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Job Title: VP, Site Director, DIYNetwork.com - NY
Job Location: NY: New York
Pay Rate: Open
Job Length: full time
Start Date: 2008-09-17

Company Name: The E.W. Scripps Company
Contact: HR
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Description: VP, Site Director, DIYNetwork.com - NY

Job Type: Regular Location: New York, NY

Job Description: Job Summary: Sets strategic direction and implements assigned site product strategy in support of larger business goals and strategy. Acts as primary liaison among related service groups in the content creation, design, promotion, maintenance and oversight of brand website(s). Supervises management staff. Oversees production budget, product development and general operations of web site. Works with business owner to create product strategy that provides foundation for emerging business. Essential Duties and Responsibilities: . Establishes current and long range product strategy aimed at keeping the organization in the forefront of change within industry. . Devises and oversees strategy for consumer facing content . Dispenses technical advice, guidance, direction, and authorization to carry out major plans and procedures. . Oversees and authorizes the preparation and management of department budgets. . Serves as senior level communicator among relevant service and operational groups, including but not limited to editorial, production, ad sales, ad sales marketing, consumer marketing, online marketing, press, analytics, research, creative services, programming, information technology, broadband, business development, outside vendors. . Represents assigned site(s) at senior-level meetings. . Manages day-to-day operations of assigned brand, coordinating all permanent and independent contractor staff. . Leads efforts to create new ideas for brand site and execute new site functionality. This includes drafting detailed creative definition of product and its goals, including how product integrates into existing product/environment. This will include writing and evaluating RFPs when necessary. . Interface with network brand departments including: programming, creative services and marketing department to plan promotion events and develop on-air/online support. . Work closely with online production department and programmers to set technical/development priorities. Communicate growth needs and special events that affect hosting environment. . Work with Research Department on website statistics and traffic reporting. . Oversee budget: monthly expenses, forecasting, quarterly and year budget reporting. . Work with legal department to ensure proper use of materials online and execute partner and service provider agreements. Other Duties and Responsibilities: . Interface with Broadband and points-of-contact to facilitate brand site and syndicated content. . Work closely with Ad Sales to coordinate and create ad supported content packages. . Coordinate brand site content with editorial staff with other Scripps Network sites. . Explores and integrates plans for new technology as appropriate. Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: . Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, and coordination of people and resources . Knowledge of media production, communication, and dissemination techniques and methods. This includes alternative ways to inform and entertain via written, oral, and visual media . Advanced knowledge of web technologies, video production, and web page design and editorial . Ability to utilize HTML and web content management tools . Oral and written communication skills . Ability to manage the work of self and others . Time management and organization skills . Knowledge of arithmetic and statistics, and their applications related to budget development, maintenance and management . Critical thinking and logical reasoning skills, including problem solving and troubleshooting . Personal computing skills . Complex problem solving skills . Resource management skills, including financial . Ability to set priorities for self and others . Ability to develop and work in a team . Ability to visualize . Visual color discrimination . Ability to coach and develop others . Creative thinking ability Physical Requirements and Work Environment Standard office environment. Sedentary work. Position involves travel 25%% of time. Drivers license required. Minimum Education and Experience Requirements Bachelors degree in a related field. 8 years experience with web technologies and web design, including a minimum of two years experience in a management role. Disclaimer: The above information on this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and the level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. Scripps Networks reserves the right to amend this description at any time without notice. This description in no way implies an employment contract. We are proud to be an EEO/AA employer M/F/D/V. We maintain a drug-free workplace and perform pre-employment substance abuse testing. About Scripps Networks Scripps Networks is comprised of the lifestyle television brands HGTV, Food Network, DIY Network, Fine Living Network and country music network Great American Country (GAC). Scripps is the dominant media and marketing company in the home, food and lifestyle categories, developing content for television and the Internet, where on-air programming is complemented with an array of broadband video, social media areas and e-commerce components on companion Web sites that attract more than 18 million unique visitors each month. In addition, Scripps Networks has launched HGTV and Food Network in high definition and is aggressively developing its emerging media platforms for broadband and video on demand. Scripps Networks also acquired popular recipe Web site Recipezaar.com and Incando Corp. in order to deepen its user-generated content capabilities. Scripps Networks brands collectively are available in more than 170 countries and territories on all seven continents. They also are distributed to more than 1,000 outlets on U.S. military bases and U.S. embassies around the world via the American Forces Radio and Television Service. Headquartered in Knoxville, Tenn., with offices in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Detroit, Atlanta, Nashville and San Francisco, Scripps Networks is owned by Scripps Networks Interactive (NYSE:SNI), the leading developer of lifestyle-oriented content for television and the Internet. The companys media portfolio includes: Lifestyle Media, with popular lifestyle television brands HGTV, Food Network, DIY Network, Fine Living Network and country music network Great American Country (GAC); and Interactive Services, including leading online search and comparison shopping services, Shopzilla and uSwitch.

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