Wayne State University is searching for an experienced
WDET
On-Air Personality at its Detroit campus location.
Wayne State is a premier, public, urban research university located
in the heart of Detroit, Michigan where students from all
backgrounds are offered a rich, high-quality education. Our
deep-rooted commitment to excellence, collaboration, integrity,
diversity and inclusion creates exceptional educational
opportunities which prepare students for success in a global
society.
Essential functions (job duties):
Job Purpose
Serve as the editorial voice of WDET while hosting a live daily,
multi-platform news and current affairs-driven talk show. Provide
vision, practical leadership and participate in the hands-on
creation process of a talk show program that is consistent with the
mission and goals of WDET, distinguishing and elevating WDET
content and editorial POV. Serve as a key thought leader in WDET’s
service to Southeast Michigan residents and act as a key driver in
helping WDET achieve its overall audience service and engagement
goals across radio, social media, and live events. This position
reports to Senior Producer.
Essential Functions
(Essential functions are the primary duties/major job
responsibilities that an employee must be able to perform, with or
without reasonable accommodation. The essential functions are
listed in order of importance.)
- Host daily and special programming for on-air and digital
platforms and contribute regular web content, including blogging
and curation. Engage listeners through social media on a daily
basis. Cultivate standing credibility with the audience. Embody a
communication methodology that embraces a variation of discussion
topics from news stories to cultural entertainment on a local,
national, and global scale.
Working in partnership with the Senior Producer, provide
day-to-day direction for program development. Actively support
program diversity in the shows content, perspective, and voices.
Contribute to and participate in efforts related to multi-platform
content delivery and integration. Participate in interviews and
mentorship and act in the absence of the Senior Producer in
managing program producers. Directly supervise and coach additional
content contributors including co-hosts.
Working in partnership with the General Manager serves a vital
role as part of WDET’s senior leadership team and provides
strategic guidance on the organizations’ editorial and community
service plans. Build rapport with WDET community partners and
colleagues in the station to develop an environment of
collaboration and innovation aligning with WDET’s overarching
strategic initiatives. Cultivate the growth of WDET’s presence in
local networking events and functions that will reflect a positive
engagement with community partners, audience, and
contributors.
As part of the strategic leadership team, this position will be
responsible for cross-collaborating with WDET staff at meetings to
develop an innovative approach for generating stories and ideas to
engage the audience.
Represent the highest ideals of WDET’s mainstream, major
market, multi-ethnic community service mission, vision, and values.
Serve as a key thought leader in WDET’s service to the widest cross
section of Southeast Michigan residents.
Working in partnership with the Program Director, provide
leadership in the development of programming and engagement across
radio, digital, mobile, and social media platforms. Empower WDET’s
community with culturally diverse stories and current events to
enrich audience engagement.
Participate in development and execution of on-air
fundraisers.
- Perform other related duties as assigned.
Qualifications:
Education Bachelor's degree
Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in
Journalism or equivalent work experience. Advanced degree
preferred.
Experience Expert (established subject matter expert, 7+
years experience)
Radio broadcast experience required. Working experience in
journalism or clear ability to embody and embrace the principles of
mainstream journalism as practiced in the public radio
environment.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES
- Leadership: Ability to articulate a vision, develop long-term
strategies, and motivate others around individual and team
goals.
- Interpersonal: Demonstrated ability to be persuasive,
professional, collegial, entertaining, and effective in a variety
of forms and formats (broadcast, written and public events.)
Demonstrated ability to effectively connect with multi-ethnic,
multi-cultural audiences and able to quickly establish a rapport
with guests and contributors who bring diverse voices and
perspectives. Ability to build and maintain relationships at all
levels of an organization and across a diverse range of cultural,
generational, ethnic, racial educational and social
backgrounds.
- Communication: Ability to communicate clearly, concisely, and
professionally both orally and in writing with a diverse
population.
- Digital/Social: Experience and familiarity with digital tools,
building community and online news consumption habits preferred.
Demonstrated ability to use social media in a news and content
delivery context, particularly as it applies to online engagement
that shapes stories, broadens the base of participation, and
includes a wider community in the content’s mission, vision, and
values
- Ability to generate complex spreadsheets and manage databases
and working knowledge of database systems.
School/College/Division:
H72 - WDET
Primary department:
H8703 - WDET (H8703)
Employment type:
- Regular Employee
- Job type: Full Time
- Job category: Staff/Administrative
Funding/salary information:
- Compensation type: Annual Salary
- Hourly rate:
- Salary minimum: TBD
- Salary hire maximum: TBD
Working conditions:
Office environment.
Job openings:
- Number of openings: 1
- Reposted position: No
- Reposted reason: None (New Requisition)
- Prior posting/requisition number:
Background check requirements:
University policy requires certain persons who are offered
employment to undergo a background check, including a criminal
history check, before starting work. If you are offered employment,
the university will inform you if a background check is
required.
