Job Details
Line Producer
Line Producer
Summary
Line Producer, MSNBC Weekends American Voices w/ Alicia Menendez
Category
Live Event / On Location Services
Producers
Location
Greater New York City Area
Time Period
Full Time
Posted Date
Aug 10, 2022
Start Date
N/A
End Date
N/A
Job Description
This position is represented by the Writers Guild of America East.
Responsibilities:
Responsibilities:
- Assist senior producer in creating daily broadcast by executing editorial vision of day.
- Serve as backup senior producer.
- Oversee daily rundown changes.
- Supervise editorial content of newscast.
- Use leadership skills to motivate, mentor and manage employees.
- Write news scripts and teases.
- Work with show director and production crew.
- Oversee all in-show graphics and story titles.
- Work with senior producer to approve (copy edit) all scripts.
- Pitch story ideas (day-of, next day, futures).
- Initiate planning process.
In Control Room:
- Preview accuracy of upcoming video, graphics and chyron.
- Preview upcoming stories and segments.
- Communicate with guests and correspondents-time cues, roll cues, thank-you’s.
- Communicate with control room staff-director, teleprompter operator, chyron operator and TPM.
- Time newscast.
Qualifications
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
• Must have at least 5 years of experience in live television (i.e. morning shows, cable shows, broadcast TV, etc.).
• Must have at 1 year of line producing experience.
• Editorial experience in a fast-paced news room environment, ability to anticipate and respond quickly to change.
• Experience in story first journalism approach.
Additional Job Requirements:
• Interested candidate must submit a resume/CV through www.nbcunicareers.com to be considered.
• Must be willing to work in New York, NY.
• Must have unrestricted work authorization to work in the United States.
• Must be willing and able to work flexible hours, under tight deadline pressure, including breaking news.
Desired Characteristics
• Possess ability to develop story ideas, research and plan segments.
• Exceptional editorial skills: Ability to recognize stories with high potential for provocative, compelling television.
• Knowledge of current events, politics and pop culture.
• Wide-range reader of news, including op-eds.
• Strong writing skills.
• Expert tease writer.
• Experience in breaking news.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
• Must have at least 5 years of experience in live television (i.e. morning shows, cable shows, broadcast TV, etc.).
• Must have at 1 year of line producing experience.
• Editorial experience in a fast-paced news room environment, ability to anticipate and respond quickly to change.
• Experience in story first journalism approach.
Additional Job Requirements:
• Interested candidate must submit a resume/CV through www.nbcunicareers.com to be considered.
• Must be willing to work in New York, NY.
• Must have unrestricted work authorization to work in the United States.
• Must be willing and able to work flexible hours, under tight deadline pressure, including breaking news.
Desired Characteristics
• Possess ability to develop story ideas, research and plan segments.
• Exceptional editorial skills: Ability to recognize stories with high potential for provocative, compelling television.
• Knowledge of current events, politics and pop culture.
• Wide-range reader of news, including op-eds.
• Strong writing skills.
• Expert tease writer.
• Experience in breaking news.
Job Type
Full Time
Weekly Limit
N/A
Shift
Day, Evening
Attached Files
N/A