Production Assistant, Meet The Press NOW

This is a Full Time Job

Meet The Press NOW is looking for a Production Assistant who has a demonstrated passion and skill in political reporting and thrives in a fast-paced, dynamic and deadline driven team environment.

Get in touch if you love to work with graphics, edit video, have strong digital/social skills and want to jump start your career in journalism.

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

Responsibilities:
• Oversee the airing of all graphic elements during live program
• Work with director and line producer to maintain graphic look and accuracy
• Work closely with producers to research, select and locate required footage for broadcast
• Assist associate producers and editor with video editing
• Work closely with the Meet The Press Digital Team to publish and distribute video on social media and owned platforms
• Print scripts for anchors in studio and remotely
• Compile research for anchors, maintaining on-air updates during live program
• Gather information on breaking stories for anchors to relay on air
• Maintain show transcripts and assist with archiving

Qualifications
• Worked in broadcast, digital or cable, including internships, for at least one year
• Possess excellent knowledge of politics, history and current events
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent years of relevant work experience
• Knowledge of Avid/Interplay/Premiere and iNews preferred
• Proven ability to work under deadline pressure and breaking news in a collaborative team environment
• Strong sense of newsworthiness, AP-Style and social media best practices
• You are willing to work in New York, New York from 9a-5p, Monday-Friday.

Desired Characteristics
• 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.
• You can enterprise, research and plan stories
• You’re able to work calmly under intense deadline to finish a project
• You thrive working in a collaborative team environment
• You pay attention to the details of everything you work on

Additional Requirements:
• Hybrid: This position currently has a hybrid schedule, which requires contributing from the office a minimum of four days per week. The Company reserves the right to change in-office requirements at any time.