Field Producer, MS NOW Newsgathering

Job Description

Job Description

Company Description

VERSANT (Nasdaq: VSNT) is an industry-changing media and entertainment business and 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. These markets are served through a powerful portfolio of iconic and innovative brands, including CNBC, MS NOW, USA Network, Golf Channel, Oxygen, E!, SYFY, and Versant's sports division USA Sports, along with complementary digital assets including Fandango, Rotten Tomatoes, GolfNow and GolfPass.

Job Description

MS NOW is looking for skilled cross-platform producers to field produce reporters and cover presidential candidates. The producers will be expected to travel based on campaign schedules and on short notice for extended periods and work a variety of shifts, including some weekends. You will be expected to work in partnership with on-air reporters to report and produce cross-platform content with an emphasis on written and video content. The producers are expected to be a point of contact with campaigns and will be responsible for editorial dispatches from events (in conjunction with the embeds and reporters), turning written and video digital pieces, and setting up live shots. This is not just a logistics position, these producers are expected to be fully editorially involved in covering this campaign cycle. 

Responsibilities : 

• Represent MS NOW at all times with integrity according to our policy and standards
• Ability to field produce, coordinate live-shots and book guests for shows
• Work with reporters and embeds to make sure candidate events and interviews are being covered as fully as possible and that the editorial information is making its way into the system in a timely fashion.
  • Must be willing to work closely with reporters assigned to these candidates as well.
• Utilize all cross-platform field journalism skills including, but not limited to: shooting political events, providing live transmission, getting their assigned reporter on tv as well as other expected content creation.
• Element gather for shows/packages, write digital stories, and produce social media content.
• Contribute rolling content for all platforms in a breaking news environment
• Ability to develop sources
• Thrive under tight deadlines in high-pressure environments, ensuring smooth execution in the field and alignment with network standards

Qualifications

• Minimum 5+ years of professional producing experience with an emphasis on field production
• Must have a Bachelor's degree

Desired Qualifications: 

• Strong interest in and enthusiasm for covering the 2028 campaign cycle in a fast-paced, field-based news environment.
• Strong knowledge of the U.S. political landscape, current events, and public policy.
• Sound news judgment and commitment to fairness and accuracy
• Excellent writing and communication skills
• Ability to communicate complex matters with ease
• Proven ability to meet deadlines and multi-task with speed and efficacy
• Proficiency in all aspects of production including but not limited to shooting, writing and editing stories for various platforms

Additional Requirements: 

• Must be willing and able to work flexible hours, under tight deadlines often with little or no warning (i.e. breaking news)
• Must be willing to travel a majority of the time 
• Must be available to work evenings, weekends and holidays
• Must have a valid US driver's license and be willing to drive
• Must be willing to supply handles/screen names for all personal social media accounts 
• Must have unrestricted work authorization to work in the United States

This position is eligible for company sponsored benefits, including medical, dental and vision insurance, 401(k), paid leave, tuition reimbursement, and a variety of other discounts and perks.

Salary Range: $100,000 - $140,000

Additional Information

As part of our selection process, external candidates may be required to attend an in-person interview with a VERSANT Media employee at one of our locations prior to a hiring decision. VERSANT Media's policy is to provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, gender identity or expression, age, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy, veteran status, membership in the uniformed services, genetic information, or any other basis protected by applicable law.

If you are a qualified individual with a disability or a disabled veteran and require support throughout the application and/or recruitment process as a result of your disability, you have the right to request a reasonable accommodation. You can submit your request to View email address on ziprecruiter.com.

VERSANT Media is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. We include a good faith pay range for each position to comply with applicable state and local pay transparency laws and to promote equity across our organization. Actual compensation will be based on factors such as the candidate's skills, qualifications, experience, and location and may include additional forms of compensation and benefits such as health insurance, retirement plans, paid time off, etc.

VERSANT Media is not accepting unsolicited assistance from search firms for this employment opportunity. All resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at VERSANT via-email, the Internet, or in any form and/or method without a valid written Statement of Work in place for this position from VERSANT's Talent Acquisition team will be deemed the sole property of VERSANT. No fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by VERSANT as a result of the referral or through other means.