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Senior Booking Producer, Live Journalism

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Senior Booking Producer, Live Journalism

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The Wall Street Journal is seeking a Senior Booking Producer to join its Live Journalism team based in New York.

In this role, this Senior Booking Producer will prioritize booking newsmakers, CEOs and industry leaders for standalone and feature videos, podcasts and live events. Ideal candidates are confident and proactive producers who can work cross-functionally, manage multiple stakeholders and balance breaking news and long-term projects.

Top candidates will have a professional background in news media, with proven experience cultivating relationships with sources, booking high-profile interviews and working with talent and PR reps. Because this is a global news operation, candidates need to be effective communicators with solid news judgment and excellent interpersonal skills.

All interested candidates should submit a cover letter clearly outlining how their skills and experience meet or exceed the key candidate requirements. Please include links to segments that demonstrate your ability to book newsmakers and engaging characters for interviews across video, audio and live events.

The role will report to the Editor of Live Journalism.

You Will

• Identify and pitch a diverse, engaging slate of interview subjects for both short-term and long-term projects
• Develop and maintain key relationships within core industries; handle outreach and aggressively pursue interviews
• Conduct in-depth pre-interviews and research, and help prepare thoughtful, engaging questions for the interviewer
• Managing talent and PR reps, making assertive, split-second decisions and troubleshooting issues
• Collaborate regularly with top WSJ reporters and editors across a variety of coverage areas to identify and produce impactful interviews that are of interest to the WSJ audience
• Manage multiple projects at various stages of production and maintain a pipeline of work that includes video projects, podcasts and live event programs
• Ensure all journalistic and legal standards are followed at all times
• Ability to work long hours and weekends as news developments may warrant
• Complete additional duties as assigned
  
  

You Have

• 5+ years experience booking and working with high-profile subjects, preferably at a top-tier news organization
• Effective communicator with exceptional writing skills and careful attention to detail
• Strong organizational and time-management skills
• Team player who has ease working with freelancers, senior leadership and talent
• A deep understanding of, and interest in, The Wall Street Journal's core topic areas
  
  

Reasonable accommodation: Dow Jones, Making Careers Newsworthy - We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. EEO/Disabled/Vets. Dow Jones is committed to providing reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities, in our job application and/or interview process. If you need assistance or accommodation in completing your application, due to a disability, email us at talentresourceteam@dowjones.com. Please put "Reasonable Accommodation" in the subject line and provide a brief description of the type of assistance you need. This inbox will not be monitored for application status updates.

Business Area: Dow Jones - News - WSJ

Job Category: Editorial/Journalism

Union Status

Union role

Pay Range: $125,000 - $145,000

We recognize that attracting the best talent is key to our strategy and success as a company.As a result, we aim for flexibility in structuring competitive compensation offers to ensure we are able to attract the best candidates.The quoted salary range represents our good faith estimate as to what our ideal candidates are likely to expect, and we tailor our offers within the range based on the selected candidate's experience, industry knowledge, location, technical and communication skills, and other factors that may prove relevant during the interview process.

Pay-for-performance is a key element in our strategy to attract, engage, and motivate talented people to do their best work. Similarly to salary, for bonus eligible roles, targets are set based on a variety of factors including competitive market practice.

For benefits eligible roles, in addition to cash compensation, the company provides a comprehensive and highly competitive benefits package, with a variety of physical health, retirement and savings, caregiving, emotional wellbeing, transportation, and other benefits, including "elective" benefits employees may select to best fit the needs and personal situations of our diverse workforce..

Since 1882, Dow Jones has been finding new ways to bring information to the world’s top business entities. Beginning as a niche news agency in an obscure Wall Street basement, Dow Jones has grown to be a worldwide news and information powerhouse, with prestigious brands including The Wall Street Journal, Dow Jones Newswires, Factiva, Barron’s, MarketWatch and Financial News.

This longevity and success is due to a relentless pursuit of accuracy, depth and innovation, enhanced by the wisdom of past experience and a solid grasp on the future ahead. More than its individual brands, Dow Jones is a modern gateway to intelligence, with innovative technology, advanced data feeds, integrated solutions, expert research, award-winning journalism and customizable apps and delivery systems to bring the information that matters most to customers, when and where they need it, every day.

Req ID: 47635

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Not Applicable

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Design, Art/Creative, and Information Technology

• Industries

  Online Audio and Video Media

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