Producer, CNBC Events & Councils

Job Description

Job Description

Company Description

VERSANT (Nasdaq: VSNT) is an industry-changing media and entertainment business and home to trusted brands that shape culture, inform audiences, and build lasting connections. It operates across four core markets: political news and opinion, business news and personal finance, golf, and sports and genre entertainment. These markets are served through a powerful portfolio of iconic and innovative brands, including CNBC, MS NOW, USA Network, Golf Channel, Oxygen, E!, SYFY, and Versant’s sports division USA Sports, along with complementary digital assets including Fandango, Rotten Tomatoes, GolfNow and GolfPass.

CNBC’s Events & Councils team is seeking an experienced news producer to support our growing stable of multi-platform editorial franchises and executive membership communities.

The Producer will join a team of producers and editors who publish weekly newsletters, write articles, shoot and edit videos, and craft social media posts based to complement, enhance and extend CNBC Events content, as well as maintain an ongoing editorial connection between the CNBC Events & Councils team, and the c-suite executives who make up the CNBC Councils communities.

Responsibilities:

• Write and produce content for weekly newsletters. The team currently produces six weekly newsletters across CNBC Events and Councils. The producer will play a key role in supporting newsletter content development and production.
• Plan and execute content amplification strategies for CNBC Events across TV, digital and social platforms.
• Write and report stories for CNBC.com in support of Events and Councils brands to ensure brand continuity and community engagement.
• Edit and publish clips from CNBC Event stages.
• Collaborate across the Events & Councils team as needed to provide editorial support to all events.

This position is eligible for company sponsored benefits, including medical, dental and vision insurance, 401(k), paid leave, and a variety of other discounts and perks. Salary range: $90,000-$120,000

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience
• 5+ years of multiplatform news experience, including a combination of writing, shooting, editing or producing.
• Experience covering key business news verticals including technology and AI, finance, economics, global trade, and future of work.
• Exceptional journalistic instincts
• Ability to operate in a high-pressure environment managing multiple deadlines and stakeholders
• Strong interpersonal and communications skills

Desired Characteristics

You’ll stand out if you have:

• An ability to set editorial priorities
• Experience at a Business News network or site  
• Television production experience
• Social media experience
• Understanding of new AI tools and how they can be used to enhance (but not replace) your creative process.

As part of our selection process, external candidates may be required to attend an in-person interview with a VERSANT Media employee at one of our locations prior to a hiring decision. VERSANT Media's 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 [email protected].

VERSANT Media is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. We include a good faith pay range for each position to comply with applicable state and local pay transparency laws and to promote equity across our organization. Actual compensation will be based on factors such as the candidate's skills, qualifications, experience, and location and may include additional forms of compensation and benefits such as health insurance, retirement plans, paid time off, etc.

VERSANT Media is not accepting unsolicited assistance from search firms for this employment opportunity. All resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at VERSANT via-email, the Internet, or in any form and/or method without a valid written Statement of Work in place for this position from VERSANT's Talent Acquisition team will be deemed the sole property of VERSANT. No fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by VERSANT as a result of the referral or through other means.