Morning Daypart Manager

Location: Buffalo, New York, United States

Salary: $61,000–$65,000 yearly

Company

hirify.global operates broadcast and digital news platforms, including WIVB-TV and WNLO.

What you will do

• Lead editorial decision-making for morning content across broadcast, digital, social, and CTV platforms.
• Oversee morning newscasts, livestreams, breaking news coverage, website updates, social distribution, and original streaming content.
• Coordinate with anchors, reporters, producers, photographers, engineers, and newsroom leadership to prioritize stories and maximize audience reach.
• Review scripts, digital stories, and streaming content for accuracy, clarity, and journalistic standards.
• Use analytics and audience trends to improve content performance and identify opportunities for original content, community engagement, and audience growth.
• Support staffing, scheduling, feedback, training, and coverage during breaking news and major weather events.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Journalism, Communications, TV/Film, Digital Media, or equivalent experience.
• Demonstrated leadership experience in a newsroom environment.
• Strong news judgment, journalistic integrity, and understanding of audience needs.
• Understanding of content distribution across television, websites, mobile apps, social platforms, and CTV.
• Ability to manage multiple projects in a fast-paced breaking news environment.
• Must be willing to work mornings, weekends, holidays, and extended hours as needed.

Culture & Benefits

• Digital-first, audience-focused approach to news storytelling.
• Work across broadcast, streaming, web, mobile, social, and CTV platforms.
• Opportunities to develop talent and improve multi-platform newsroom workflows.