Producer - Freelance

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Edison, NJ
Hybrid
3-5 Years Experience
Consumer Web • Digital Media • News + Entertainment
The Role

News 12 is our award-winning, hyper local news station covering communities throughout Long Island, the Bronx, Brooklyn, Westchester, Hudson Valley, Connecticut and New Jersey. News 12 New York is our National streaming service for regional news, weather and News 12 originals.
If you're committed to delivering high quality news and storytelling with a hyper local lens, we have positions available for both on and off-air talent with opportunities for development and growth.
Job Summary
News 12 is looking for a creative, driven, and experienced Producer to assist in the broadcast of live daily news programming. The candidate will have experience working in live news with expertise in writing scripts and working within show rundowns. Knowledge of general news, business news, technology innovations, and cultural news is necessary.
The candidate must also be able to conduct guest research, pre-interview guests, and put together smart and informative segments for air. You need to be able to work in a high-pressure environment and produce under tight deadlines. The successful candidate must be a self-starter and independent worker. At the same time, you must be adaptable and flexible, a team player who is able to mix easily and work effectively in our small and highly collaborative team. You are expected to be in the office during your shift each day. This is a temp role with the possibility of going permanent. Must be available for variable shifts including weekends.
Responsibilities

  • Organize strong, compelling, audience-driven segments.
  • Write teases, segment intros, news readers, and guest segments.
  • Recognize stories with high potential for provocative, compelling television.
  • Be able to develop story ideas, research, and plan segments.
  • Attend all editorial meetings for your individual show + larger editorial meetings throughout the week.
  • Write scripts for live programming, conduct pre-interviews for guest segments.
  • Build show graphics and elements in rundown software.
  • Must always be ready to break in and assist with the latest news or developing stories.
  • Must possess a strong collaborative spirit and understand the vision and creativity necessary to handle a newscast.
  • Be creative in new ways to produce and deliver content to viewers.
  • Conduct pre-show checks for your segments in ensure any errors are corrected before going live.
  • Work on special projects or series as needed for your show.
  • Coordinate with multiple different departments to meet deliverable deadlines and expectations.


Qualifications

  • Experience in live production
  • 3+ years of live broadcast and control room experience
  • Excellent research and writing skills
  • Strong grammar, copy editing and communication skills
  • Familiarity with ENPS or similar rundown program
  • Working knowledge of production and post-production techniques
  • Familiarity with SEO, RSS, Twitter, Facebook and other social media
  • Organizational skills and ability to work under tight deadlines


We are an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to recruiting, hiring and promoting qualified people of all backgrounds regardless of gender, race, color, creed, national origin, religion, age, marital status, pregnancy, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, military or veteran status, or any other basis protected by federal, state, or local law.
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Nearest Major Market: New Jersey

The Company
Bethpage, NY
720 Employees
Hybrid Workplace

What We Do

News 12 Networks is the New York tri-state leader in hyper-local content - providing exclusive news, weather, traffic, and sports to 7 unique local areas, all within the #1 television DMA. While today the 24-hour news cycle is well established, News 12 Long Island was the FIRST local channel to provide around the clock local news, and the first to give Long Island a channel specifically targeted to their local issues. From that same model, 6 additional channels were launched as part of the hyper-local network, in New Jersey, Westchester, the Bronx, Brooklyn, the Hudson Valley (Rockland and Orange Counties), and Connecticut.

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Employees engage in a combination of remote and on-site work.

Typical time on-site: Not Specified
Bethpage, NY

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