Weekend Coordinating Producer

This is a Full Time Job

Coordinating Producer, MS NOW Weekends 10AM

Job Description

MS NOW is looking for an experienced Coordinating Producer for the new weekend show airing 10AM – 1PM on Saturday and Sunday with Jacob Soboroff.

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

Responsibilities:
• Lead and manage the social media & digital content for the show and the anchor on YouTube, Bluesky, X, TikTok, MS.NOW and MS NOW's DTC products
• Craft a compelling and unique digital presence for the show & the anchor
• Drive views & clicks to all social platforms
• Write copy for all social media and digital posts
• Pitch, edit, shoot and post original social media & digital content
• Oversee & produce the show's original content for MS NOW's DTC products
• Assist with research on segments and interviews
• Pitch story ideas

Qualifications
• Must have a bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
• Must have at least 5 years of experience in live television, preferably cable news
• Thorough knowledge of current events, US politics, geopolitics, foreign policy and history

Desired Qualifications
• Experience producing compelling social media and digital content
• Ability to identify clips & moments that will generate views, clicks and traffic to the show's digital & social platforms
• Must be proficient in desktop editing
• Proficient in editing with Avid
• Experience with Wildmoka
• Ability to enterprise, research and plan stories
• Wide-range reader of news, including op-eds

Additional Job Requirements:
• Must be willing to work in New York, NY
• Must have unrestricted work authorization to work in the United States
• Must be willing to work weekends
• 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.