About the Role
CNN seeks a talented Senior Producer to join the Laura Coates Live show at 11pm in New York.
Responsibilities
- Collaborate with the anchor, executive producer, and show team to plan and execute the program.
- Assist the executive producer in managing a team spread across two cities.
- Produce and oversee the production of segments with an eye towards compelling angles and creative elements.
- Craft and write elaborate monologues.
- Work with the executive producer to ensure quality control of the program.
- Actively participate in pitching and futures planning.
- Help mentor junior staff members.
Requirements
- 10+ years of producing experience on a live news program
- Extensive knowledge of politics and current events
- Control room proficiency
- Daily line producing experience is a must
- Ability to manage a team in breaking news situations
- A strong editorial sense of what is "breaking news" and what are substantial developments
- Exceptional writing skills and ability to craft and produce elaborate monologues
- Strong editorial sense of stories that resonate across the political, cultural, and legal spectrums
Skills
- Producing
- Live news production
- Politics
- Current events
- Control room operations
- Line producing
- Team management
- Editorial judgment
- Writing
- Monologue writing
Location
- New York
Work Type
- Onsite
- Extended schedule as news cycle and deadlines require
Experience Level
- Senior
Education Level
- Four-year college degree preferred or proven industry experience
Salary/Compensations
- Pay Range: $126,000.00 - $234,000.00 salary per year.
Benefits
- Thoughtfully curated benefits
- Health insurance coverage
- Employee wellness program
- Life and disability insurance
- Retirement savings plan
- Paid holidays
- Sick time
- Vacation
About the Company
- Warner Bros. Discovery is the home of the global digital revolution.
- WBD offers career defining opportunities, thoughtfully curated benefits, and the tools to explore and grow into your best selves.
- We are born from the spirit of innovation.
Equal Opportunity
- Warner Bros. Discovery embraces the opportunity to build a workforce that reflects a wide array of perspectives, backgrounds and experiences.
- Being an equal opportunity employer means that we take seriously our responsibility to consider qualified candidates on the basis of merit, without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, mental or physical disability, and genetic information, marital status, citizenship status, military status, protected veteran status or any other category protected by law.
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