Planning Producer

Is This The Role For You?

CBS News London Bureau is looking for a forward thinking and creative Planning Producer. This is a job for someone who has a passion for news, is highly organised with the ability to tackle problems before they happen. A Planning Producer must be a real multi-tasker with advanced planning skills, able to keep across editorial while looking after the daily needs of a busy news bureau. The role must support the needs of staff who travel internationally as well as those in the London Bureau and international offices.

What will you be doing?

• Assisting in running the planning diaries – both editorial and logistics
• Drafting rotas for sign off for newsdesk and coordinators, production crews and editors.
• Ensuring the daily reporting of staffing and tracking annual leave allowance
• Working alongside the newsdesk on travel bookings
• Project work on specific shoots/assignments including liaising with US broadcasts
• Assisting with breaking news and large/planned news events.
• Assisting with management of outpost staff globally and hiring local fixers internationally.
• Management of admin relating to passport, visa, press card applications, accreditations
• Liaising with finance department tracking travel expenditure. e.g excess baggage/transport.
• Taking responsibility for the newsdesk payment card, consolidating monthly
• Being responsible for the Intern and work experience opportunities; Liaise with Universities to bring in Interns from the USA and hire local Work Experience candidates
• Engineering liaison, coordinating on deployment/equipment needs.
• Able to act up and assist the Bureau Management with deployments
• Liaising with external provider/partners such as BBC, FBS, TBS, Dataminr, subscriptions, translators, transport companies.
• Check invoices of freelance newsdesk, editors and crew to send for final approval.
• Assist with new technology development including Wolftech promotion and engagement in London and other bureaus.
• Liaising with the High Risk Team and Bureau Management to book HE training courses
• Assisting with travelling staff care before, during and after assignments.

What are we looking for?

• Booking travel for news teams
• Working in a fast paced newsroom
• Rota coordination
• Tracking expenditure for finance
• Coordinating broadcast news camera crews and editors.

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PLEASE NOTE THIS ROLE IS FULL TIME ON SITE IN CHISWICK PARK.

APPLICATION DEADLINE MONDAY 20 JANUARY 2025

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CBS News and Stations, brings together the power of CBS News, 28 owned television stations in 17 major U.S. markets, the CBS News Streaming Network, CBS News Streaming local platforms, local websites and cbsnews.com, under one umbrella. CBS News and Stations is home to the nation’s #1 news program 60 MINUTES, the CBS News Streaming Network, the first 24/7 digital streaming news network, the award-winning broadcasts CBS MORNINGS, CBS SATURDAY MORNING, the CBS EVENING NEWS WITH NORAH O’DONNELL, CBS SUNDAY MORNING, CBS WEEKEND EVENING NEWS, 48 HOURS and FACE THE NATION WITH MARGARET BRENNAN. CBS News and Stations provides news and information for the CBS Television Network,  CBSNews.com, CBS News Radio and podcasts, Paramount +, all digital platforms, and the CBS News Streaming Network, the premier 24/7 anchored streaming news service that is available free to everyone with access to the internet. The CBS News Streaming Network is the destination for breaking news, live events, original reporting and storytelling, and programs from CBS News and Stations’ top anchors and correspondents working locally, nationally and around the globe. CBS News’ streaming services, across national and local, amassed more than 1.01 billion streams in 2021. Launched in November 2014 as CBSN, the CBS News Streaming Network is available on 30 digital platforms and apps, as well as CBSNews.com and Paramount+. The service is available live in 91 countries. CBS News and Stations is dedicated to providing the highest quality journalism under standards it pioneered and continues to set in today’s digital age. CBS News earns more prestigious journalism awards than any other broadcast news division.  

Paramount is an equal opportunity employer (EOE) including disability/vet. 

At Paramount, the spirit of inclusion feeds into everything that we do, on-screen and off. From the programming and movies we create to employee benefits/programs and social impact outreach initiatives, we believe that opportunity, access, resources and rewards should be available to and for the benefit of all. Paramount is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, religion, creed, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship status, marital status, disability, gender identity, gender expression, and Veteran status. 

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