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 global theme park destinations, consumer products, and experiences. We own and operate leading entertainment and news brands, including NBC, NBC News, NBC Sports, Telemundo, NBC Local Stations, Bravo, and Peacock, our premium ad-supported streaming service. We produce and distribute premier filmed entertainment and programming through our powerhouse film and television studios, including Universal Pictures, DreamWorks Animation, and Focus Features, and the four global television studios under the Universal Studio Group banner, and operate industry-leading theme parks and experiences around the world through Universal Destinations & Experiences, including Universal Orlando Resort, home to Universal Epic Universe, and Universal Studios Hollywood. NBCUniversal is a subsidiary of Comcast Corporation. Visit www.nbcuniversal.com for more information.

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.

Job Description

The Senior Multi-Platform Producer/Booker is responsible for producing and line producing live news programming and developing compelling content across broadcast, streaming, digital, and social platforms. This senior editorial role requires strong live-production experience, excellent editorial judgment, and the ability to manage all elements of a show from concept through air.

The Senior Producer will play a key role in the control room, building and managing rundowns, responding to breaking news, coordinating correspondents and live elements, and making real-time editorial decisions. The position also identifies newsworthy stories, books high-profile guests and newsmakers, and produces interviews and segments across multiple platforms.

Responsibilities

• Line produce live newscasts, special reports, and breaking-news coverage, managing the rundown and making real-time editorial and timing decisions from the control room

• Lead the editorial and production execution of programming across linear television, streaming/FAST, digital, and social platforms

• Build, organize, and continuously update rundowns based on breaking news and evolving editorial priorities

• Coordinate anchors, correspondents, reporters, control room teams, and field crews to execute live programming

• Manage live shots, satellite interviews, remote guests, video, graphics, banners, scripts, and other production elements

• Make quick editorial decisions during live coverage while maintaining accuracy, balance, standards, and production quality

• Produce live and taped interviews and segments from initial concept and research through final execution

• Identify, pitch, and develop strong news, political, and community stories that can work across multiple platforms

• Book high-profile guests, newsmakers, experts, political figures, analysts, and community leaders

• Research topics and prepare strong, editorially sound interview questions and briefing materials

• Write and edit scripts, teases, banners, headlines, and other editorial copy

• Adapt content and storytelling for the specific needs of broadcast, streaming, digital, and social audiences

• Collaborate closely with executive producers, assignment editors, correspondents, reporters, digital teams, and newsroom leadership

• Help plan and execute major breaking-news events, elections, debates, town halls, special events, and other large-scale coverage

• Maintain strong relationships with sources, press offices, publicists, experts, and community leaders

• Provide editorial guidance and mentorship to producers, associate producers, and bookers

• Work effectively under intense deadline pressure and adjust programming quickly as news develops

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Journalism, Communications, or related field, or equivalent professional experience

• Minimum 5–7 years of television or multi-platform newsroom experience, with significant experience producing and line producing live programming

• Demonstrated ability to lead a live show from the control room and manage rapidly changing rundowns

• Strong knowledge of live television production, breaking-news workflows, and control-room operations

• Experience producing content for multiple platforms, including broadcast, streaming/FAST, digital, and social

• Strong editorial judgment, news instincts, writing, research, and storytelling skills

• Proven experience booking and producing interviews with high-profile guests and newsmakers

• Ability to coordinate multiple live elements, correspondents, guests, graphics, video, and technical resources simultaneously

• Experience with newsroom systems such as iNews, Avid, ENPS, or similar platforms

• Strong understanding of current events, including U.S. politics and major national and international news

• Bilingual: fluent in Spanish and English, written and verbal

• Excellent organizational, communication, and leadership skills

• Ability to work flexible hours, including early mornings, evenings, weekends, and holidays, particularly during breaking news and major events

• Ability to travel for major news events and special coverage when required

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 ancestry, citizenship, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy, veteran status, membership in the uniformed services, genetic information, or any other basis protected by applicable law.

If you are a qualified individual with a disability or a disabled veteran and require support throughout the application and/or recruitment process as a result of your disability, you have the right to request a reasonable accommodation. You can submit your request to [email protected]