner with successful results.

Key Requirements

• Possesses strong organizational and time management skills that enable you to coordinate a range of staffing schedules that are both distributed throughout the week and between home and office settings
• Demonstrates proficiency in balancing live/responsive and taped/reflective coverage priorities to create an audience offer that delivers both expansion upon and diversion from the news cycle
• Exhibits nimbleness to add, change and reschedule coverage priorities proportionally as news breaks – and modify the broader program lineup as needed. 
• Assigns, produces and edits stories encompassing a wide range of subject matter including domestic politics, international affairs, the economy, health care, science and climate, media and technology, identity, first-person stories, arts and culture, and sports; uses a variety of treatments for telling those stories including panels, long-form interviews, short-form tape pieces and documentaries
• Shows appreciation for the role of music in programming, exhibiting knowledge of a diversity of genres, styles and CanCon, and a deft ear in selecting pitch perfect pieces to complement stories 
• Demonstrates writing ability that channels the host's unique voice seamlessly from opening bills and question lines through introductions and continuity
• Manages resource allocation with the program, as well as budget and business outcomes
• Liaises with other programs and departments, including network news, local regions, communications and marketing and digital on cross-collaboration and promotion
• Develops staff and freelance contributors by providing mentorship and opportunities; gives ongoing feedback and uses the performance management process
• Leads decision-making on journalistic policy, with responsibility to ensure all ethical and legal issues are addressed 
• Communicates with the audience, including responding to Ombud complaints.
• Has a minimum seven (7) years’ experience of which five must involve work in broadcasting or a closely related industry, with responsibilities directly relevant to this area of assignment.

Candidates may be subject to skills and knowledge testing.

We thank all applicants for their interest, but only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.

CBC/Radio-Canada is committed to being a leader in reflecting our country’s diversity. That’s because we can only create and tell the stories that connect Canadians, by having a workforce that mirrors the ever-changing makeup of our country. That’s why we, as an employer, value equal opportunity and nurture an inclusive workplace where our individual differences are not only recognized and valued, but also extend to and pervade all the services we provide as Canada’s public broadcaster. For more information, visit the Diversity and Inclusion section of our website. If you have accommodation needs at this stage of the recruitment process, please inform us as soon as possible by sending an e-mail to recruitment@cbc.ca.

You are invited to consult and familiarize yourself with our Code of Conduct, which can be found on our corporate website. All employees must adhere to the Code as a condition of employment. We also invite you to take a look at our policy on conflicts of interest. In the event that you become an employee, it will be important to inform us, as quickly as possible, of any situation that, because of your hiring, constitutes or could appear to constitute a conflict of interest.

Primary Location:

Broadcast Centre 205 Wellington St. W., Toronto, Ontario, M5V 3G7

Number of Openings:

1

Work Schedule:

Full time