PNA Job Bank

Editor

The Centre Daily Times, in State College, Pennsylvania, owned by The McClatchy Company, seeks the next Editor of the newsroom for our awarding winning newspaper and newly designed website. Our paper has been voted best newspaper in its class in Pennsylvania 14 years in a row and our website, Centredaily.com, is a growing dynamic presence with an average of 3.6 million page views each month.  Combined print and online readership penetration in the marketplace is 80%.  Our commitment and challenge is to balance coverage of a region that includes small towns and rural communities along with State College and Penn State University.

We’re looking for an experienced leader from communications or related field with great familiarity of Centre County and the state of Pennsylvania. Primary responsibilities include shaping our strategy for future growth, working aggressively to put the strategy into place, providing for local content needs, overseeing the development of new products, and creating a versatile, highly productive news operation. Candidates should have proven skills in innovative and strategic thinking, a full understanding of print and digital journalism, an ability to bring about change, a record of executing plans, a command of emerging technologies in journalism, and leadership experience. Previous newspaper management experience is required.

The Centre Daily Times offers excellent benefits and opportunities. We encourage and reward innovative thought, intelligent risk-taking and spirited personalities.
 
Qualified candidates should send a resume and cover letter with salary expectations to: Karen Mrsa, 3400 East College Avenue, State College, PA 16801 or email kmrsa@centredaily.com.

The Centre Daily Times is an Equal Employment Opportunity and Drug-free Workplace Employer.

Posted: 02/13/12

Advertising Director

The Carroll County Times (Md.) is seeking an Advertising Director. We are only looking for candidates with a track record of success in leading print and digital advertising sales and experienced sales management. The Advertising Director will be responsible for the overall advertising sales results of our retail, classified, digital and special events efforts. The Carroll County Times is a 7-day daily newspaper with a circulation of 24,000 week day and 25,000 on Sunday. The Ad Director is also responsible for advertising sales for our full Landmark of Maryland portfolio of print and digital products, including four weekly newspapers, four direct mail coupon magazines, two free rack real estate publications, seven trade shows and several web sites.

Skills and knowledge required:

• Minimum of 5 years print/digital sales management experience with a proven track record of success required
• Demonstrated effective sales leadership, and a lead-by example coaching style including strong experience of spending time in the field making calls with sales reps and staying in touch with customers
• Demonstrated ability to develop and initiate solid strategic sales initiatives that result in business growth
• Complete understanding of digital platforms and successful revenue growth strategies
• Demonstrated strong persuasive communication skills and customer first mind set
• Demonstrated high ethical standards and a willingness to be actively involved in the community
• Builds strong business relationships and is approachable; works well in a collaborative team environment
• Detail oriented, flexible and well organized, demonstrated ability to multi-task in a fast pace work environment

Carroll County is centrally located in northern Maryland; approximately 35 minutes from Gettysburg, 45 minutes from Baltimore, Md., and 90 minutes from Washington, D.C. The newspaper is owned by Landmark Community Newspapers, LLC, a privately held newspaper and digital news company with an excellent reputation for quality journalism and community leadership.

The Carroll County Times offers a compensation package in line with the size of the newspaper and has a comprehensive benefits package. Qualified applicants should email a resume and cover letter to addirectorsearch@carrollcountytimes.com to apply.

Landmark of Maryland welcomes diversity and is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Posted: 2/8/12

Sports Editor

The Record-Argus in Greenville, Pa., a six day daily in Mercer County, is looking for a sports editor with a strong passion for sports.

The position entails organizing coverage of sporting events — primarily at the high school level and specifically football, wrestling, basketball, baseball, softball, golf, volleyball and cross country — in northern Mercer County, writing stories and taking photos of games, and designing and paginating pages for the section.

We are willing to train the right candidate in design.

Health insurance and paid vacation available; salary will be commensurate with experience.

Applicants should send a resume, cover letter and clips to Caleb Stright, Managing Editor, The Record-Argus, 10 Penn Ave., Box 711, PA 16125.
Posted 1/17/12

City Editor

The Centre Daily Times owned by The McClatchy Company (20,327 Daily, 25,965 Sunday), voted best newspaper in its class in Pennsylvania 14 years in a row is looking for a city editor with a strong foundation in local community news and investigative reporting. 

The successful candidate will motivate and direct a team of reporters to go beyond government and event-driven reporting for enterprise, in-depth and people stories. Our challenge is to balance coverage of a region that includes small towns and rural communities along with State College and Penn State University. Experience at another daily newspaper is required, either as a seasoned reporter or editor. Ours is a bustling web site; working experience in a print-online news cycle and hands on experience with a newspaper web site is desirable.  Qualified candidates should send a resume and non-returnable clips to the Centre Daily Times, 3400 East College Avenue, State College, PA 16801, Attn: Karen Mrsa or email kmrsa@centredaily.com.

The Centre Daily Times is an equal employment opportunity and drug-free workplace employer.
Posted 1/17/12