Editorial Producer

Job Description

Editorial Producer (Booker), CNN

The Job

The Editorial Producer is responsible for booking guests, making pitches, and handling newsmaker requests for the CNN Newsroom.

The Daily

This individual is the show's booking representative and is responsible for constantly upgrading the quantity and quality of bookings for live, daily interviews in addition to special projects. The Editorial Producer conducts pre-interviews over the phone and sets up on-camera interviews and b-roll shoots, researches and pitches provocative stories, and works contacts for long-term booking opportunities. Editorial Producers work with Segment Producers to develop characters for long-term stories. Performs other related duties as assigned. Job requires travel for breaking news bookings.

The Essentials
• A qualified candidate for this position must have 3+ years as a booking producer or equivalent news production experience.
• Research skills are essential to this position.
• Proven performance and established connections in booking high profile news guests are necessary.
• This candidate must be able to multi-task, execute quickly, and be editorially strong.
• Knowledge of current events, key players and issues in global affairs a must.
• Organizational skills and writing skills are essential to this position.
• Bachelor's degree required. Second language a plus.
• This position is required to work in person at one of our locations in the United States. WarnerMedia requires anyone working in our workplaces in the US to be vaccinated against COVID-19. Exemptions to this vaccine requirement are available to those entitled to reasonable accommodations for religious or medical reasons.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-d58kw3-3-138-114-94-42 in your application.