Associate Producer

Nexstar Media Group Inc.; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 60,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

medical insurance

dental

vision insurance

paid time off

Paid Parental leave

life insurance and more

Job summary

Nexstar Media Group Inc. in Chicago seeks an Associate Producer to help build compelling, competitive newscasts in Chicago and surrounding communities. If you love collaboration and value feedback, you’ll thrive in a fast-paced newsroom where news never stops.

You will stack, write, and edit video for daily newscasts and local programming, collaborating with Producers, Directors, Anchors, Reporters, and Digital teams to shape storytelling under deadline pressure.

Qualifications

• Minimum of three years of newsroom experience in a television news environment.
• Bachelor’s degree in Journalism, Communications, TV/Film, or equivalent experience.
• Strong writing skills with grammar, attention to detail, and sound news judgment.
• Ability to work under deadline pressure and manage multiple tasks.
• Strong understanding of visual, written, and verbal storytelling.
• Ability to collaborate with producers, reporters, anchors, photographers, digital teams.
• Maintain journalistic integrity and understand audience needs and expectations.
• Familiarity with brand-building directives and newsroom standards.
• Team-first mindset with willingness to learn, adapt, and support the newsroom.
• Flexibility to work weekends and varied shifts.

Responsibilities

• Assist with multiple production needs across broadcast and digital platforms.
• Stack, write, and edit content for multiple newscasts during a shift.
• Collaborate with reporters on scripts, packages, and live shots.
• Contribute to editorial decisions, including graphics and visuals, during breaking news.
• Research stories using the internet, video archives, and newsroom resources.
• Showcase big stories in a clear, compelling, visually engaging way.
• Edit video and assist in producing new or expanded newscasts.
• Post stories and segments to digital platforms as assigned.
• Serve as a fill-in Producer when needed.
• Uphold ethical journalism practices and newsroom content standards.

Skills

Newsroom experience

Writing

Editing video

Deadline management

Collaboration

Storytelling visuals

Integrity

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Journalism, Communications, TV/Film, or equivalent experience

Job description

We’re looking for an Associate Producer who thrives in a fast‑paced newsroom and is excited to help build compelling, competitive newscasts in Chicago and its surrounding communities. If you love collaboration, value feedback, and understand that strong television news is a true team sport — especially when news doesn’t stop on weekends or during off‑hours. This role works closely with Producers, Directors, Anchors, Reporters, and Digital teams to stack, write, and edit video for daily newscasts and local programming. You’ll play a key role in shaping our storytelling, ensuring clarity, accuracy, and strong visual presentation under deadline pressure.

Responsibilities

• Assist with multiple production needs across broadcast and digital platforms
• Stack, write, and edit content for multiple newscasts during a shift
• Collaborate with reporters on scripts, packages, and live shots
• Contribute to editorial decision‑making, including graphics and visual elements, particularly during breaking news
• Research stories using the internet, video archives, and newsroom resources
• Help showcase big stories in a clear, compelling, and visually engaging way
• Edit video and assist in producing new or expanded newscasts
• Post stories and segments to digital platforms as assigned
• Serve as a fill‑in Producer when needed
• Always maintain ethical journalism practices and newsroom content standards

Requirements

• Minimum of three (3) years of newsroom experience in a television news environment
• Bachelor’s degree in Journalism, Communications, TV/Film, or equivalent experience
• Strong writing skills with excellent grammar, attention to detail, and sound news judgment
• Ability to work under deadline pressure and manage multiple tasks simultaneously
• Strong understanding of visual, written, and verbal storytelling
• Ability to collaborate effectively with producers, reporters, anchors, photographers, digital, production, and engineering teams
• Strong sense of journalistic integrity and understanding of audience needs and expectations
• Knowledge of brand‑building directives and newsroom standards
• A team‑first mindset with a willingness to learn, adapt, and support the newsroom
• Flexibility to work weekends and varied shifts as newsroom demands require

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Salary Range: $60K - $70K Annualized - commensurate with applicant's experience and skill level.

Benefits

• medical (with multiple plan options)
• dental
• vision insurance
• paid time off
• Paid Parental leave
• life insurance and more.

EEO Statement

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by local, state, or federal laws, rules, or regulations.

Nexstar Media Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: NXST) is a leading diversified media company that produces and distributes engaging local and national news, sports and entertainment content across its television and digital platforms, including more than 310,000 hours of programming produced annually by its business units. Nexstar owns America’s largest local television broadcasting group comprised of top network affiliates, with 200 owned or partner stations in 116 U.S. markets reaching 220 million people. Nexstar’s national television properties include The CW, America’s fifth major broadcast network, NewsNation, our national news network providing “News for All America,” popular entertainment multicast networks Antenna TV and Rewind TV, and a 31.3% ownership stake in TV Food Network. The Company’s portfolio of digital assets, including its local TV station websites, The Hill and NewsNationNow.com, are collectively a Top 10 U.S. digital news and information property. For more information, please visit nexstar.tv.