Producer, Digital Programming, CNN

Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.$73K — $136K *
Media
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 4+ years of experience in digital news and publishing, including curation of home surfaces
  • Excellent writing and editing skills
  • Ability to work quickly under pressure while maintaining high standards
  • Strong collaborative mindset and communication skills
  • Familiarity with analytics, A/B testing, and content optimization
  • Strategic thinking and creative problem-solving abilities
  • Understanding of digital content formats, including video
  • Experience with content management and digital publishing tools
  • Ability to adapt to a 24/7 news environment, including weekend work.

Responsibilities

  • Curate and package content across digital formats to engage US and international audiences
  • Exercise editorial judgment to frame CNN journalism clearly and engagingly
  • Maintain high standards of accuracy and fairness in all home surfaces and alerts
  • Apply understanding of daily news agenda to enhance audience engagement
  • Work effectively with CMS and publishing tools for accurate updates
  • Collaborate with stakeholders on daily newsroom decision-making
  • Utilize data-informed insights to improve content curation and engagement tactics
  • Optimize content with senior producers, including headline crafting and A/B testing
  • Support planning and preparation for major live events and tentpole coverage
  • Draft and send alerts in collaboration with newsroom colleagues
  • Engage in strategic discussions to balance editorial excellence with audience needs.

Benefits

  • Collaborative team environment
  • Opportunity to work at a leading global news organization
  • Involvement in innovative digital news strategies
  • Access to ongoing training and professional development
Full Job Description

Your New Role...

We are CNN, the world’s most essential and engaging source of digital news. We are in the midst of rapid transformation and need our next generation of innovators, makers, and dreamers who will lead and drive our growth. We aim to make the world a better, more connected place.

As a Producer on the Digital Products & Services’ Programming team, you will apply sharp editorial judgment, multimedia skills and close attention to audience needs, as you curate CNN's home surfaces, send alerts and support optimization efforts for US and international audiences. This role requires strong news judgment, urgency and attention to detail. You'll help drive audience engagement, making decisions that affect how millions experience news.

We are a highly collaborative team that works across global news teams, distribution editors and audience partners to ensure CNN's journalism is presented with clarity, creativity and impact. Strong communication skills are a must.

This role can be based in our Washington DC or Atlanta newsroom, reporting into a Senior Producer.

Your Role Accountabilities...

  • Curate and package around the day’s agenda across digital formats (live, video, articles, photo galleries, graphics, interactives) to inform, engage, and entertain US and international audiences

  • Exercise editorial and news judgment to ensure clear and engaging framing of CNN journalism

  • Maintain high standards of accuracy, fairness, timeliness, and editorial integrity across all home surfaces and alerts.

  • Apply strong understanding of the daily news agenda, as well as appreciation for what draws and engages audiences beyond it

  • Work effectively in the CMS and publishing tools to ensure smooth and accurate updates

  • Interact with newsroom stakeholders around daily decision-making and homepage moves

  • Apply data-informed insights to guide decision-making and suggest improvements to our daily offer and curation tactics

  • Optimize content in collaboration with senior programming producers, including crafting accurate, engaging headlines, suggesting improvements to visual treatments and running A/B tests.

  • Support effective planning and content preparation for CNN’s home surfaces, including helping to prepare for live, tentpole and event coverage

  • Draft and send alerts in collaboration with newsroom colleagues

  • Participate in post-mortems and strategic conversations to shape programming approaches that balance editorial excellence, audience needs, and business goals

Your Qualifications & Experience...

  • 4+ years of experience in digital news and publishing, including time spent curating home surfaces

  • Excellent writing and editing skills

  • Ability to work quickly under pressure while maintaining high standards

  • Strong collaborative mindset and communication skills

  • Familiarity with analytics, A/B testing, and content optimization

  • Strategic thinking and creative problem-solving abilities

  • Understanding of digital content across multiple formats, including video

  • Experience with content management and digital publishing tools

  • Must be able to adapt to a 24/7 news environment. Early morning, evening and holiday work are required as part of the team rota.

  • Weekend work is expected as part of the normal weekly schedule.

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 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.
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