Desk Producer, Video (Level 1 Journalist - Temp)

Are you passionate about the chance to bring your extensive producing experience to a world-class company that is market-leading for both content and technology? We’re looking for an overnight Desk Producer, Video (Level 1 Journalist – Temp) to join our Reuters Editorial team where we are expanding our coverage.

About the Role

As our Desk Producer, Video(Level 1 Journalist – Temp), you will:

• Oversee overnight newsgathering and production in North America
• Produce, edit, write and deliver agency video stories from both office and field
• Respond quickly to major breaking news events, in a responsible manner
• Have a sharp eye for visual news elements and video storytelling
• Be able to work long hours, some weekend shifts, often under extreme pressure
• Have thorough understanding of television editorial technology and social media
• Have excellent communication skills
• Shift work required- The role will cover overnight shifts and weekend work

About You

You're a fit for the Desk Producer, Video (Level 1 Journalist – Temp), if you likely have:

• The ability to work overnight hours and make decisions in an unsupervised environment
• Significant experience as a professional Video producer
• A track record of working with multimedia and video packaging tea
• Experience in broadcast or agency television newsgathering and production
• Strong skills in driving accuracy and speed while upholding Thomson Reuters editorial principles and policies
• Understanding needs of broadcast and digital clients, regionally and internationally
• Willingness to travel to breaking news stories, often at short notice
• Excellent English writing skills

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What's in it for you

At Reuters, our people are our greatest assets. Here are some of the benefits we offer for your personal and professional growth:

• Global Career: As a global company, we can offer a truly international career and progression opportunities

• Learning & Development: On the job learning and coaching. We also have a dedicated training team focused on the continuous development of our journalists

• Benefits: We offer competitive salary packages and market leading benefits including paid volunteering days

• Perks: Work alongside Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists and a team who provide unmatched, award-winning coverage of the world’s most important stories.

About Reuters

Reuters is the world’s largest multimedia news provider. Founded in 1851, it is committed to the Trust Principles of independence, integrity and freedom from bias. With unmatched coverage in over 16 languages, and reaching billions of people worldwide every day, Reuters provides trusted intelligence that powers humans and machines to make smart decisions. It supplies business, financial, national and international news to professionals via desktop terminals, the world's media organizations, industry events and directly to consumers.

Reuters: The Real World in Real Time

Thomson Reuters complies with local laws that require upfront disclosure of the expected pay range for a position. The location(s) for this role include one or more of the following metro locations: Los Angeles, New York City, San Francisco, Washington, DC. The base compensation range for the role in any of those locations is $39 - $70. The location(s) for this role include one or more of the following states: CA, CO, CT, IL, NV, TX, WA and/or remote. The base compensation range for the role in any of those locations is $39 - $70. The base compensation range in other locations may vary.

Do you want to be part of a team helping re-invent the way knowledge professionals work? How about a team that works every day to create a more transparent, just and inclusive future? At Thomson Reuters, we’ve been doing just that for almost 160 years. Our industry-leading products and services include highly specialized information-enabled software and tools for legal, tax, accounting and compliance professionals combined with the world’s most global news services – Reuters. We help these professionals do their jobs better, creating more time for them to focus on the things that matter most: advising, advocating, negotiating, governing and informing.

We are powered by the talents of 26,000 employees across more than 70 countries, where everyone has a chance to contribute and grow professionally in flexible work environments that celebrate diversity and inclusion. At a time when objectivity, accuracy, fairness and transparency are under attack, we consider it our duty to pursue them. Sound exciting? Join us and help shape the industries that move society forward.

Accessibility

As a global business, we rely on diversity of culture and thought to deliver on our goals. To ensure we can do that, we seek talented, qualified employees in all our operations around the world regardless of race, color, sex/gender, including pregnancy, gender identity and expression, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, disability, age, marital status, citizen status, veteran status, or any other protected classification under applicable law. Thomson Reuters is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer providing a drug-free workplace.

We also make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and for sincerely held religious beliefs in accordance with applicable law.

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