MS Now Technical Associate Stage Manager A2

Versant Media; New York (NY); On-site; USD 80,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

Versant Media is seeking a Technical Associate to support MS Now’s live news operation at the New York on-site location. You will lead Stage Management and Studio Audio Assist activities across live, taped, and streaming productions, ensuring readiness before on-air.

The role requires flexibility to work evenings, overnights, weekends, and holidays to support 24‑hour news programming. Experience in live television and studio audio is preferred, with opportunities to grow across additional

Qualifications

• Three years of experience in Stage Management, A2, or similar live production.
• Working knowledge of professional broadcast audio equipment, studio operations, production workflows, and studio‑floor communication protocols.
• Experience preparing talent, microphones, IFBs, cables, and other studio equipment for live productions.
• Strong troubleshooting, prioritization, and technical problem‑solving skills, with the ability to remain calm in time‑sensitive situations.
• Clear verbal communication, strong interpersonal skills, and exceptional attention to detail.
• Interest in learning new technologies and expanding your skills across additional studio‑production disciplines.

Responsibilities

• Lead Stage Management activities for live, taped, and streaming productions, ensuring talent, crews, sets, and studio elements are prepared and aligned before going on air.
• Serve as Studio Audio Assist/A2 by preparing microphones, distributing and testing IFBs, managing cables, supporting talent setup, and partnering with the audio team throughout production.
• Maintain clear, timely communication among the control room, studio floor, producers, directors, Technical Production Managers, and technical crews.
• Prepare, configure, and strike studio equipment and production spaces while maintaining a safe, organized, and broadcast-ready environment.
• Identify and troubleshoot studio and audio issues quickly, making sound decisions while remaining composed during high-pressure live productions.
• Adapt to breaking news and evolving production requirements while developing capabilities across additional Technical Associate disciplines.

Skills

Stage Management

A2

Live television

Studio equipment

Troubleshooting

Communication

Attention to detail

Adaptability

Job description

Job Description

The Opportunity

Versant Media Operations & Technology is seeking a Technical Associate to support MS Now’s live news operation. This role will primarily perform Stage Management and Studio Audio Assist—or A2—responsibilities across live, taped, and streaming productions.

As an essential member of the production team, you will help ensure each broadcast is executed safely, efficiently, and to a high technical standard. You will work closely with production, technical, and engineering partners to maintain clear communication between the control room and studio floor, prepare talent and equipment, and respond quickly when production needs change.

Why This Role Matters:

Your work will directly support the reliability, quality, and agility of MS Now’s live programming. By helping teams remain coordinated and production-ready, you will contribute to seamless broadcasts during regularly scheduled programming, breaking news, and other time-sensitive coverage.

This position is required to work on-site at Versant’s designated New York work location. Because MS Now operates around the clock, the role requires flexibility to work evenings, overnights, weekends, and holidays based on production needs.

What You’ll Do

• Lead Stage Management activities for live, taped, and streaming productions, ensuring talent, crews, sets, and studio elements are prepared and aligned before going on air.
• Serve as Studio Audio Assist/A2 by preparing microphones, distributing and testing IFBs, managing cables, supporting talent setup, and partnering with the audio team throughout production.
• Maintain clear, timely communication among the control room, studio floor, producers, directors, Technical Production Managers, and technical crews.
• Prepare, configure, and strike studio equipment and production spaces while maintaining a safe, organized, and broadcast-ready environment.
• Identify and troubleshoot studio and audio issues quickly, making sound decisions while remaining composed during high-pressure live productions.
• Adapt to breaking news and evolving production requirements while developing capabilities across additional Technical Associate disciplines, which may include teleprompter, studio utility, and camera operations.

Qualifications:

Qualifications

What You Bring

• At least three years of experience as a Stage Manager, A2, or in a comparable role supporting live television, broadcast, or live‑event production.
• Working knowledge of professional broadcast audio equipment, studio operations, production workflows, and studio‑floor communication protocols.
• Experience preparing talent, microphones, IFBs, cables, and other studio equipment for live productions.
• Strong troubleshooting, prioritization, and technical problem‑solving skills, with the ability to remain calm in time‑sensitive situations.
• Clear verbal communication, strong interpersonal skills, and exceptional attention to detail.
• Interest in learning new technologies and expanding your skills across additional studio‑production disciplines.

You will also demonstrate Versant’s How We Do It behaviors:

• Trust: Act with integrity, follow through on commitments, and help create a safe and dependable production environment.
• Teamwork: Collaborate effectively across production, audio, lighting, camera, engineering, and editorial teams to achieve shared outcomes.
• Transparency: Communicate clearly and promptly, particularly when identifying risks, technical issues, or changing production needs.
• Agility: Adapt quickly to breaking news, schedule changes, evolving workflows, and the demands of live production.
• Entrepreneurial Spirit: Take initiative, embrace innovation, and look for practical ways to strengthen production processes and technical capabilities.

Experience supporting live news programming is preferred.

Why You’ll Love It Here

You will contribute directly to a fast-moving live news operation where strong technical execution, thoughtful collaboration, and sound judgment make an immediate impact. The role also offers opportunities to deepen your Stage Management and A2 expertise while gaining exposure to other studio‑production disciplines and emerging technologies.

This position is required to work on-site at Versant’s designated New York work location. In-person attendance and schedule flexibility—including evenings, overnights, weekends, and holidays—are essential to supporting the needs of a 24-hour news operation.

The anticipated pay range for this position is $80,000 to $105,000 annually. Additional benefits and eligibility information will be provided during the recruiting process.

Additional Information

As part of our selection process, external candidates may be required to attend an in‑person interview with a VERSANT Media employee at one of our locations prior to a hiring decision. VERSANT Media'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 [e-mail].

VERSANT Media is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. We include a good faith pay range for each position to comply with applicable state and local pay transparency laws and to promote equity across our organization. Actual compensation will be based on factors such as the candidate's skills, qualifications, experience, and location and may include additional forms of compensation and benefits such as health insurance, retirement plans, paid time off, etc.

VERSANT Media is not accepting unsolicited assistance from search firms for this employment opportunity. All resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at VERSANT via-email, the Internet, or in any form and/or method without a valid written Statement of Work in place for this position from VERSANT's Talent Acquisition team will be deemed the sole property of VERSANT. No fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by VERSANT as a result of the referral or through other means.

Compensation:

$80,000-$80,000 per year