Associate Producer, CNN VOD Streaming

Your New Role

CNN is hiring an Associate Producer for its subscription service. The AP position will support production staff with editing clip-based content for VOD. Assignments include video creation of daily news videos or evergreen content. The AP must demonstrate strong editorial judgment, a visual eye for compelling video content suitable to various platforms, and proficiency in social media. The AP is also expected to adhere to defined editorial and journalistic standards.

Accountabilities

• Supports day-to-day production operations across the team, including logistics, research, and editorial prep.
• Demonstrates growing editorial judgment
• Help shape story treatments that reflect strong editorial instincts and have platform relevance.
• Support producers in the creative development, research, pre-production and post workflows for assigned stories
• Support the development and treatment of stories with the guidance of producers
• Logs footage, pulls selects, and assists in fact-checking or sourcing media.
• Organizes production elements such as scripts, graphics, b-roll, music, and assets for easy team access.
• Supports on-set or remote shoots by handling gear, slating, taking notes, or assisting talent.
• Participate actively in edit reviews and publishing processed with an understanding of tone, pacing and platform needs
• Ensure content complies with legal, rights, and editorial standards
• Remain engaged with Platform trends and audience behavior to inform content decisions
• Affords assistance to producers and editors in pre-production, production, and post-production tasks as needed.

Qualifications & Experience

• Typically 1 to 3 or more years of experience of related experience in a digital newsroom
• Bachelor’s degree in journalism, technical production, or relevant professional work experience.
• Basic understanding of news
• Sound editorial judgment, with emerging sense of what makes a story distinct, engaging
• Strong research skills
• Strong writing skills for visual storytelling
• Ability to manage timelines and stay detail-oriented across concurrent assignments
• Clear communicator and proactive team contributor.
• Eagerness to learn, take feedback, and build a foundation in editorial production.
• Ability to work late nights, weekends and holidays as deadlines warrant.
• Operate camera/audio, assemble radio cuts, apply simple graphics, use CMS and asset tools, understand basic platform metrics.