Director of Talent & Booking

Broadcast Management Group (BMG) is a leading global broadcast production company providing managed services to major broadcast networks, corporations, and studios. BMG is a top producer of live multicamera news, sports, entertainment, and corporate broadcasts, and is recognized as an industry trailblazer for its use of cutting-edge, innovative technology.

BMG is the leader in centralized technology with decentralized production teams, operating a Network Operations Center hosted at its Cloud Control Center™ along with a fleet of REMI mobile units. The company’s business operations are in New York, Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., Chicago, and Las Vegas.

Job Overview

The Director of Talent & Booking leads all guest strategy, bookings, and talent relations for Schwab Network, ensuring the network consistently features high-impact voices, market-moving perspectives, and a diverse range of experts across its live and digital programming. This role oversees the full lifecycle of guest sourcing—from relationship development and outreach to preparation, logistics, and on-air execution—while partnering closely with editorial, programming, and production leadership to align bookings with the network’s strategic goals.

The Director manages a team of bookers and segment producers, sets the editorial bar for guest quality, and builds a world-class roster of analysts, CEOs, policymakers, economists, traders, and influential market voices. This role requires exceptional communication skills, deep industry relationships, and the ability to operate in a fast-moving environment where accuracy, speed, and judgment are critical. By elevating the caliber of guests and seamlessly coordinating the booking pipeline, the Director of Talent & Booking plays a central role in shaping the network’s editorial authority and audience growth.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and execute Schwab Network’s booking strategy to support live shows, breaking news, digital franchises, and special coverage.
• Proactively identify emerging voices, market influencers, and subject-matter experts relevant to traders and investors.
• Partner with show EPs, senior producers, and editorial leadership to align guests with market drivers, editorial themes, and tentpole events.
• Ensure all guests meet Schwab Network’s standards for credibility, relevance, clarity, and diversity of perspective.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with analysts, CEOs, economists, fund managers, policymakers, think tanks, research firms, PR agencies, and corporate communications leaders.
• Represent the network externally at industry events to scout and cultivate new talent.
• Create a strong pipeline of recurring contributors and exclusive voices for the network.
• Lead and mentor a team of bookers, segment producers, and coordination staff.
• Oversee daily editorial meetings to pitch, confirm, and finalize guest lineups.
• Ensure timely pre-interviewing, briefing docs, segment prep, and communication with anchors and producers.
• Maintain high editorial and ethical standards in all booking decisions.
• Ensure accuracy of guest credentials, disclosures, and conflicts of interest.
• Uphold the network’s tone: credible, actionable, timely, and investor focused.
  
  

Qualifications

• 7–12 years of experience in booking, editorial, or talent management—preferably in business, financial news, or major news networks.
• Existing network of industry relationships across Wall Street, corporate comms, policymaking, and financial media.
• Strong editorial instincts and deep understanding of markets, economics, and breaking news cycles.
• Proven ability to lead teams in a fast-paced newsroom environment.
• Excellent communication, negotiation, and interpersonal skills.
• Experience working with anchors, producers, publicists, PR firms, and corporate executives.
• Highly organized with the ability to manage multiple bookings simultaneously against tight deadlines.
• Comfortable interacting with C-suite leaders, VIPs, and high-profile guests.