Location
London

Hours
Full Time

Salary
Not specified

About the Role
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CBS News is looking for a dedicated full-time News Desk Producer. The News Desk Producers will work closely with all bureau staff including producers, camera crews, editors, and engineers across breaking news, features, social and the BBC partnership. They will either know how to coordinate a satellite booking and transmission or be prepared to train to be able to.

The selected candidate must possess excellent interpersonal skills, initiative, keenness to work in a collaborative manner, a strong work ethic and good editorial judgement for news and storytelling. Experience booking international travel for news crews is essential along with a flexible attitude towards weekend working and early and late shift patterns.

Key Responsibilities:
- Coordinate daily assignments in the London Bureau and assist with planning in the wider coverage area.
- Monitor and report all news items to CBS News platforms, communicating with all broadcasts and newsdesks.
- Work closely with Producers, Correspondents, News Crews, Editors, Coordinators and other personnel to proactively assist and contribute to the broadcasting cycle covering breaking and feature news stories.
- Liaise with CBS News teams deployed on assignment and staff in foreign bureaus.
- Make timely travel, hotel and transport bookings for CBS News personnel.
- Maintain a planning diary and understand requirements for future news events including accreditation, visas and travel.
- Liaise with clients and suppliers of news to CBS News.
- Monitor all incoming video from agencies, BBC and social media, pushing content timely to all broadcasts, web and social media teams across CBS News platforms.
- Respond to breaking news by sourcing, verifying and geo-locating video for broadcast.
- Undertake research assignments and produce research packets/projects promptly.
- Assist Producers and Correspondents in booking guests and conducting interviews.
- Research and write appropriate questions and identify key soundbites.
- Commission, contribute, edit and produce content for web and social teams, both written and video.
- Work with correspondents and camera crew to produce London-based live hits into CBS Mornings, CBS Evening News and CBSN.
- Keep up to date with social media platforms to broaden knowledge and awareness of current stories and breaking news.

CBS News and BBC News started a newsgathering agreement in 2017. You will manage the day-to-day running of the partnership ensuring efficient communication and sharing of resources and content between the two partners. Facilitate the exchange of editorial information, video, audio and resources including coordinating live hits from correspondents.

Responsible for compliance on rights, clearance and licensing on BBC/CBS owned, third-party and archival material shared between the organisations.

Experience
- Proven experience working in broadcast journalism, preferably on an international level.
- Experience booking international travel for news crews.
- Good social media skills.
- Ability to write, edit and produce for the web.

About you
- Self-starter, pro-active and motivated.
- Enjoys learning on the fly.
- Passionate and committed to news.
- Sense of urgency, able to act fast and alert necessary people.
- Thrives in a busy, dynamic, sometimes pressurised newsroom.
- Calm and decisive but not afraid to ask for help if necessary.
- Excellent interpersonal skills and communication with all people in and outside the bureau.

Qualifications
- Not explicitly specified but strong editorial judgement and relevant broadcast journalism experience are essential.