Responsible for supervising day to day work activities of the live show team, reporting directly to the Director of Live. Produce timely and compelling newscasts that are editorially and visually dynamic, including content in the field and news specials. Develop and assemble content on multiple platforms. Gets to play a role in the revamping, launching our new flagship programming for the morning shows. Guide, teach, and push members of the Creative teams in developing concepts and be part of th... more details
Yahoo Finance is the world’s #1 finance destination, empowering investors with news, information, and tools to make financial decisions with confidence. Trusted by over 150M visitors globally each month, representing over $20 trillion dollars in investable assets, Yahoo Finance delivers high-quality real-time market data across desktop, mobile, and streaming platforms. With breaking news from thousands of sources, original editorial perspectives, objective analyst ratings and research, analytical charts and technical tools, personalized mobile alerts, and much more, Yahoo Finance equips investors with knowledge and insights to achieve financial freedom and greater prosperity.
Yahoo Finance is looking for an Executive Producer! The Executive Producer will be a leader in the newsroom who will supervise the work of others. They will manage a team of direct and indirect reports to include writers, producers, and editors.
This role is required to be onsite 5 days a week, Monday through Friday at our NYC office.
Responsibilities:
Responsible for supervising day to day work activities of the live show team, reporting directly to the Director of Live
Produce timely and compelling newscasts that are editorially and visually dynamic, including content in the field and news specials. Develop and assemble content on multiple platforms.
Gets to play a role in the revamping, launching our new flagship programming for the morning shows
Guide, teach, and push members of the Creative teams in developing concepts and be part of the creative process from strategy to concepts to execution
Liaises with Producers, On-Air Talent, Assignment Editors, and Writers to predict, promote, and plan weekly content
Oversees the production of the entire morning show from the Control room
Supervises editorial content for the live finance news show
Manages the entire morning show production team
Works with producers and writers to finetune stories and headlines
Write and update market-focused banners throughout the show, including the last hour of trading
Reads content and identifies potential errors in spelling, punctuation, and grammar
Qualifications:
You have a bachelor’s degree in Journalism, communications, or equivalent work experience
You have a minimum of 5 years of television production, with a finance news background
You have a minimum of 2 years of experience as a Line Producer
You have the ability to multitask and work in a fast-paced, dead-line-driven environment
You're accustomed to working in a team and collaborating with all levels within the organization
You have proven solid writing skills and editorial judgment
Yahoo is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, and will not be discriminated against based on age, race, gender, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, disability or any other protected category. Yahoo is dedicated to providing an accessible environment for all candidates during the application process and for employees during their employment. If you need accessibility assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability, please submit a request via the Accommodation Request Form (www.yahooinc.com/careers/contact-us.html) or call 408-336-1409. Requests and calls received for non-disability related issues, such as following up on an application, will not receive a response.
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The compensation for this position ranges from $90,750.00 - $188,750.00/yr and will vary depending on factors such as your location, skills and experience. The compensation package may also include incentive compensation opportunities in the form of discretionary annual bonus or commissions, in addition to equity incentives. Yahoo provides industry-leading benefits including healthcare, 401K savings plan, company holidays, vacation, sick time, parental leave and an employee assistance program. Eligibility requirements apply.
Yahoo has a high degree of flexibility around employee location and hybrid working. In fact, our flexible-hybrid approach to work is one of the things our employees rave about. Most roles don’t require specific regular patterns of in-person office attendance. If you join Yahoo, you may be asked to attend (or travel to attend) on-site work sessions, team-building, or other in-person events. When these occur, you’ll be given notice to make arrangements.
If you’re curious about how this factors into this role, please discuss with the recruiter.
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