The New York Post provides readers with the best in News, Sports, Pop Culture and Entertainment – with signature wit, irreverence and authority averaging 90 million unique viewers a month. Over the past 223 years, The Post has evolved into a multi-platform media company spanning print, digital, video, audio, app, television and commerce.
The New York Post and Page Six is seeking a Celebrity Talent Booker (M-F, 9am-7pm) to bring celebrities to our video and audio programs. Candidates must have established relationships with celebrity publicists. Applicants should and proactively pitch talent for trending stories. Potential candidates should have a broad and deep knowledge of pop culture and celebrity and be expected to brainstorm for coverage ideas. Bring energy and teamwork skills.
Key bookings will be for Page Six video series that covers the latest trends in culture, fashion, and entertainment.
Essential skills include the ability to get our video and audio producers access to celebrity/musician interview opportunities, footage and news events.
This is an opportunity to join an iconic media brand as it continues to experience exponential digital growth. New York Post and Page Six videos received more than a billion views across platforms in the past year.
Responsibilities:
- Stay on top of all talent opportunities – from red carpet events to TV and movie premieres to book tours and music tours, etc.
- Develop close relationships with external publicists for future shoots in conjunction with editorial team needs, requests and objectives.
- Create a production calendar for talent interviews and red carpet shoots.
- Help producers to ensure topics and questions are appropriate for each artist/ celebrity.
- Help devise new formats and creative approaches to celebrity interviews which should work on digital and social platforms
- Follow up after articles/videos are published to encourage social sharing
Qualifications:
- 3+ years of direct experience booking talent
- Great editorial judgment, social media savvy, ability to juggle multiple projects at once
- Familiarity and use of mainstream video channels like YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, Twitter and more
- Must enjoy working collaboratively and accurately in a fast paced breaking news environment but also a fun workplace
- Attention to detail a must
This role will be expected to come on site 4 days per week.
Note: In your application, please include a cover letter and provide examples of video or audio executions featuring celebrities that you’ve booked.
Salary Range: $90,000 – $110,000
All official communications will be sent from email addresses ending in @nypost.com or [email protected].
At The New York Post we recognize that attracting the best talent is key to our strategy and success as a company. As a result, our ranges reflect our good faith estimate to pay fairly as to what our ideal candidates are likely to expect, and we tailor our offers within the range based on the selected candidate’s experience, industry knowledge, technical and communication skills, and other factors that may prove relevant during the interview process.
In addition to compensation, the company provides eligible employees a comprehensive and highly competitive benefits package, with a variety of physical health, retirement and savings, caregiving, emotional wellbeing, transportation, and other benefits, including “elective” benefits employees may select to best fit the needs and personal situations of our diverse workforce.
As an equal opportunity employer, the New York Post does not discriminate in hiring or the terms and conditions of employment because of an individual’s race, color, religion, national origin, age, disability, gender, sexual orientation, citizenship or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. The New York Post will consider the provision of reasonable accommodations to known physical or mental disabilities of otherwise qualified applicants to enable them to participate in our application process and to effectively perform the essential functions of the job, unless doing so would impose an undue financial or operational hardship.