Booker, The Story With Martha Maccallum

Job Description

JOB DESCRIPTION
We are looking for a confident, highly motivated, proactive Booker to join our team. As a Booker for The Story with Martha MacCallum, you will be responsible for securing interviews with high profile politicians, newsmakers, and everyday people. You perform your best under deadline pressure and know what it takes to get the exclusive. You must have excellent people skills and understand the importance of building and maintaining relationships with potential guests & your co-workers. You thrive in a collaborative team environment and want to contribute to something great every single day.

A SNAPSHOT OF YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES
• Book guests under the deadline pressure of a daily live show
• Track down difficult-to-find people using social media & other tools
• Work collaboratively with co-workers to determine the best approach to securing high-profile interviews
• Conduct in-depth research and pre-interviews as well as suggest questions for the host
• Pitch unique stories and guests of interest to our audience

WHAT YOU WILL NEED
• Bachelor's degree and 1-3 years of prior television (or similar) experience
• Ability to establish/build relationships with guests and high profile newsmakers
• Ability to maintain those relationships when bookings need to be canceled or rescheduled
• Willingness to see the big picture, and put the show's best interests above all else
• Understanding that the news never stops, and some work may be required outside regular hours
• Ability to work from home / telecommute when necessary

NICE TO HAVE
• An extensive rolodex with contacts in politics
• Experience tracking down hard-to-find people using social media, LexisNexus, Accurint, etc.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-rj7pbr-18-219-63-90-42 in your application.