Segment Producer, Top Story with Tom Llamas

Company Description

NBCUniversal is one of the world's leading media and entertainment companies. We create world-class content, which we distribute across our portfolio of film, television, and streaming, and bring to life through our theme parks and consumer experiences. We own and operate leading entertainment and news brands, including NBC, NBC News, MSNBC, CNBC, NBC Sports, Telemundo, NBC Local Stations, Bravo, USA Network, and Peacock, our premium ad-supported streaming service. We produce and distribute premier filmed entertainment and programming through Universal Filmed Entertainment Group and Universal Studio Group, and have world-renowned theme parks and attractions through Universal Destinations & Experiences. NBCUniversal is a subsidiary of Comcast Corporation.

Our impact is rooted in improving the communities where our employees, customers, and audiences live and work. We have a rich tradition of giving back and ensuring our employees have the opportunity to serve their communities. We champion an inclusive culture and strive to attract and develop a talented workforce to create and deliver a wide range of content reflecting our world.

Comcast NBCUniversal has announced its intent to create a new publicly traded company ('Versant') comprised of most of NBCUniversal's cable television networks, including USA Network, CNBC, MSNBC, Oxygen, E!, SYFY and Golf Channel along with complementary digital assets Fandango, Rotten Tomatoes, GolfNow, GolfPass, and SportsEngine. The well-capitalized company will have significant scale as a pure-play set of assets anchored by leading news, sports and entertainment content. The spin-off is expected to be completed during 2025.

Job Description

The Segment Producer role at NBC News Now's Top Story with Tom Llamas offers the opportunity to work on breaking news, feature stories, and investigative pieces across both live segments and tape packages on a high-profile primetime newscast.

We're looking for candidates who write compelling copy, have strong editorial depth, creative visual sensibility, and love collaborating on a team. The ideal candidate is capable of producing both live segments and tape packages. For live segments, they will write anchor copy, craft sharp questions, edit video and build graphic elements. For Tape pieces, they'll report out a story, book interviews, clear video, write the script, and edit the piece themselves. Strong writing and editing skills are a must, and shooting skills are also necessary.

This position is represented by the NewsGuild-CWA.

Responsibilities:

• Research, write and produce strong editorial copy with speed and accuracy in a fast-paced environment
• Produce live guest segments; write sharp questions and identify the strongest elements/angles
• Pitch the most relevant, timely and compelling ideas
• Edit their own elements for live segments and edit complete tape packages
• Multi-task and juggle producing multiple stories for regular and breaking-news programming
• Adhere to NBC editorial standards and practices
• Effectively communicate and collaborate with team members, correspondents and anchors.

Qualifications

• 5+ years experience working in broadcast, streaming or cable news, preferably working on live daily shows
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent years of relevant working experience
• Excellent writing skills and editorial judgment
• Strong advanced package editing skills
• Shooting skills
• Demonstrated history of working well on a team and collaborating with others
• Willing/able to work in New York, New York

Additional Requirements:

• Hybrid: This position has been designated as hybrid, which currently requires contributing from the office a minimum of three days per week. Beginning January 5, 2026, hybrid employees will be required to work from the office a minimum of four days per week. The Company reserves the right to change in-office requirements at any time.

This position is eligible for company sponsored benefits, including medical, dental and vision insurance, 401(k), paid leave, tuition reimbursement, and a variety of other discounts and perks. Learn more about the benefits offered by NBCUniversal by visiting the Benefits page of the Careers website.

Salary range: $93,000 - $110,000

Additional Information

As part of our selection process, external candidates may be required to attend an in-person interview with an NBCUniversal employee at one of our locations prior to a hiring decision. NBCUniversal'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 ancest