NewsNation - Senior Producer, NewsNation Live with Connell McShane

NewsNation Live with Connell McShane is seeking a Senior Producer with live control room experience to lead editorial and booking strategy and coordinate show production for a daily news program. The role involves building rundowns, managing a team of producers and writers, copy editing, and serving as a senior leader in the control room. Candidates should be passionate about news, storytelling, and creating compelling programming, and will provide mentoring and support to staff. This position is based in New York City.

Must Have

• 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
• 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
• Ten or more years of editorial experience in a fast-paced environment for a national news program
• Excellent writing and copy-editing skills
• Segment producing experience required
• Strong organizational, and people skills are vital
• 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

Good to Have

• Line producing experience

Perks & Benefits

• Medical insurance (with multiple plan options)
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Paid time off
• 401(k) with company matching contributions
• Paid Parental leave
• Life insurance

A Senior Producer with live control room experience is sought to join the growing team. The senior producer will play a key leadership role helping to devise the editorial and booking strategy and coordinate show production for a daily news program. Candidates should be passionate about news and storytelling and creating compelling programming. The position is based at the network's studios.

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
• 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

Qualifications:

• 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

Salary Range: (per experience) $135,000 – $150,000 Annualized.

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.

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