Planning Producer

Job Description

Is This The Role For You?

CBS News London Bureau is looking for a forward thinking and creative Planning Producer. This is a job for someone who has a passion for news, is highly organised with the ability to tackle problems before they happen. A Planning Producer must be a real multi-tasker with advanced planning skills, able to keep across editorial while looking after the daily needs of a busy news bureau. The role must support the needs of staff who travel internationally as well as those in the London Bureau and international offices.

What will you be doing?
• Assisting in running the planning diaries – both editorial and logistics
• Drafting rotas for sign off for newsdesk and coordinators, production crews and editors.
• Ensuring the daily reporting of staffing and tracking annual leave allowance
• Working alongside the newsdesk on travel bookings
• Project work on specific shoots/assignments including liaising with US broadcasts
• Assisting with breaking news and large/planned news events.
• Assisting with management of outpost staff globally and hiring local fixers internationally.
• Management of admin relating to passport, visa, press card applications, accreditations
• Liaising with finance department tracking travel expenditure. e.g excess baggage/transport.
• Taking responsibility for the newsdesk payment card, consolidating monthly
• Being responsible for the Intern and work experience opportunities; Liaise with Universities to bring in Interns from the USA and hire local Work Experience candidates
• Engineering liaison, coordinating on deployment/equipment needs.
• Able to act up and assist the Bureau Management with deployments
• Liaising with external provider/partners such as BBC, FBS, TBS, Dataminr, subscriptions, translators, transport companies.
• Check invoices of freelance newsdesk, editors and crew to send for final approval.
• Assist with new technology development including Wolftech promotion and engagement in London and other bureaus.
• Liaising with the High Risk Team and Bureau Management to book HE training courses
• Assisting with travelling staff care before, during and after assignments.

What are we looking for?
• Booking travel for news teams
• Working in a fast paced newsroom
• Rota coordination
• Tracking expenditure for finance
• Coordinating broadcast news camera crews and editors.

PLEASE NOTE THIS ROLE IS FULL TIME ON SITE IN CHISWICK PARK.

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Paramount is an equal opportunity employer (EOE) including disability/vet.

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