Associate Producer, Top Story With Tom Llamas

This is a Full Time Job

The Top Story with Tom Llamas team is looking for a creative, passionate journalist.

Get in touch if you’re ready to take on an Associate Producer position. We are looking for someone who writes compelling copy, has a strong visual sensibility, loves collaborating on a team, thrives in a fast-paced, quickly changing and deadline driven environment.

This position is represented by the News Guild – NY CWA.

RESPONSIBILITIES/JOB DUTIES:
• Editing video - including day-of-air packages - and graphic elements for a live show on a tight deadline.
• Collaborating with producers and correspondents to research, write and produce strong editorial copy with speed and accuracy in a fast-paced environment.
• Working closely with EP, producers, correspondents, and anchors.
• Pitch the most relevant, timely and compelling ideas for day-of and future segments.
• Quality check video content.
• Keep senior producers and the EP up to date with daily news development of assigned stories.
• This position has been designated as hybrid, generally contributing from the office a minimum of 4 days per week.

Qualifications
• You’ve been working in broadcast, streaming or cable news for 2 years – preferably working on live daily shows or in and around a control room.
• You’re comfortable editing digital video and you want to get even better at it.
• You want a career in journalism and stay up on the news across multiple subject areas.
• You’ve got big ideas and want to develop your journalistic writing and research skills to bring them to life.
• You have a bachelor’s degree or equivalent years of relevant work experience.
• You’re able to work calmly under intense deadline to finish a project.
• You check and double check your work to ensure accuracy.
• You are willing to work in New York, New York.
• Willing to work 12p – 8p, Monday - Friday.

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS:
• You thrive working in a collaborative team environment.
• You pay attention to the details of everything you work on.
• You have prior experience shooting in the field on DSLR cameras.
• You have prior experience editing video, ideally in both Avid and Premiere.
• You’ve got thorough knowledge of current events.
• You’ve got big ideas and the journalistic writing and research skills to bring them to life.
• You’re familiar with iNEWS.
• You live for the moments when news is breaking and time to air is short.