NBC News Desk Editor 9-month FTC
NBC News Desk Editor 9-month FTC
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Job Description
Youll be at the core of NBC Newss international operation working alongside the Senior Desk Editor in coordinating and supporting teams in the field and in the newsroom as they produce content for our key platforms including TODAY Nightly News MSNBC and NBC News Digital. Well look to you to draw on your experience of working on assignment desks and be resourceful in juggling various tasks including organizing lives and pretapes managing requests setting up interviews deploying personnel and booking travel all while keeping the company and field teams up to date with the latest developing news stories and video. Youll ideally be familiar with video transmissions from the field and will be comfortable editing short video clips to send to field teams or across the network. Well also expect you to use social media and research tools to quickly pick up on interesting stories and be first in our coverage. You will have excellent communication skills and be able to persuade people both inside and outside the organization on tight deadlines and during difficult and stressful periods. Youll need to be meticulous and have excellent attentiontodetail to keep across all the work that goes on for the International Desk on a daily basis.
Main responsibilities include but are not limited to:
- Coordinating resources and communicating with the senior desk editor field teams show producers & editing producers content platforms & platform editors
- Working with the live request coordinator to assign and manage live requests for various NBC News platforms & partners
- Coordinating with SatOps MCR and field teams on live shots
- Updating the network editors and field teams with breaking news updates & compelling video
- Compiling accurate staffing logs editorial updates & output records
- Handling and booking live transmissions or tape windows with third party vendors
- Deploying teams on short notice to travel abroad & booking travel
- Assisting field teams with risk assessments & managers in ensuring safety protocols
- Working with the senior desk editor or individually to identify and pitch key stories & editorial themes
- Verifying stories by contacting local sources government officials companies or related individuals
- Working with NBC Newss partners & affiliates to request video editorial information or assistance
- Finding & transmitting key video from agencies archives or elsewhere for news stories across the network
- Supporting the edit room or field edits
Qualifications :
Skills and Experience
- Experience working on the news desk of a leading international TV news organization ideally with a US outlet
- Capacity to work in a fastpaced and demanding live news environment
- Strong news judgment knowledge of current events & familiarity with previous key news stories
- Strong attention to detail & accuracy
- Ability to multitask
- Excellent communication skills & professional conduct especially in highpressure & stressful situations
- Experience with managing & booking satellite operations preferred
- Strong understanding of the role of social media in news broadcasting and multiplatform delivery
- Experience with iNews & Avid preferred
- Experience of using video agencies preferred
- Understanding of video and photo licensing legal principles and rights of usage preferred
- Familiarity with NBC News output and editorial standards
Requirements
- University degree or equivalent experience
- Eligible to work in the UK
- Must be able to work flexible hours including overnights
- High standard of written English
- Polite phone manner and good communication skills
- Strong teamwork ethic
- Additional languages preferred
Additional Information :
As part of our selection process external candidates may be required to attend an inperson interview with an NBCUniversal employee at one of our locations prior to a hiring decision. NBCUniversals 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
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Fulltime
Employment Type
Full-time
