VICE News Tonight assignment editors have a clear understanding of VICE’s story focus and our style of storytelling. You successfully demonstrate expertise in the news and documentary field, and an ability to flourish in a team environment at our head quarters in Brooklyn, NY.

The Role:
This is not a field position – the assignment editor’s primary job is to coordinate daily news coverage both editorially and logistically. The editor will also make calls to confirm breaking news stories. You will also assign and coordinate daily assignments at the direction of senior management.

You should understand the fundamentals of news gathering and must be a clear writer comfortable managing information and dispersing it to the broader news organization. The assignment editors will be called on to generate stories ideas that can be acted on immediately as well as in the future. The assignment editor can expect to work longer days and weekends.

Qualifications

You should have these:
Minimum 5 years of experience in news or related fields
Proactively conceptualize, develop and commission coverage plans for daily news stories, segments
Participate in daily editorial/planning meetings; propose ideas for story coverage
Work in tandem with the different news programs to develop and define coverage plans and treatments
Coordinate with senior staff to commission material from the field, and help maintain news & planning logs
Monitor news wires, news agencies, and other news sources
Coordinate with the graphics team on treatments for packages
Perform other duties relevant to the job as requested
Bachelor degree in Journalism or related fields

We’d love if you also had these:
Proven leadership skills
Ability to pitch, develop, plan and create stories within strict time parameters
Capable of working under pressure, multitasking and coordinating with multiple teams
Strong writing, researching, communication, interpersonal skills
Exercises good news judgment with strong knowledge of international news
Organized, adaptable and detail-oriented

See link below for further details.

NB: No deadline specified.