Job Description

The Segment Producer role at NBC News Now's Top Story with Tom Llamas offers the opportunity to work on breaking news, feature stories, and investigative pieces across both live segments and tape packages on a high-profile primetime newscast.

We're looking for candidates who write compelling copy, have strong editorial depth, creative visual sensibility, and love collaborating on a team. The ideal candidate is capable of producing both live segments and tape packages. For live segments, they will write anchor copy, craft sharp questions, edit video and build graphic elements. For Tape pieces, they'll report out a story, book interviews, clear video, write the script, and edit the piece themselves. Strong writing and editing skills are a must, and shooting skills are also necessary.

This position is represented by the NewsGuild-CWA.

Responsibilities:

• Research, write and produce strong editorial copy with speed and accuracy in a fast-paced environment
• Produce live guest segments; write sharp questions and identify the strongest elements/angles
• Pitch the most relevant, timely and compelling ideas
• Edit their own elements for live segments and edit complete tape packages
• Multi-task and juggle producing multiple stories for regular and breaking-news programming
• Adhere to NBC editorial standards and practices
• Effectively communicate and collaborate with team members, correspondents and anchors.

Qualifications

• 5+ years experience working in broadcast, streaming or cable news, preferably working on live daily shows
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent years of relevant working experience
• Excellent writing skills and editorial judgment
• Strong advanced package editing skills
• Shooting skills
• Demonstrated history of working well on a team and collaborating with others
• Willing/able to work in New York, New York

Additional Requirements:

• Hybrid: This position has been designated as hybrid, which currently requires contributing from the office a minimum of three days per week. Beginning January 5, 2026, hybrid employees will be required to work from the office a minimum of four days per week. The Company reserves the right to change in-office requirements at any time.

This position is eligible for company sponsored benefits, including medical, dental and vision insurance, 401(k), paid leave, tuition reimbursement, and a variety of other discounts and perks. Learn more about the benefits offered by NBCUniversal by visiting the Benefits page of the Careers website.

Salary range: $93,000 - $110,000

Additional Information

As part of our selection process, external candidates may be required to attend an in-person interview with an NBCUniversal employee at one of our locations prior to a hiring decision. 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.

If you are a qualified individual with a disability or a disabled veteran and require support throughout the application and/or recruitment process as a result of your disability, you have the right to request a reasonable accommodation. You can submit your request to AccessibilitySupport@nbcuni.com.