Producer, Digital Programming, CNN

Warner Bros. Discovery is hiring a Producer, Digital Programming, CNN, based out of Atlanta, GA. This role sits within CNN’s Digital Products and Services Programming team, where the day-to-day output is the curation and packaging of CNN’s home surfaces, push alerts, and content optimization for both US and international audiences across digital news publishing. It’s a strong fit for a digital journalist or content producer who has spent real time managing homepage editorial workflow and understands the mechanics of audience engagement at scale.

About the Role

The Programming team operates at the intersection of editorial judgment and digital publishing strategy, working closely with global news teams, distribution editors, and audience development partners to shape how CNN’s journalism lands across its digital surfaces. A typical day involves curating live coverage, packaging articles, video, and interactives for the homepage, drafting and sending breaking news alerts, and running A/B tests on headlines and visual treatments in the CMS. This is a hands-on production role with real decision-making authority over how millions of readers experience the news.

Key Responsibilities

• Curate and package content across digital formats including live coverage, video, photo galleries, and interactives to serve US and international audiences on CNN’s home surfaces.
• Exercise editorial news judgment to frame CNN journalism with clarity, accuracy, and audience relevance across all digital publishing touchpoints.
• Draft and send push alerts in coordination with newsroom colleagues, maintaining standards for timeliness and editorial integrity.
• Apply data-informed insights from analytics to guide daily curation decisions and identify improvements to content optimization tactics.
• Collaborate with senior programming producers on headline crafting, visual treatment recommendations, and A/B testing within the CMS and publishing tools.
• Participate in post-mortems and strategic planning sessions to refine programming approaches for tentpole events and live coverage.

What You Bring

• Four or more years of experience in digital news publishing, with direct time spent curating homepage or home surface editorial.
• Strong writing and editing skills suited to headline optimization and audience-focused digital storytelling.
• Hands-on familiarity with CMS platforms, analytics tools, and A/B testing workflows common to digital news operations.
• Demonstrated ability to work accurately under deadline pressure across a high-volume breaking news environment.
• Clear communication skills and experience working across editorial, audience, and distribution teams in a newsroom setting.

Why This Role

CNN’s digital programming team is in a genuine period of transformation, with real investment in how its journalism reaches audiences across digital platforms, which means producers in this role have direct influence over product and editorial strategy. Warner Bros. Discovery operates one of the largest digital news publishing operations in the world, giving this position meaningful scope and visibility. For a producer ready to work at the center of digital news curation and content optimization, this is a substantive next step.

Apply now for the Producer, Digital Programming, CNN role at Warner Bros. Discovery and bring your editorial judgment to one of the most-read digital news operations running today.