Description & Requirements
Bloomberg LP has built a significant Media business spanning television, digital, magazine, radio and live event platforms across the globe. In the midst of a historic time in the Media industry, Bloomberg Media is growing its global footprint and reach through new innovations from Originals to New Economy.
We work hard, and we work fast - while keeping up the quality and accuracy we're known for. It's what keeps us inventing and reinventing, all the time. "Our culture is wide open, just like our spaces." We bring out the best in each other. And through our countless volunteer projects, we help bring out the best in the communities around us, too. You can do amazing work here. Work you couldn't do anywhere else. It's up to you to make it happen.
Bloomberg has a rare opportunity for a motivated, hardworking Audio and Video Producer to launch a weekend morning news program. The ideal candidate for this role will have experience line producing, booking guests, writing scripts, creating graphics, and collaborating across platforms. They will also have a working knowledge of TV and radio operations, including switching live video feeds, preparing and firing graphics, mixing and editing digital audio, and directing anchors. This weekend show will air live on both video and audio platforms, requiring a unique skillset that is adaptable and able to work across a variety of mediums. Responsibilities include pre-production of video, graphic and audio elements, booking guests, directing on-screen content in a live control room, and editing video and audio for social media and on-demand consumption. Producers are expected to create and maintain rundowns, build graphic elements that add editorial value, and write headlines that support and highlight on-screen content.
The ideal candidate for this role will have strong editorial experience, work efficiently and effectively to execute new ideas and use creative production techniques to produce compelling content.
We’ll trust you to:
- Identify and book high-profile guests
- Create and edit broadcast scripts
- Write accurate, compelling headlines under tight deadlines
- Communicate and coordinate with reporters across the newsroom
- Direct show anchors, audio engineers, video ops and producers from the control room
- Write and produce original packages and podcasts
- Edit video for both live and on-demand consumption
- Record, cut and mix audio for broadcasts
- Build and maintain rundowns with related video and graphic elements
- Create a variety of graphics, including charts, headshots and maps
- Build video assets, including photo montages, pre-taped interviews, SOTs and B-roll
- Be creative; visualize new ideas and implement them
You'll need to have:
- Exceptional editorial and production skills
- Knowledge of TV and radio control room operations, including fundamentals of broadcast switchers and graphics
- Audio and Video editing experience, including proficiency with Adobe Audition and Adobe Premiere
- Experience working with high-profile talent and guests
- Ability to write accurate news copy and headlines quickly
- Proficiency with newsroom software systems such as ENPS, and agility with Windows
- Knowledge of lighting, audio, graphics and studio blocking
- Availability to work weekends
- Ability to adjust working schedule as business needs require
If this sounds like you:
Apply if you think we're a good match. We'll get in touch to let you know what the next steps are, but in the meantime feel free to have a look at this: https://www.bloomberg.com/professional
Life at Bloomberg is many things, but it’s never dull. We're a truly global business with a truly diverse workforce. We pride ourselves on being open, inclusive and collaborative, and provide a work environment that inspires our employees to be their best. We offer competitive compensation, comprehensive healthcare coverage, and programs to support you and your family through different life stages, from parental leave to generous retirement savings plans.
We offer one of the most comprehensive and generous benefits plans available and offer a range of total rewards that may include merit increases, incentive compensation (exempt roles only), paid holidays, paid time off, medical, dental, vision, short and long term disability benefits, 401(k) +match, life insurance, and various wellness programs, among others. The Company does not provide benefits directly to contingent workers/contractors and interns.