Special Projects Specialist

Sinclair, Inc. is a diversified media company and a leading provider of local news and sports, operating 178 television stations in 81 markets.

About the role

The Agile Content Creation Engagement Team (ACCET) Special Projects Specialist coordinates and executes contests, community/station events, and other special projects such as community awareness and disaster relief. This role ensures all events, contests, and projects align with ACCET brand and community guidelines, while calendarizing and managing timelines, logistics, and multiple deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Meet with community partners and stations to review events.
• Develop plans to execute events and initiatives in the region.
• Collaborate on internal and external communications, including press releases, sales sizzle reels, and employee communications.
• Work with legal to develop rules for local station and Sinclair contest promotions.
• Enter project requests into Adobe Workfront for community events, promos, PSAs, and contests.
• Provide elements for content creation, including promotional and sponsored content, social copy, and on-site elements.
• Assist in planning and standardizing high school sports production, including scheduling pre-taped segments, coordinating with schools, scheduling client interviews, ordering trophies/plaques, creating run-downs/scripts, and on-site game day production.

Requirements

• Event and project coordination experience.
• Strong organizational and time-management skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication.
• Ability to manage timelines, logistics, and multiple deadlines.
• Experience with community-partner and stakeholder communication.
• Cross-collaboration experience with sales, marketing, social, news, and production teams.
• Creative problem-solving and attention to detail.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Teams and Microsoft Office.
• Experience with Adobe Creative Cloud (Premiere Pro, After Effects, Photoshop, and Illustrator is a plus).

This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship, including H-1B, OPT-STEM, or other employer-sponsored visas.

About the team

The life-blood of our organization is our people. We foster a goal-oriented culture with an open-door policy, upward mobility, and a strong desire to see you succeed. Sinclair offers great benefits and a supportive environment for professional growth.