Desk Editor

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 theme parks and consumer experiences. We own and operate leading entertainment and news brands, including NBC, NBC News, MSNBC, CNBC, NBC Sports, Telemundo, NBC Local Stations, Bravo, USA Network, and Peacock, our premium ad-supported streaming service.

We produce and distribute premier filmed entertainment and programming through Universal Filmed Entertainment Group and Universal Studio Group, and have world-renowned theme parks and attractions through Universal Destinations & Experiences. NBCUniversal is a subsidiary of Comcast Corporation.

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.

Comcast NBCUniversal has announced its intent to create a new publicly traded company ('Versant') comprised of most of NBCUniversal's cable television networks, including USA Network, CNBC, MSNBC, Oxygen, E!, SYFY and Golf Channel along with complementary digital assets Fandango, Rotten Tomatoes, Golf Now, Golf Pass, and Sports Engine. The well-capitalized company will have significant scale as a pure-play set of assets anchored by leading news, sports and entertainment content.

The spin-off is expected to be completed during 2025.

You’ll be at the core of NBC News’s international operation, working alongside the Senior Desk Editor in coordinating and supporting teams in the field and in the newsroom as they produce content for our key platforms, including TODAY, Nightly News, MSNBC and NBC News Digital. We’ll look to you to draw on your experience of working on assignment desks and be resourceful in juggling various tasks, including organizing lives and pre-tapes, managing requests, setting up interviews,deploying personnel and booking travel -- all while keeping the company and field teams up to date with the latest developing news stories and video.

You’ll ideally be familiar with video transmissions from the field and will be comfortable editing short video clips to send to field teams or across the network. We’ll also expect you to use social media and research tools to quickly pick up on interesting stories and be first in our coverage. You will have excellent communication skills and be able to persuade people both inside and outside the organization on tight deadlines and during difficult and stressful periods.

You’ll need to be meticulous and have excellent attention-to-detail to keep across all the work that goes on for the International Desk on a daily basis.

Main responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Coordinating resources and communicating with the senior desk editor, field teams, show producers & editing producers, content platforms & platform editors
• Working with the live request coordinator to assign and manage live requests for various NBC News platforms & partners
• Coordinating with Sat Ops, MCR and field teams on live shots
• Updating the network, editors and field teams with breaking news updates & compelling video
• Compiling accurate staffing logs, editorial updates & output records
• Handling and booking live transmissions or tape windows with third party vendors
• Deploying teams on short notice to travel abroad & booking travel
• Assisting field teams with risk assessments & managers in ensuring safety protocols
• Working with the senior desk editor or individually to identify and pitch key stories & editorial themes
  
  Verifying stories by contacting local sources, government officials, companies, or related individuals
• Working with NBC News’s partners & affiliates to request video, editorial information, or assistance
• Finding & transmitting key video from agencies, archives or elsewhere for news…