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West Bend retools Community TV job into citywide marketing‑communications director; position posted on Indeed
Summary
City leaders unveiled a reworked Community TV director role to focus on citywide marketing and communications, posted the job on Indeed and named Justice to chair the interview panel. The position would supervise existing staff in video and social media.
At the Nov. 13 City of West Bend Community TV Committee meeting, city staff announced that the Community TV director position will be reframed as a marketing‑communications director with a broader citywide remit and that the job announcement is posted on Indeed.
The city described the change as a strategic effort to coordinate marketing and communications across departments — including fire, police, parks and the library — and to "push it that much further ahead," a city staff member said. The revised role would oversee the current Community TV positions held by John and Hailey and emphasize marketing and coordination rather than hands‑on technical hardware responsibilities.
City staff said there is no firm application cutoff and that the position will remain open while they evaluate candidates; they noted the job has already begun generating inquiries and some applications. "We'd like to probably [fill it] as soon as practicable," a staff member said, but added that the hiring timeline will depend on the applicant pool.
The committee was told Justice will serve as chair of the interview committee and will represent the Community TV group on the hiring panel. Staff also said both internal and external candidates are welcome; the posting was distributed citywide and in job sites such as Indeed to broaden outreach.
The committee discussed the departure of the former Community TV lead: staff said Patrick left the city to take a communications and marketing director position with the local YMCA. Committee members described the reclassification as an expansion of Patrick’s prior work, not a rebuke, and said they are optimistic about strengthening cross‑department coordination.
Staff and Hailey also briefed the committee on related operational items: Hailey said she is in training to become a licensed drone pilot and expected to complete testing by late November or December; the committee discussed using drone footage as part of the city’s media work.
No formal hiring decision was made at the meeting. Staff said they will return with updates on the applicant pool and the interview schedule.
