What are the responsibilities and job description for the Standards and Practices Specialist position at Hearst?
Overview
Hearst Media Production Group (HMPG) is seeking a full-time Standards and Practices Specialist to join our Business Affairs team. This role includes providing S&P notes on unscripted Educational/Informational series in development, production, and post, ensuring all content adheres to FCC regulations, HMPG’s internal standards, and network mandates. This position contributes to bringing HMPG’s diverse slate of family-friendly series and positive programming to millions of viewers each week.
This position reports to the Senior Vice President, Business Affairs.
This position is based in either our Burbank, CA or Charlotte, NC office.
Responsibilities
- Review content and provide internal S&P notes during all phases of production, with a focus on E/I standards and appropriate execution of branded content
- Manage content review process for assigned series in a timely manner, working with production and post
- Vet and approve potential guests, featured experts, and non-profit organizations as applicable for assigned series
- Act as liaison between production and the network during the network review process, ensuring all network notes are adequately addressed
- Work with sales team to ensure all sponsorship proposals for assigned series fall within FCC limitations and adhere to applicable network guardrails
- Work with digital team to ensure social media initiatives are FTC and COPPA compliant for assigned series, consulting outside counsel as needed
Experience
- 3-5 years’ experience in broadcast standards and practices, or equivalent work experience in related field
- Production company, network, or studio experience helpful
- Familiarity with E/I programming guardrails a plus
- HMPG is a proud supporter of military veterans. Related military training and experience will be considered
Qualifications
- Possess a solutions-oriented and collaborative approach to giving notes
- Skilled at maintaining positive relationships with showrunners and sales executives while enforcing standards decisions
- Ability to make judgement calls on sensitive topics, removing personal opinions from decision-making process
- Familiarity with FCC, FTC, and COPPA regulations
- Proven ability to manage a high volume of projects with competing deadlines
- Excellent organization and time management skills
- Superior written and oral communication skills
- Detail-oriented with strong analytical capabilities and judgement
Additional Requirements
As part of its continued efforts to maintain a safe workplace for employees, HMPG requires that all newly hired employees be fully vaccinated (as defined by the CDC) against the coronavirus by the first day of employment as a condition of employment, to the extent permitted by applicable law. HMPG will consider requests for reasonable accommodations on an individual basis in accordance with applicable legal requirements.
About Us
Hearst Media Production Group (HMPG), a business unit of Hearst Television, is an independent producer and distributor of original programming for TV stations, broadcast and cable networks and streaming services. HMPG produces hundreds of hours of programming annually across linear, streaming, digital and social media platforms for domestic and international distribution in nearly 100 countries. Its popular shows include “Matter of Fact with Soledad O’Brien,” America’s #1 syndicated political program; the Emmy Award-winning educational/informational (E/I) programming blocks airing weekends nationwide including “Weekend Adventure,” on ABC stations; “CBS Dream Team,” on the CBS Network; “The More You Know,” on the NBC Network; “One Magnificent Morning,” on The CW Network; “Mi Telemundo” on the Telemundo Network and “Go Time!” on independent stations. HMPG also distributes a diverse slate of other programming and content including “Law&Crime Daily,” “Prime Crime,” “Consumer Reports TV,” and the company’s dedicated FAST channels “Xplore” and “The Jack Hanna Channel,” available on some of the most popular smart TVs and streaming platforms.