Producer, Live Events - Contract

Courier Newsroom, Inc.•New York, NY

4d•$8,000 - $8,000•Remote

About The Position

COURIER is seeking a Producer to lead the editorial programming and production of our highest-visibility live in-person and streamed events, including town halls, candidate debates, and issue-driven custom events. This role will partner closely with the CEO, COO, and the National and Local Network Managing Directors to bring big, ambitious event concepts to life and ensure each production not only delivers an exceptional in-person experience, but also generates compelling, high-impact content across distribution platforms to serve COURIER’s massive audience, sponsors and partners.

Requirements

Strong political and cultural editorial content, talent, and digital distribution strategy instincts
Proven success producing high-impact live events: political town halls, debates, broadcast specials, civic forums, major conferences, or large-scale entertainment.
Experience leading multi-department production teams (technical, creative, editorial, and operations).
Strong vendor relationships and the ability to negotiate and manage complex production ecosystems.
Demonstrated ability to produce events that generate content beyond the room — built for distribution across social, video, and owned channels.
Ability to thrive under pressure with fixed deadlines and high public visibility.
Comfort navigating politically sensitive environments and working with elected officials, talent, and public figures.

Nice To Haves

Background in political media, live journalism formats, or civic-focused programming.
Experience producing events optimized for vertical video and multi-platform content distribution.
Familiarity with digital newsrooms and audience-first storytelling.
Experience working with event and content sponsorship and advertising partners

Responsibilities

Event & Content Strategy
Develop the editorial, creative, production, and operational blueprint for COURIER’s live events (town halls, debates, etc).
Build event formats that are designed from the outset to produce high-performing multi-platform content, including vertical video, long-form, newsletters, and live-stream.
Translate high-level editorial and brand vision from the CEO, leadership team and key sponsors/partners into a detailed, actionable production roadmap.
Production Leadership
Lead all show production elements including staging, lighting, audio, video, livestream/broadcast, venue operations, scenic design, and technical direction.
Manage event budgets, vendor selection, contracting, and accountability across production categories.
Oversee timelines, run-of-show, production schedules, rehearsals, and technical checks for all events.
Editorial & Talent Collaboration
Work closely with COURIER’s CEO, editorial leadership, state newsroom and revenue teams to develop programming that is journalistically strong, accessible, audience-minded, and achieving key sponsor and partner objectives.
Coordinate with talent, guests, subject-matter experts, moderators, elected officials, and public figures.
Serve as a senior advisor to other COURIER National video products/series and talent
Serve as a clear, confident partner in high-level planning meetings and event briefings.
Stakeholder, Agency & Partner Management
Partner with local hosts, venues, civic organizations, political offices, and community groups to ensure seamless execution.
Collaborate with internal teams (Social, Video, Growth, Newsletter, Events, and Sales/Underwriting) to fully integrate event content and maximize post-event distribution.
Manage sponsor expectations for events that include underwriting or branded content integrations.
Risk, Operations & Budget
Build and manage a comprehensive production budget, with strong attention to cost efficiency and operational rigor.
Ensure compliance with venue, legal, political, and safety requirements.