Associate Producer, Meet the Press NOW

NBCUniversal • New York, NY

73d • $75,000 - $85,000

About The Position

Meet The Press NOW is looking for an experienced Associate Producer who has a strong interest in political reporting and election coverage and thrives in a fast-paced, deadline-driven team environment. Get in touch if you love to edit video, write, work with graphics and want to be part of a great team. This position is represented by the NewsGuild-CWA.

Requirements

• You've been working in digital video, broadcast or cable news for 2+ years
• You have a Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience
• You are willing to work in New York, NY or Washington, DC

Nice To Haves

• You're comfortable editing digital video and you want to get even better at it
• You've got an interest and passion for journalism and up on the latest news across multiple subject areas
• You've got big ideas and want to develop your journalistic writing and research skills to bring them to life
• You can enterprise, research and plan stories
• You possess a strong sense of newsworthiness, AP-style and social media best practices
• You're able to work calmly under intense deadline to finish a project
• You thrive working in a collaborative team environment
• You pay attention to the details of everything you work on
• You have prior experience shooting in the field on DSLR cameras
• Comfortable producing stories using remote interviews and video material on hand

Responsibilities

• Editing video and producing graphic elements for the live show on tight deadlines
• Editing in Adobe Premiere and AVID
• Working closely with EP, senior producers, line producer, segment producers, booking producers, production assistants and hosts
• Pitching relevant and compelling live and taped segment ideas
• Compiling research for day-of news and long-term projects
• Writing scripts in iNews as needed
• Working closely with the Meet the Press digital team to publish and distribute video on social media and owned-platforms
• Staying up on the news and jumping in as duty calls

Benefits

• medical insurance
• dental insurance
• vision insurance
• 401(k)
• paid leave
• tuition reimbursement
• variety of other discounts and perks

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Industry: Broadcasting and Content Providers
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees