Executive Assistant, TODAY Show - NY
Company: NBC News
Location: New York, NY
Start Date:
Type of Position: Full-Time
Minimum Education Level: Bachelor's
Minimum Years of Experience: 1 year
Job Description: As an Executive Assistant, you will provide administrative support to the SVP, TODAY Show at NBC News. He or she will serve as the office liaison, communicating with internal NBCU divisions and with external businesses.
• General administrative duties including meeting planning, travel planning expense reports, scheduling, phone/mail, supplies, filing and other business matters.
• Schedule and arrange meetings and conference calls with internal and external parties at a fast and constantly changing pace.
• Handle heavy telephone contact with all levels of internal and external executive management and employees
• Screen telephone calls, visitors and letters. Answer routine questions and furnish information.
• Utilize judgment in handling inquiries from vendors, candidates, employees, and resolve concerns/issues as necessary.
• Handle confidential information with absolute discretion.
• Plan staff and other team events including staff meetings, senior team meetings and off-sites when necessary. This includes managing all aspects including vendor selection, catering, audiovisual, and other logistics.
Producer/Writer, Inside Politics - DC
Company: CNN
Location: Washington, D.C.
Start Date:
Type of Position: Full-Time
Minimum Education Level: Bachelor's
Minimum Years of Experience: 4 years
Job Description:
Responsibilities:
- Pitching, researching, planning guest segments and/or packages as needed. Identifying guests, video elements, graphic elements (including relevant fonts).
- Coordinating execution of segments live from control room when needed, to ensure the most effective pursuit of the vision of the segment.
- Developing graphics for pieces or entire programs based on theme.
- Writing: pulling together all elements of segments and writing anchor intros, teases, fonts and text for graphics.
- Collaborating with newsgathering and Media Operations to obtain the best elements.
- Collaborating with the Row to ensure the best script.
- Writing day-of scripts for program: promos, teases, opens, news, features.
- Effectively using video, graphics and fonts on all assigned stories.
Producer I, State of the Union - DC
Company: CNN
Location: Washington, D.C.
Start Date:
Type of Position: Full-Time
Minimum Education Level: Bachelor's
Minimum Years of Experience: 5 years
Job Description: This producer is responsible for guest segments, interviews and taped spots on SOTU, and must pitch compelling and creative segment ideas on a daily basis. The ideal candidate will have a political news background and be able to pitch political voices and segments. We're looking for a producer with strong editorial judgment to help generate compelling and creative segment ideas, and will be responsible for selecting key video, soundbites, quotes, and other information to be used as production elements.
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