Producer, Longform CNN

Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.$91K — $169K *
Media
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Significant experience in producing longform, documentary, news, or feature storytelling.
  • Strong writing, producing, and editorial skills.
  • Experience in field production and the editing process.
  • Solid editorial judgment with an understanding of cross-platform storytelling.
  • Capability to juggle multiple projects and timelines in a fast-paced environment.
  • Collaborative and creative, with comfort in working across diverse teams.

Responsibilities

  • Pitch, develop, and produce original longform programming for various platforms.
  • Identify timely, compelling stories across news, culture, and entertainment.
  • Manage projects from development through to delivery, overseeing all production stages.
  • Write and revise scripts while collaborating with team members from different roles.
  • Oversee multiple projects, ensuring adherence to production schedules and deadlines.
  • Produce and organize field shoots, including interviews and original content.
  • Collaborate with editorial and production teams across CNN as needed.

Benefits

  • Health insurance coverage.
  • Employee wellness program.
  • Life and disability insurance.
  • Retirement savings plan.
  • Paid holidays, sick time, and vacation.
Full Job Description
Your New Role...

We are seeking an experienced Producer to join CNN's FlashDocs team, creating premium longform content for CNN's linear and digital platforms. The Producer will work with senior leadership to develop and produce timely, distinctive programming at the intersection of news, culture and the stories driving the national conversation.

Your Role Accountabilities...
  • Pitch, develop and produce original longform programming for CNN's linear and digital platforms.
  • Identify timely, compelling stories and distinctive approaches to subjects across news, culture, entertainment and other areas of audience interest.
  • Produce projects from development through delivery, including research, booking, field production, scripting and edit.
  • Write and revise scripts and work collaboratively with senior producers, producers, editors and other members of the production team.
  • Manage multiple projects and priorities while maintaining production schedules, workflows and deadlines.
  • Produce and manage shoots in the field, including interviews, verité and other original production.
  • Collaborate across CNN with editorial, programming, digital, production and other teams as needed.
  • Help guide and support associate producers and other junior members of the team.
  • Ensure all work meets CNN's editorial, journalistic, legal and production standards.
  • Travel as needed for field production.


Qualifications & Experience...
  • Significant experience producing longform, documentary, news or feature storytelling.
  • Strong writing, producing and editorial skills.
  • Experience producing in the field and working through the edit process.
  • Strong editorial judgment and an understanding of how stories can work across linear and digital platforms.
  • Ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines in a fast-paced production environment.
  • Collaborative, creative and comfortable working across teams.


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.

In compliance with local law, we are disclosing the compensation, or a range thereof, for roles in locations where legally required. Actual salaries will vary based on several factors, including but not limited to external market data, internal equity, location, skill set, experience, and/or performance. Base pay is just one component of Warner Bros. Discovery's total compensation package for employees. Pay Range: $91,000.00 - $169,000.00 salary per year. Other rewards may include annual bonuses, short- and long-term incentives, and program-specific awards. In addition, Warner Bros. Discovery provides a variety of benefits to employees, including health insurance coverage, an employee wellness program, life and disability insurance, a retirement savings plan, paid holidays and sick time and vacation.

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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