NewsNation Senior Producer, Katie Pavlich Tonight (Washington, DC)

Tribune Publishing

11d • $110,000 - $130,000 • Onsite

About The Position

NewsNation is looking for an experienced network-level producer to support the daily production of a new daily cable news show. The senior producer will play a key leadership role helping to devise the editorial and booking strategy and coordinate show production for the daily show. Candidates should be passionate about news and storytelling and creating compelling programming. Candidates with strong segment producing and copy-editing experience are ideal. The position is based at the network's offices in Washington, DC.

Requirements

• Ten or more years of editorial experience in a fast-paced environment for a national news program (broadcast, cable or digital)
• Excellent writing and copy-editing skills
• Segment producing experience required, line producing experience a plus
• Strong organizational, and people skills are vital
• The successful candidate will be a self-starter with excellent communication skills who brings lots of ideas to the table
• Bachelor's degree in journalism, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and work-related experience

Responsibilities

• Assists executive producer in setting show's editorial direction
• Helps build rundowns for regular programming as well as breaking news and special programming
• Coordinates the team: line producers, associate producers, writers, editors and other staff
• Copy edits scripts and content
• Serves as a senior leader in the control room when needed
• Helps implement training and best practices for team
• Provides ongoing mentoring and support to staff
• Manage editorial relationships and collaboration with other teams
• Acts as Executive Producer in his/her absence
• Other duties as assigned

Benefits

• Our comprehensive benefits package for full-time employees includes, but not limited to, medical (with multiple plan options), dental, and vision insurance, paid time off, a 401(k) with company matching contributions, Paid Parental leave, life insurance and more.
• Part time employees are eligible for 401(k) and any local/state leave plans.
• Union positions are subject to the benefits outlined in their Collective Bargaining Agreement.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees