What are the responsibilities and job description for the Producer position at Newsday Media Group?
Produce high quality video and digital content leveraging state-of-the-art studio facility, award-winning video department and Newsday staff journalists.
Essential Duties & Function
- Participate in story selection process,
- Help oversee daily deployment of video resources,
- Manage full range of studio and remote productions, including daily newscasts, interviews, live events, documentaries, multi-part series, special interest and other news-related programming.
- Produce and write original content for tv and digital platforms
- Coordinate effectively with other editorial and interactive operations.
Essential Job Knowledge
- A bachelor’s degree required. A Degree in Journalism, Communications, or equivalent work experience is preferred, but not required.
- 1-2 years of experience as line and/or field producer in commercial TV news production facility.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills required
- Writing ability - strong writing, editing and storytelling skills.
- Solid news sense and knowledge of TV journalism,
- Familiarity with major newsroom systems.
- Good leadership skills.
- Ability to work creatively and smoothly across departments in large news organization.
- Ability to coach and critique effectively.
- Well informed on major issues.
- Ability to work a flexible and varied schedule to include weekends, holidays and extended hours as needed to support business needs .
- This is a hybrid position. Employees are generally required to work in the office a minimum of three (3) days per week.
Compensation
- The annual salary range for this position is $80,000.00 - $90,000.00, commensurate with experience.
Newsday Media Group is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants and incumbents are selected, placed, trained, compensated and promoted without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital or veteran status, or disability or other classifications protected by applicable law. In addition, Newsday Media Group provides a reasonable accommodation for applicants/incumbents with disabilities. Please advise Human Resources if you require a reasonable accommodation.
Salary : $80,000 - $90,000
