Victory News Division Producer & Guest Coordinator

About the role

The Victory News Division Producer & Guest Coordinator serves as a key member of the Victory News leadership and production team, supporting all programming within the Victory News Division umbrella. This position is primarily responsible for identifying, securing, scheduling, and managing guests for multiple television and digital programs, while also serving as an experienced production professional capable of assisting with live and prerecorded broadcasts.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute guest booking strategies for all Victory News Division programming.
• Research, identify, recruit, and secure guests relevant to current events, faith-based topics, cultural issues, ministry initiatives, and special programming.
• Maintain and continually expand a network of guest contacts, publicists, ministries, organizations, government officials, authors, journalists, and subject matter experts.
• Coordinate guest logistics, scheduling, travel arrangements, technical requirements, and pre-interview preparation.
• Prepare briefing materials and background research for hosts, producers, and talent.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for guests before, during, and after appearances.
• Cultivate long-term relationships that support recurring appearances and future programming opportunities.
• Collaborate with executive leadership, producers, writers, and hosts to align guest selections with editorial goals and ministry objectives.
• Monitor current events, industry trends, and developing stories to proactively identify potential guests and interview opportunities.
• Assist in the planning, development, and execution of live and prerecorded programming across the Victory News Division.
• Support producers, directors, and control room personnel during productions and special events.
• Participate in show development, rundown planning, segment preparation, and production meetings.
• Help coordinate communication between editorial, production, technical, and creative teams.
• Ensure assigned productions maintain high editorial, technical, and production standards.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Broadcast Journalism, Communications, Television Production, Media Studies, or related field preferred.
• Minimum of five (5) years of professional television production experience in a network, national, regional, or major-market broadcast environment.
• Minimum of five (5) years of live control room experience.
• Demonstrated experience booking guests for television, digital media, radio, podcast, or live-event productions.
• Experience producing live news, talk, interview, or current-events programming preferred.

Skills

• Strong understanding of television production workflows and control room operations.
• Exceptional interpersonal, communication, and relationship-building skills.
• Strong editorial judgment and news awareness.
• Ability to identify compelling stories, guests, and interview opportunities.
• Excellent organizational and project management skills.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to manage multiple priorities under deadline pressure.

Qualifications

The ideal candidate is a seasoned network television producer with extensive control room experience, strong editorial judgment, exceptional communication skills, and a proven ability to build and maintain relationships with high-profile guests, public figures, ministry leaders, subject matter experts, and newsmakers.