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Client Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty is a private, nonprofit, BBG / U.S. Government-funded radio broadcaster to Central, Southeastern and Eastern Europe; the Caucasus; and Central and Southwestern Asia. RFE/ RL broadcasts more than 1,000 hours of programming in 29 languages every week. All RFE/ RL broadcasts are also streamed live and on-demand over the Internet; audio, video and text in English and the broadcast languages are available from its web site. Listeners in countries stretching from Belarus to Bosnia and from the Arctic Sea to the Persian Gulf rely on RFE/RL's daily news, analysis, and current affairs programming to provide a coherent, objective account of events in their region and the world. Funded by The Broadcasting Board Governors, RFE/RL’s mission is to promote the open communication of information and ideas, in support of democracy, and the freedom to seek, receive, and impart information, worldwide. The mission of the BBG, is to ensure and safeguard integrity, quality, and effectiveness of U.S. international broadcasters. Search Note To those reading this case history from traditional private sector broadcast environments the title of executive producer does not reflect the expanded scope of this job. This hybrid search combined the required skill sets of:
Client Situation An executive search committee was formed within RFE/RL consisting of representation from each primary constituency to identify an executive search firm to conduct the international search to identify a new Executive Producer to be based in Prague. The executive search committee consisted of members based in Prague and Washington, DC who held conferences with Filcro Media Staffing New York City prior to retaining the firm. Parent Organization - Primary Objectives and Goals
Component Organization - Primary Objectives and Goals The mission of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty is to promote democratic values and institutions by disseminating factual information and ideas. Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty
Sector inclusions for universe compilation International and Domestic
Filcro Media Staffing is retained Officer in charge of search Tony Filson (FMS-TF) commenced the search by first establishing a consensus of the search committee in a phone conference that included RFE/RL executives from Prague and Washington, DC. The committee was clear, focused and committed to the identification of an executive that could function as a change agent. It was clear that the organization’s reputation for journalistic excellence was paramount to the search. An executive with a proven history of building, maintaining and growing an international news organization and their audience based on journalistic integrity, and quality programming was the unanimous consensus of all. Filcro Media Staffing was provided with organizational charts, assimilation and dissemination objectives, budgets, strategic interests and overviews of technologies and human resources in the various geographic regions relevant to the search. Geographics included: Russia, Turkey, Afghanistan, Iran and the surrounding regions. The executive search committee designated two human resource executives in Washington, DC and Prague to act as liaisons with FMS. These two human resource executives were exceptionally gifted and dedicated. Through their intricate understanding of culture and mission statement, the search progressed rapidly even with the constraints of international travel. Some of the challenges facing the new Executive Producer
The Filcro Media Staffing Recruitment Solution Research for universe compilation was extensive within global NGO’s and broadcasters. As a testament to RFE/RL’s senior management and their strategic understanding of global news organizations, it was a “wish list” of one RFE/RL executive that ultimately led to the the recruitment of the executive producer hired. Initial research in the United States, Canada, Asia, The Middle East and Europe was completed in (4) four weeks with candidate identification completed ahead of schedule. Technology acumen played a great role in the identification process. Identifying news executives on an executive producer, senior executive producer or bureau chief level with hands on experience managing advanced technology initiatives with the language skills and scope of regional coverage required was imperative. Required Experience as defined in the search document and search File
Executives Presented The final three external candidates and a internal candidate identified consisted of:
Successful Executive Producer / Bureau Chief Recruited The selected executive recruited by Tony Filson was a strategic, tactical and cultural ideal for RFE/RL. Her journalistic acumen and experienced understanding of how to strategically and tactically facilitate the desired goals in all of the desired geographics made her particularly well suited for this leadership position. Her acumen with (six) 6 languages, international news management of large staffs, cross-platform product development, strong mentoring skills and a proven record of being a change agent differentiated her from others based on the compilation of her experiences in demanding environments. She is truly an exceptional news executive and journalist with broad scope and granular understanding of the specific regions and cultures. More importantly, this talented executive exhibits a clear capacity to continue to grow to the mutual benefit of the organization and her own career ecology. It was an honor for our firm to conduct this executive search. New York, NY - USA to Prague, The Czech Republic relocation.
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