Bachelor's degree in journalism or technical production
Basic understanding of news
Strong editorial judgment with a sense for compelling stories
Strong research and writing skills for visual storytelling
Detail-oriented with ability to manage concurrent assignments
Proficient in Adobe Premiere and basic production tools
Responsibilities
Support day-to-day production operations, including logistics and editorial prep
Assist in shaping story treatments that reflect audience relevance
Help producers with creative development and production workflows
Log footage, pull selects, and fact-check media sourcing
Organize production elements for team access
Support on-set shoots by managing gear and taking notes
Participate in editing reviews with an understanding of content tone and pacing
Benefits
Health insurance coverage
Employee wellness program
Life and disability insurance
Retirement savings plan
Paid holidays and sick time
Vacation days
Full Job Description
Your New Role...
CNN is hiring an Associate Producer for its subscription service to work in the Washington DC. Bureau.
The AP position will support production staff with editing clip-based content for VOD. Assignments include video creation of daily news videos or evergreen content. The AP must demonstrate strong editorial judgment, a visual eye for compelling video content suitable to various platforms, and proficiency in social media. The AP is also expected to adhere to defined editorial and journalistic standards.
Your Role Accountabilities...
Supports day-to-day production operations across the team, including logistics, research, and editorial prep.
Demonstrates growing editorial judgment
Help shape story treatments that reflect strong editorial instincts and have platform relevance.
Support producers in the creative development, research, pre-production and post workflows for assigned stories
Support the development and treatment of stories with the guidance of producers
Logs footage, pulls selects, and assists in fact-checking or sourcing media.
Organizes production elements such as scripts, graphics, b-roll, music, and assets for easy team access.
Supports on-set or remote shoots by handling gear, slating, taking notes, or assisting talent.
Participate actively in edit reviews and publishing processed with an understanding of tone, pacing and platform needs
Ensure content complies with legal, rights, and editorial standards
Remain engaged with Platform trends and audience behavior to inform content decisions
Assists producers and editors in pre-production, production, and post-production tasks as needed.
The Associate Producer fulfills these responsibilities by utilizing demonstrable technical, editorial, and creative expertise in editing, producing, design and compositing skills, and visual effects. Assignments will be completed under production deadlines, requiring flexibility with schedule/working hours.
Qualifications & Experience...
Typically 1 to 3 or more years of experience of related experience in a digital newsroom
Bachelor's degree in journalism, technical production, or relevant professional work experience.
Basic understanding of news
Sound editorial judgment, with emerging sense of what makes a story distinct, engaging
Strong research skills
Strong writing skills for visual storytelling
Ability to manage timelines and stay detail-oriented across concurrent assignments
Clear communicator and proactive team contributor.
Eagerness to learn, take feedback, and build a foundation in editorial production.
Ability to work late nights, weekends and holidays as deadlines warrant.
Operate camera/audio, assemble radio cuts, apply simple graphics, use CMS and asset tools, understand basic platform metrics ((this line needs a lot of work...)
Proficient in Adobe Premiere
This role will be based in Washington DC
How We Get Things Done...
This last bit is probably the most important! Here at WBD, our guiding principles are the core values by which we operate and are central to how we get things done. You can find them at www.wbd.com/guiding-principles/ along with some insights from the team on what they mean and how they show up in their day to day. We hope they resonate with you and look forward to discussing them during your interview.
About Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment is an American video game publisher based in Burbank, California, and part of the newly-formed Global Streaming and Interactive Entertainment unit of Warner Bros. Discovery. WBIE was founded on January 14, 2004 under Warner Bros. and transferred to the Home Entertainment division when that company was formed in October 2005. WBIE manages the wholly owned game development studios TT Games, Rocksteady Studios, NetherRealm Studios, Monolith Productions, WB Games Boston, Avalanche Software, and WB Games Montréal, among others.
