News Producer, Telemundo Chicago
NBCUniversal
- Chicago, IL
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Responsible for the overall creation and production of newscasts rundowns and other programs as needed.
- Must ensure accuracy, integrity, ethics, and balance of news content.
- Respond to breaking news with urgency and accuracy.
- Incorporate digital and streaming media strategies into newscasts.
- Work closely with fellow producers, executive producer, reporters and news management on story planning and development
- Work closely with NBC Chicago producers to optimize resources as a duopoly.
- Contribute story ideas, participate in daily coverage decisions, editorial meetings, special coverage, and breaking news.
- Produce the rundown and accurately line produce the on-air broadcast from the control room.
- Produce news stories and specials as assigned.
- Write news scripts for all platforms.
- Stay up to date on daily news events, current events, and knowledge of the Chicago market.
- B.A. in Journalism or related field
- Minimum 3 years of experience in a newsroom producing role.
- Must be able to speak, read and write fluently in Spanish.
- Must be able to read, write and translate from English to Spanish.
- Excellent line-producing skills, including in breaking news situations.
- Knowledge producing content and writing for digital and streaming platforms
- Excellent news judgment, creative ideas outside of day-to-day news
- Must be detail-oriented, organized, and able to perform under intense deadline pressure.
- Must have flexible schedule to work including weekday, weekend, and overnights as needed.
- Positive demeanor and approach is key
- Take an active role in selecting the stories of the day - come up with story ideas and create producer driven content to enhance coverage of the big story and other stories that appear in the newscast
- Proactive approach to solving problems
- Bring creativity into every aspect of the newscast by maximizing the many resources, technology, tools and equipment available
- Video editing skills
- Professional demeanor, team player and hard worker
- This position is required to be performed full-time from an NBCUniversal-designated worksite
- Interested candidate must submit a resume/CV through
- Must have unrestricted work authorization to work in the United States