New Rochelle, NY | 203-823-8172 | @marcusharun Marcus Harun [email protected] | MarcusHarun.com EXPERIENCE MSNBC New York, NY Segment Producer May 2019 – present Write political news segments with speed and accuracy for MSNBC Live. Produce interviews with presidential candidates and congressional leaders. Has written breaking news scripts for nearly every MSNBC anchor including Brian Williams, Craig Melvin, Andrea Mitchell, and Alicia Menendez. FOX 61 News/WTIC-TV Hartford, CT Executive Producer July 2018 – May 2019 Developed editorial vision of seven-hour morning newscast, including digital content. Led staff of 25 producers, anchors, reporters & photographers. Created producer handbook and style guide with high quality content standards. Ratings grew year-over-year 204% (Adults 25-54 Nov. 2017 vs Nov. 2018). Also served as Intern Supervisor, launching new college program to ensure personal and professional development. Led talent acquisition and created schedules. Senior Producer June 2017 – July 2018 Oversaw morning news 4 – 10 a.m., led team of 25 employees, trained new staffers, managed schedules, and reviewed scripts, graphics, and video. Morning ratings increased 18.8% overall and 71.1% in targeted time period. Served as Executive Producer of Special Projects including coverage of Pres. Trump’s CT events. TV Producer Aug. 2014 – July 2018 Produced, wrote, managed, accurately timed, and boothed one hour of the weekday morning news. Wrote local, national, tech, and breaking news. Ratings increased 50.8% in first year producing. Web Producer Aug. 2014 – Jan. 2016 Managed Fox61.com and social media pages during morning shift. Organized front page. Selected and edited thumb-stopping images to draw interest to stories. Wrote breaking, trending and political news stories. Delegated additional stories to reporters and producers. Wrote breaking push/text alerts. News 12 Connecticut Norwalk, CT Associate Producer May 2014 – Aug. 2014 Wrote broadcast news copy for segments of the 5, 5:30, 7:30 and 10 p.m. evening newscasts. NBC Owned Television Stations New York, NY Local Integrated Media Intern June 2013 – May 2014 Produced Olympics video feature stories and wrote news articles published on the websites of NBC’s 10 owned and operated television stations, including NBC New York. NBC Nightly News New York, NY Newsroom Intern June 2012 – Aug. 2012 Wrote articles featured on NBCNews.com front page and produced video news reports for Nightly News website. Aurora Theater shooting article garnered over 200k views in one day. 24NewsNow.com Hamden, CT Founder and Anchor Aug. 2006 – Jan. 2013 Created an independent national news network dedicated to simplifying news for a fast-paced generation. Managed 20-member news team, anchored broadcast, produced newscast, and created website & graphics. Additional experience: WTNH-TV Internship, WQUN-AM Internship, Hartford Courant Internship, Little Fish Studios Web Designer EDUCATION Quinnipiac University Hamden, CT Master of Business Administration May 2015 Bachelor of Arts in Journalism May 2014 ACHIEVEMENTS NBC News/MSNBC Community Council Member Employee of the Quarter Winner 2018 Q1 Tribune Media CT “Above & Beyond” Award. Two-time College Emmy Winner 2014 New England NATAS awards. Featured on: Anderson Cooper 360°, The Situation Room, HuffPost Live, NBCNews.com. SKILLS Leadership: Effective communication, problem solving, team motivation, delegation, organization, scheduling. Journalism: TV Producing, one-man-band reporting (shooting, editing, interviewing), iNews, ENPS, MS Office. Graphics: Final Cut Pro, Adobe Premiere, After Effects, Photoshop, Dreamweaver, HTML, CSS, WordPress.