Freelance Technical Production Supervisor Live Control Room

Versant; Englewood Cliffs (NJ); On-site; USD 76,000 - 83,000; Full time

Job summary

Versant Media is seeking a freelance PEP (Production) Technical Production Supervisor to join CNBC Englewood Cliffs, NJ. You will coordinate technical support across core control room positions and liaise with managers to streamline cross-departmental comms for live-to-air, pre-production, events, and remote programming.

The role requires 3+ years in production control rooms and 2+ years in live news, with deep control room tech knowledge and on-site work in Englewood Cliffs, NJ.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of operations experience in a production control room, studio, or transmission.
• 2+ years in a live news environment.
• Deep knowledge of control room and studio technology.
• Operational knowledge of fiber, cellular bonding, satellite, and IP vendors and systems.
• Flexibility with shifts, on-call duties, and breaking news coverage.
• Must be willing to work in Englewood Cliffs, NJ.

Responsibilities

• Oversee control room operations for live and pre-recorded CNBC shows and News programs.
• Serve as the first contact for control room and studio technical issues; coordinate with engineers, graphics, and transmission teams.
• Identify potential issues in the iNews rundown and inform editorial teams of conflicts or booking windows.
• Provide control room with breaking news info and route essential sources with Media Acquisition.
• Ensure remotes meet Versant’s video/audio framing standards.
• Coordinate multi-camera remotes with Transmission and Production teams.
• Handle Zoom check-in process from start to finish.
• Manage RS layout and IFB/PL designations for remotes.
• Create remote shot sheets detailing routing and RS/IFB/PL info.
• Coordinate and document commercial break changes with NOC.
• Document technical issues in Production Issue Reports.

Skills

Production control room ops

Live news environment

Control room tech knowledge

Fiber / satellite / IP tech

Flexible shifts / on-call

Englewood Cliffs NJ work location

Tools

iNews

ScheduAll

AZEdit

Office 365

Job description

Versant Media is seeking a freelance PEP (Production) Technical Production Supervisor to join CNBC Englewood Cliffs, NJ. You will coordinate technical support across core control room positions and liaise with managers to streamline cross-departmental comms for live-to-air, pre-production, events, and remote programming.

The role requires 3+ years in production control rooms and 2+ years in live news, with deep control room tech knowledge and on-site work in Englewood Cliffs, NJ.