Segment Producer, Fast Money - CNBC

About the role

VERSANT (Nasdaq: VSNT) is an industry-changing media and entertainment business home to trusted brands that shape culture, inform audiences, and build lasting connections. It operates across four core markets: political news and opinion, business news and personal finance, golf, and sports and genre entertainment, served through a portfolio including CNBC, MS NOW, USA Network, Golf Channel, Oxygen, E!, SYFY, and Versant's sports division USA Sports, along with digital assets including Fandango, Rotten Tomatoes, GolfNow and GolfPass.

CNBC is seeking a Segment Producer for Fast Money. In this newscast, you will be an integral part of covering the most significant financial news stories of the day. The position is based at CNBC Headquarters in Englewood Cliffs, NJ.

Responsibilities

• Developing and producing live and taped guest segments
• Generating original content ideas daily, tapping into a broad array of sources
• Identifying and booking compelling guests
• Conducting pre-interviews of guests and arranging hits
• Writing compelling copy and teases
• Securing elements such as sound bites and video to support segments
• Helping create, visualize and produce segments for the show
• Bringing new and creative ideas to the show for segments and franchises
• Developing and maintaining good relationships with news sources
• Assisting Line Producers in the production of the show

Qualifications

• At least 3–5 years of experience in a live television environment, with demonstrated writing, research and communication skills
• Exemplary editorial judgment
• Experience in producing social media
• Self-starter with superior contacts who can work effectively and creatively under daily deadline pressure
• Excellent interpersonal skills, combined with a strong sense of how to visually tell a compelling story
• Willingness to accommodate a demanding production schedule and flexibility to work weekends and some holidays when and as required
• Must have unrestricted work authorization to work in the United States

Benefits

• Free onsite fitness center with state-of-the-art equipment and daily group classes
• Gourmet cafeteria with daily specials, soup and salad bars
• Dry cleaning service
• Free shuttle transportation to and from multiple locations in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Hoboken and Jersey City
• Company-sponsored medical, dental and vision insurance
• 401(k) plan
• Paid leave
• Variety of other discounts and perks

Pay

Salary range: $90,000–$100,000.

Schedule

Demanding production schedule with flexibility required for weekends and some holidays.