NewsNation seeks a Senior Producer to join the show team for a new weekend dayside program. The senior producer will play a key role helping to devise the editorial and booking strategy and coordinate show production for the program. Candidates should have strong editorial judgement and be comfortable managing a control room. The position is based at the network's headquarters in Chicago.

Duties & Responsibilities:

Assists executive producer and anchor in setting show’s editorial direction

Pitches story ideas and makes guest booking suggestions

Help build rundowns for regular programming as well as breaking news and special programming

Coordinates the team: line producers, associate producers, writers, editors and other staff

Copy edits scripts and content

Serves as a senior leader in the control room

Manage editorial relationships and collaboration with other teams

Helps implement training and best practices for show team

Provides ongoing mentoring and support to members of the show team

Acts as Executive Producer in his/her absence

Performs special projects and other duties as assigned by network management

Requirements & Skills:

Five to ten more years of editorial experience in a fast-paced environment for a national news program (broadcast, cable or digital)

Line producing and segment producing experience a plus

Must be self-directing, self-motivating and able to work will with a diverse group of people

Must be detail-oriented

Must have strong organizational skills

Must have excellent writing and copy-editing skills

Must have considerable line producing experience

Segment producing and package producing experience are also helpful

Must be able to handle high pressure and high intensity situations with poise and maturity

Must be able to work assigned shifts and be on call during overnights, mornings and weekends/holidays

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Nexstar Media Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: NXST) is a leading diversified media company that produces and distributes engaging local and national news, sports and entertainment content across its television and digital platforms, including more than 310,000 hours of programming produced annually by its business units. Nexstar owns America’s largest local television broadcasting group comprised of top network affiliates, with 200 owned or partner stations in 116 U.S. markets reaching 220 million people. Nexstar’s national television properties include The CW, America’s fifth major broadcast network, NewsNation, our national news network providing “News for All America,” popular entertainment multicast networks Antenna TV and Rewind TV, and a 31.3% ownership stake in TV Food Network. The Company’s portfolio of digital assets, including its local TV station websites, The Hill and NewsNationNow.com, are collectively a Top 10 U.S. digital news and information property. For more information, please visit nexstar.tv.

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