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Job no: 505178
Work type: Ongoing Full Time
Location: Sydney
Categories: Leadership, Journalism/Content Making
- Lead content for 7.30 program
- Ongoing, full-time role
- Senior Executive level position
- Ultimo location
The Role
The ABC is looking for an Executive Producer to lead in shaping one of the ABC’s flagship current affairs programs. Guide a highly skilled team to produce impactful, high-quality television and multiplatform journalism that keeps 7.30 at the forefront of Australia’s national conversation. Your experience and editorial judgement will ensure the program continues to deliver relevant, compelling and comprehensive current affairs coverage each day.
The Job
- Lead editorial, creative, and management direction to uphold ABC’s high journalistic and editorial standards.
- Drive 7.30’s editorial agenda, ensuring independence, integrity, and accuracy across all content.
- Expand 7.30’s reach through innovative digital publishing, mobile video, and social media.
- Foster a diverse, inclusive, and high-performing team culture that encourages creativity and excellence.
- Provide strong leadership, guiding staff to deliver quality multiplatform journalism.
- Ensure compliance with WHS, fatigue management, and ABC workplace policies.
- Oversee budgets, resources, and operational efficiency in line with ABC guidelines.
- Collaborate on strategies to grow 7.30’s audience
Position Description: 30003367 EXECUTIVE PRODUCER 7.30.pdf
About You
You'll have:
- Relevant qualifications or equivalent experience.
- Senior journalist with strong leadership and editorial skills.
- Proven ability to lead and motivate teams.
- Creative vision for engaging, high-quality journalism.
- Expertise in television and live current affairs production.
- Skilled in managing digital and social media output.
- Commitment to diversity and inclusion.
- Experience managing budgets and key industry relationships
We would love to see your work. Please submit material with your application online (include examples, links to websites or attach audio/video files up to 5MB).
What we can offer you:
- 15.4% ABC Nominated Super.
- Paid parental, carer's and supporting partner leave.
- Salary packaging.
- ABC Mentoring.
About the ABC
The ABC is the nation's most trusted and independent source of Australian conversations, culture, and stories. With over 4,000 employees from diverse backgrounds across over 50 locations around Australia and overseas, we are proud to create, curate and deliver high-quality content that informs, educates and entertains Australian communities.
The ABC Head Office based in Ultimo in Sydney is a great place to work and feel a part of a team. Centrally located in the city, close to public transport, there is a café onsite for employees to enjoy and the nearby aquatic centre and gym offer great rates for employees.
More info:
In line with our focus on diversity and inclusion, applications are strongly encouraged from Indigenous Australians, people from a range of cultural and linguistic backgrounds, people with disability and LGBTQIA+ individuals. The ABC also aims to achieve a gender-balanced workforce.
To request recruitment and selection information in alternate formats, request adjustments, or if you have accessibility requirements please contact accessibility@abc.net.au
If you want to know more, please contact Jo Puccini, Head Investigative Journalism and Current Affairs via Puccini.Jo@abc.net.au
We are unable to accept email applications, please ensure that you submit your application via the online portal.
We respectfully request that Recruitment Agencies do not submit applications for this position.
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