FOX Business Network is looking for a Booker/Researcher to find and secure compelling and qualified guests with expertise in business and politics to provide insights on current events and their impact on the economy and average Americans.
Requirements
- Previous booking experience
- Previous video editing experience
Responsibilities
- Conduct thorough research and compile well-rounded pre-interviews
- Stay current on latest story developments and find relevant sound and perspective for our guests to react to
- Identify and cut video for segments including soundbites
- Create eye-catching and illustrative graphics to support segments
- Write compelling introductions and teases for segments
Other
- Confident and highly motivated
- Understanding of Wall Street and Capitol Hill
- Persistent in pitching guests
- Creating and cultivating ongoing relationships
- Passion for news and well-read in all the major news outlets
- Interest in writing and producing segments
- Comfortable working under tight deadlines
- Effectively communicate and understand a guest’s point of view on relative topics
- Strategize with your colleagues on best booking approaches
- Remain tuned in to the week’s lead news stories
- Work well independently and in a team environment
- Excellent communication skills
- Strong editorial judgment and newsgathering skills
- A passion for current events
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment where changes happen minute to minute, hour by hour
- Willingness and ability to work under tight deadline pressures while juggling long-term bookings
- A Bachelor’s degree in journalism or a related field of study preferred, or equivalent experience
