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Entertainment Anchor
NBC Universal
Fort Lee, NJ, United States
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About Us
NBCUniversal is one of the world’s leading media and entertainment companies in the development, production, and marketing of entertainment, news, and information to a global audience. NBCUniversal owns and operates a valuable portfolio of news and entertainment television networks, a premier motion picture company, significant television production operations, a leading television stations group, and world-renowned theme parks. 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.
Responsibilities
• Perform on-air anchor responsibilities for daily live show - Acceso Total
• Prepare and/or assemble, and present story content in a fair, accurate, unbiased manner
• Generate story ideas, research and set up the content and interviews.
• Contribute story ideas for key series pieces and lead stories for daily news programs.
• Participate in station-sponsored events and all assigned special assignments
• Build relationships with clients, and the community for the purpose of developing connections to story and sales leads.
• Gathering information on newsworthy events; write, produce and present fair, accurate, unbiased news stories as assigned.
• Responsible for providing on-air news including both in studio and frequent field shoots.
• Create report and help produce show specials and packages
• Assist Managers and Producers in establishing sources, finding and executing coverage ideas, building and maintaining strong list of story ideas on a year-round basis, both long-term deeper digging stories and quicker turns, document acquisition and paper trails.
Qualifications/Requirements
• English/Spanish required; both written and verbal
• Experience as an assignment reporter in addition to 7+ years as an anchor preferred
• Must be willing to work in Fort Lee, New Jersey
• Willingness to travel and work overtime, and on weekends with short notice
• Able to work a flexible schedules and shifts, including nights and weekends.
• Must be willing to submit to a background investigation
• Must have unrestricted work authorization to work in the United States
• Must be able to work any shift, including weekends and holidays
• Must be 18 years or older
• Must be covered by Solutions, NBCU’s Alternative Dispute Resolution Program.
Desired Characteristics
• Bachelor’s degree in Communication related field
• Experience as an anchor
• Excellent writing skills as well as very strong speech skills
• Strong live reporting skills are necessary.
• Able to handle working under the pressure of intense deadlines
• Has the ability to work effectively with others in a team environment.
• Demonstrated ability to enterprise, research and plan stories
• Demonstrated experience generating and producing news stories
• Prior experience delivering taped and live reports
• Can act decisively under stress and tight deadlines
• Ability to work flexible hours (including weekends)