Producer, News & Programming

Company Description

CNBC is the recognized world leader in business news, providing real-time financial market coverage, business content and general news consumed by more than 544 million people per month across all platforms. The network's 15 live hours a day of news programming in North America (weekdays from 5:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m. ET) is produced at CNBC's global headquarters in Englewood Cliffs, N.J., and includes reports from CNBC News bureaus worldwide. CNBC at night features a mix of new reality programming, CNBC's highly successful series produced exclusively for CNBC and a number of distinctive in-house documentaries.

CNBC also offers content through its vast portfolio of digital products such as: CNBC.com, which provides financial market news and information to CNBC’s investor audience; CNBC Make It, a digital destination focused on making you smarter about how you earn, save and spend your money; CNBC PRO, a premium service that provides in-depth access to Wall Street; a suite of CNBC mobile apps for iOS and Android devices; Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant and Apple Siri voice interfaces; and streaming services including Apple TV, Roku, Amazon Fire TV, Android TV and Samsung Smart TVs. To learn more, visit https://www.cnbc.com/digital-products/. CNBC is a division of NBCUniversal, which is owned by Comcast Corporation.

Job Description

CNBC Digital Video is looking for a jack-of-all-trades producer for its News and Programming team. In addition to scripting and producing short- and long-form original videos, this role requires creating and curating videos covering the most important business, markets, and political stories of the day.

The ideal candidate is a motivated, disciplined and tech-savvy producer who can write timely and engaging original video scripts, craft smart headlines, work under tight deadlines, and collaborate across several different departments at CNBC. The producer’s main responsibilities will be creating short- and long-form original videos, plus being able to cover several hours of TV programming each day. The producer should have a proven track record of high-quality storytelling and impeccable news judgment. Background in business/financial journalism is preferred

Here are some examples of the various types of content this candidate will work on. 

Clip curation: 

• Jamie Dimon warns ‘all these very powerful forces’ will affect U.S. economy in 2024 and 2025
• 2024 is going to ‘feel like a lot of tailwinds coming together’, says Fundstrat’s Tom Lee
• Jury finds Sam Bankman-Fried guilty on all seven counts in fraud trial

Short-form videos:

• Tesla makes first deliveries of long-awaited and controversial Cybertruck
• Here’s a first look at McDonald’s new spinoff brand, CosMc’s
• Gaza’s largest hospital, al-Shifa, nears collapse amid Israeli advance
• Aerial footage captures Iceland volcano spewing lava after eruption

Long-form explainers: 

• How the escalating U.S.-China tech war could hurt American companies
• Is the golden age of remote work over?
• Why the U.S. military is investing billions in directed-energy weapons

Main responsibilities:

• Work on daily assignments at the direction of the supervising producer of News and Programming
• Works with associate producers and editors to produce short- and long-form original digital videos
• Select the most newsworthy soundbites from broadcast interviews and news segments
• Craft compelling and accurate headlines and description