Lifestyle Show Cohost

The Hill

Job Summary

The Lifestyle Show Cohost for NY Living on PIX11 will co-host a daily one-hour lifestyle program, focusing on New York and the surrounding region. Responsibilities include conducting in-studio and on-location interviews, performing live shots, and managing guest relations. The role also involves sales support, creative brainstorming, and ensuring client objectives are met with integrated sponsored content. Additionally, the cohost will contribute to editorial meetings, assist with segment development, research topics, and manage social media and digital content. A positive, energetic presence and a focus on elevating guests are essential.

Must Have

  • Provide daily on-camera contributions to a daily lifestyle program.
  • Conduct in-studio and on-location interview segments.
  • Perform engaging and active live shots for remote shoots.
  • Maintain working knowledge of news, current events, and pop culture.
  • Manage on-premises guest relations (greeting, assisting guests).
  • Participate in events to promote the station, show, and goodwill.
  • Ability to turn focus away from oneself and onto guests.
  • Host a post-show CTV program highlighting the day’s broadcast.
  • Host a weekly CTV program in addition to daily duties.
  • Assist sales with presentations, including meeting with clients.
  • Participate in or lead creative brainstorming for client objectives.
  • Thoroughly understand client needs and ensure expectations are achieved.
  • Effortlessly integrate sponsored content.
  • Willingness to promote products clients want to highlight.
  • Develop strong relationships with Account Executives and Sales Managers.
  • Attend and actively participate in daily editorial/planning meetings.
  • Assist Executive Producer with writing, developing, and executing show segments.
  • Collect information, video, or photos at remote locations.
  • Research show topics and develop questions for guests.
  • Actively participate in maintaining show's social media account.
  • Assist with all digital content as directed by show leadership.
  • Ensure compliance standards for integrated content are upheld.
  • Bachelor’s Degree in Communications, Journalism, Television/Radio, Film or related fields.
  • Minimum 7 years’ professional on-camera experience in a top-35 television market.
  • High-energy, charisma, and ability to think and react quickly.
  • Excellent communication skills, including verbal and rapport building.
  • Working knowledge of modern newsroom systems (AP ENPS, Adobe Premiere).
  • Proficiency with video/audio equipment, file transfer systems, non-linear editing.
  • Familiarity with digital content publishing platforms.
  • Ability to work nontraditional hours, including evenings and weekends.

Job Description

NY Living is searching for its next cohost. The PIX11 one-hour daily lifestyle show features the things that people who live here most love about New York and the surrounding region. The Lifestyle Show Host is responsible for co-hosting a program, conducting in-studio interview segments, and participating in on-location segments as scheduled. The successful candidate will have a positive, warm and energetic presence and also understands their job’s emphasis is to elevate others around them.

  • Hosting Responsibilities
  • Provide daily on-camera contributions to a daily lifestyle program.
  • Interviewing show guests/clients both in studio and on location.
  • Ability to perform engaging and active live shots for remote location shoots.
  • Maintain working knowledge of news, current events, and pop culture.
  • Manage on-premises guest relations (greeting, assisting guests).
  • Participating in events – either station-sponsored or others – to promote the station, the show and overall goodwill.
  • Ability to turn focus away from oneself and onto the guest(s) present and elevate their presence and experience during the show.
  • Host a post-show CTV program highlighting the “best of” the day’s linear broadcast.
  • Host a weekly CTV program that is in addition to hosting duties for the daily lifestyle show.
  • Sales Responsibilities
  • Assisting sales with presentations including meeting with clients.
  • Participate in or lead creative brainstorming to help satisfy a client’s objectives and still make memorable segments.
  • Thoroughly understanding what’s important to a client and ensuring those expectations are achieved during the show.
  • Effortlessly integrate sponsored content.
  • Willingness to promote products that the client wants to put in its best light.
  • Develop strong relationships with Account Executives and Sales Managers.
  • Editorial Responsibilities
  • Attend and actively participate in daily editorial/planning meetings.
  • Assist Executive Producer with writing, developing and executing show segments.
  • Collecting information, video or photos at remote locations for post-production
  • Researching show topics and developing questions for guests in coordination with Executive Producer
  • Active participation in maintaining the show's social media account and assisting with all digital content as directed by show leadership.
  • Ensure compliance standards for integrated content are upheld.
  • Requirements & Skills:
  • Bachelor’s Degree in Communications, Journalism, Television/Radio, Film or related fields.
  • Minimum 7 years’ professional experience on-camera as an MMJ, reporter, anchor or show host in a top-35 television market.
  • High-energy, charisma and the ability to think and react quickly during live or unscripted moments.
  • Excellent communication skills including verbal skills, an ability to build rapport with a wide range of guests, clients and coworkers.
  • Working knowledge of modern newsroom systems including AP ENPS, Adobe Premiere, video/audio equipment, file transfer systems, non-linear editing and digital content publishing platforms.
  • Ability to work nontraditional hours that a client’s needs may require, including evenings and weekends.
  • Ability to take on additional duties or responsibilities as assigned
  • Pay Disclosure:

$135k+

4 Skills Required For This Role

Communication Game Texts React Adobe Premiere