Booking Associate Producer

This is a Full Time Job

Associate Booking Producer, MS NOW The Briefing with Jen Psaki

This position is represented by the Writers Guild of America East (WGAE).

MS NOW is seeking a highly organized, proactive, and editorially driven Booking Associate Producer to join The Briefing with Jen Psaki, our weekday 9 PM primetime program.

Key Responsibilities
• Book wide variety of national and international newsmakers, experts, and guests from various fields with a focus on politics.
• Conduct pre-interviews, secure facilities for remote interviews and arrange transportation for guests.
• Assist in coordinating guest arrivals and communicate with control room and studio.
• Arrange interviews for broadcasts during live, breaking news coverage.
• Enterprise, conceptualize and pitch story and guest ideas.
• Take on additional responsibilities as business and editorial needs evolve.
• Partner with producers, assignment editors, booking teams, graphics, research, digital, and technical operations to support daily broadcasts and digital coverage.
• Respond quickly and effectively to changing editorial priorities during breaking news and special-event coverage.
• Ensure all editorial content meets the highest standards of accuracy, fairness, nuance, and journalistic integrity.
• Responsibilities can evolve with the business need.

Qualifications
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional experience.
• 3 years of experience in television news, live television, preferably cable news, including researching information and tracking down guests or a comparable newsroom environment.
• Deep knowledge of U.S. politics, current events, and the political news cycle.
• Ability to manage multiple original projects and priorities simultaneously while meeting tight deadlines.
• Strong understanding of major social media platforms, their audiences, and platform-specific content strategies.
• Strong research, writing, organizational, and communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively in a fast-paced newsroom environment.
• Strong attention to detail and commitment to editorial accuracy.
• Ability to comply with MS NOW Standards and Practices.
• Strong research, writing, organizational, and communication skills.
• Demonstrated interest in U.S. politics, current events, and breaking news.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities while meeting tight deadlines in a fast-paced newsroom.
• Strong attention to detail and commitment to editorial accuracy.

Desired Qualifications
• Sound journalistic judgment and strong writing skills Strong organizational and interpersonal skills required
• Strong knowledge of social media
• Must be detail oriented and able to work under pressure and meet multiple daily deadlines
• Knowledge of Avid/Media Central and iNews preferred

Additional Job Requirements:
• Must be willing to work in Washington, D.C.
• Must have unrestricted work authorization to work in the United States.
• Must be willing and able to work flexible hours, under tight deadline pressure, including breaking news.

Additional Information

As part of our selection process, external candidates may be required to attend an in-person interview with a VERSANT Media employee at one of our locations prior to a hiring decision.

VERSANT Media is not accepting unsolicited assistance from search firms for this employment opportunity. All resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at VERSANT via-email, the Internet, or in any form and/or method without a valid written Statement of Work in place for this position from VERSANT's Talent Acquisition team will be deemed the sole property of VERSANT. No fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by VERSANT as a result of the referral or through other means.