Lifestyle Show Host

Key Responsibilities

• Host live and recorded segments for Indy Now across broadcast, streaming, digital, social, and community platforms.
• Prepare for interviews by reviewing segment notes, client information, talking points, and show rundowns before air.
• Congduct engaging, conversational interviews with local businesses, community leaders, nonprofits, chefs, performers, experts, and station partners.
• Represent the show and station at community events, client appearances, station initiatives, and sponsored activations.
• Work closely with producers, sales, creative, digital, and station leadership to ensure segments are entertaining, accurate, compliant, and valuable to viewers and partners.
• Help create and participate in social media content, including behind-the-scenes videos, short-form segments, teases, reels, and other digital extensions of the show.
• Support sponsored content while maintaining clear viewer trust, proper disclosures, and the editorial tone of the program.
• Bring ideas to the table for segments, recurring franchises, community partnerships, seasonal shows, and digital-first content.
• Maintain a professional, upbeat, flexible presence in a fast-moving daily production environment.

What We’re Looking For

• A natural communicator who can make guests feel comfortable and viewers feel invited.
• Strong on-camera presence with warmth, confidence, humor, and authenticity.
• Ability to handle live television, timing changes, breaking format adjustments, and unexpected moments with composure.
• Excellent interview skills, including listening, follow-up questions, pacing, and the ability to find the human part of a segment.
• Strong local curiosity and a genuine interest in Indianapolis and Central Indiana.
• Comfort with sponsored content, client-facing environments, and sales-supported programming.
• Experience creating or appearing in social media video content.
• A collaborative attitude and the ability to work well with producers, sales teams, photographers, editors, guests, clients, and station talent.
• Strong writing, preparation, and communication skills.

Preferred Experience

• Previous hosting, reporting, anchoring, podcasting, live event hosting, lifestyle programming, entertainment reporting, or social video experience.
• Experience with daily television, branded content, sales-supported media, or community-focused programming.
• Established connection to Indianapolis or strong ability to quickly build local knowledge and relationships.