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<p><strong>COORDINATING INTERNATIONAL PRODUCER</strong></p>
<p><strong>About VICE</strong></p>
<p>An international media company that captures people at the heart of stories, and focuses on the ideas, issues, and context that other outlets miss. Launched in 1994, VICE operates in 35 cities across the globe, making 1500 pieces of content every day with a focus on five lines of business: VICE Digital, an award-winning international network of digital content; VICE STUDIOS, a feature film and television production studio; VICELAND, an Emmy-winning international television network; a Peabody award-winning NEWS division; and VIRTUE, a global, full-service creative agency with 21 offices around the world.</p>
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<p><strong>VICE x News</strong></p>
<p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">The award-winning VICE News team develops and produces news content across VICE platforms and partner platforms. The news team focuses on in-depth longform storytelling and unique and creative ways to relay topical daily news. This is a collaborative team that works together to make everyone’s stuff better. We believe in listening to everyone’s ideas and bringing on a diverse group of people who love working together to make the best, most unique news content out there.</span></em></p>
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<p><strong>Role x You</strong></p>
<p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">You are a passionate and experienced journalist who has covered international news, ideally across multiple regions. You will be based in Brooklyn working in conjunction with the Supervising International Producer developing pitches of producers, APs and freelancers, running field deployments, editing and fact checking scripts and preparing packages for air. You will be a strong communicator who can comfortably switch between crafting enterprise pieces and overseeing the delivery of quick turn packages.</span></em></p>
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<p><strong>In the short term… </strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">you will work with the Supervising Producer, London Bureau Chief to launch a mix of diverse, showstopping enterprise pieces and plan international news coverage for Q1 2020.</span></p>
<p><strong>After 6 months in this role… </strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">you will have a full understanding what makes for a Vice international story and the type of unique treatment to pitch to make Vice's coverage stand-out. You'll have begun to expand our global network of freelance producers and crew developing them to shoot stories in Vice's signature style. You'll be able to drive the international day turn package process.  </span></p>
<p><strong>And after a year..</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;"> you will be able to fill in for the Supervising Producer or London Bureau Chief, oversee deployments in hostile environments and be confident juggling enterprise packages and daily news needs. You'll be experimenting with treatments for Vice News' international coverage and pitching international themed episodes of Vice News Tonight.</span></p>
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<p><strong>Qualifications</strong></p>
<p><strong>You have these:</strong></p>
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<li style="font-weight: 400;"><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">At least 5 years of international news experience</span></em></li>
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<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">A deep understanding of international news. A regional expertise is a bonus but you must be willing to work with producers on stories from all regions.</span></li>
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<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Excellent news judgment</span></li>
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<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Excellent communicator - with correspondents, producers, control room staff, and production crew</span></li>
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<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Meticulous organizer who thrives in high-pressure situations and handles breaking news with ease</span></li>
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<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Excellent writing and editing skills</span></li>
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<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Collaborative team player with a positive attitude</span></li>
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<p><strong>We’d love if you also had these:</strong></p>
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<li style="font-weight: 400;"><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Foreign Language Fluency</span></em></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Long-form and/or documentary experience</span></em></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Experience developing younger staff members</span></em></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Ability to develop and pitch unique story ideas and angles, with research to back it up </span></em></li>
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<p>We want to find people who believe in our goals and feel inspired enough to grow while they’re here to fill the role, rather than someone who checks the boxes but isn’t invested. We encourage you to apply and show us what you’ve got. To learn more read the<a href="https://viceguideto.vice.com/"> <strong>VICE Guide to VICE</strong></a></p>
<p>Qualified candidates must be able to perform the essential functions of this position satisfactorily, with or without reasonable accommodation.   The requirements and essential functions described above are not an exhaustive list and instead are meant to describe the general nature and level of work required of the job.  VICE reserves the right to modify the essential functions of this position where a legitimate business exists.</p>
<p>If you require reasonable accommodation during the application and selection process, please let us know.  We will work together to best meet your needs.</p>
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<p><strong>Working at VICE</strong></p>
<p>VICE prioritizes the ideas and people that other media companies miss. We believe that innovation is a direct result of diverse, inclusive cultures so we don’t just “tolerate” differences, we celebrate it and see it as essential to our staff, culture, and business.</p>
<p>VICE offers comprehensive benefits including but not limited to trans-inclusive benefits, fertility benefits, and tuition reimbursement. We a
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