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Your New Role...
Inside Politics Weekend seeks a talented Senior Producer to join their team in Washington, DC!
Your Role Accountabilities...
In this role, the Senior Producer will help us experiment, ideate, develop and produce live and tape content. This Senior Producer will manage a team dedicated to producing a live show that dives deep on all the latest political stories and daily news headlines. The ideal candidate is a voracious consumer of political news and video content in its many forms. Strong editorial judgement, superior live production skills, and a knowledge of the digital landscape is required. An understanding of audience feedback and behavior, and the ability to create and develop content accordingly is necessary. This position reports to the Supervising Producer and plays a key role as a people manager leading a team and building the team’s capabilities. Experience in digital and/or live television news production is required.
Oversee development and production of daily and weekly news programming
Manage live productions and post-production project distribution
Create and develop innovative, community-building, premium live content
Approve producers’ scripts, pitches and on-camera bookings
Maintain schedules and workflows, while meeting aggressive deadlines for on-budget work
Manage internal and external relationships to help book and cultivate on-camera talent
Partner with internal stakeholders across the organization
Work closely with Rights and Clearances and ensure all projects meet CNN editorial guidelines and Standards & Practices
Your Qualifications & Experience...
College degree or equivalent
8+ years of news production or related experience
1-2 years directly or indirectly managing others
Proven experience in live show production and script review
Proven experience working with and managing top talent and correspondents
Outstanding editorial judgment, critical and strategic thinking, and organization skills
Superior writing, editing and production skills
Control room or comparable experience required
Extensive knowledge of digital media industry
Proven ability to lead a team through change; works well under pressure
Strong communication skills, excellent teamwork and team-building skills
Adobe suite/Premiere editing skills, a plus
Must be able to work an extended schedule as the news cycle and deadlines require
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