Multimedia Content Producer - Spectrum News Tennessee

About the role

This role requires the ability to work lawfully in the U.S. without employment-based immigration sponsorship, now or in the future.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for shooting, editing, and producing content for assigned shows and newscast.
• Contributes to special features and stories.
• Participates in coordinating coverage of major stories, breaking news and specials.
• Actively and consistently support all efforts to simplify and enhance the customer experience.
• Writes news stories for assigned newscasts; ensuring content is factually correct and written in a clear and concise conversational style.
• Identifies long and short-term story ideas, researches and discovers the content, sets up and conducts interviews.
• Collaborates with reporters, assignment desk editors, and production staff as well as independently in the newsgathering process.
• Creates recorded or live newscast products with producers and associate producers at designated hubs.
• Sets up and edits still and video for app, web, and broadcast on deadline.
• Uses video editing software to modify and create images meeting defined style requirements; edits and enhances images; applies special effects and color correction as needed.
• Makes decisions on story lineup, video/audio elements, graphics, and timing to construct show.
• Produces special programming as needed.
• Verifies stories are written to the pictures being edited and/or vice versa.
• Works with video newsgathering equipment such as lighting, lenses, and tripods.
• Fulfills all assignments meeting required deadlines according to the Executive Producer’s instructions.
• Adheres to Spectrum News' standards and practices.
• Adheres to field safety guidelines.
• May perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated broadcast news writing ability.
• Newspage video shooting and editing skills.
• Ability to solve the challenges that come with dynamic news coverage in field environment.
• Ability to anticipate situations and meet strict deadlines.
• Interpersonal skills and excellent collaboration skills.
• Works effectively within a team environment and interacts with all personnel within the organization.
• Attention to detail.
• Familiarity with the local market.
• Knowledge of current events and industry trends.
• Knowledge of social media platforms.
• Ability to work rapidly and accurately.
• Valid driver's license for authorized driving in the State of residence.

Required Education

• High School diploma.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Broadcast Journalism or related field or comparable television work experience.

Physical And Mental Requirements

• Lifting and carrying up to 100 pounds.
• Works inside in a climate-controlled environment and outside throughout the year and may be subjected to various weather conditions that could include extreme heat or cold conditions.
• Drives company vehicle to and from different locations in a safe manner by obeying all traffic laws.
• Works different shifts and be flexible with schedule changes.
• Physical Requirements: Lifting and carrying up to 100 pounds.
• Works inside in a climate-controlled environment and outside throughout the year and may be subjected to various weather conditions that could include extreme heat or cold conditions.
• Drives company vehicle to and from different locations in a safe manner by obeying all traffic laws.
• Works different shifts and be flexible with schedule changes.