Production Assistant - Sportsline

Job Description

Production Assistant - Sportsline (Freelance)

CBS Sports, a year-round leader in cross-platform sports coverage, broadcasts a portfolio of events on the CBS Television Network, including THE NFL ON CBS; college football, including the SEC ON CBS; college basketball, including the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship; golf, including The Masters®, PGA Championship and PGA TOUR; soccer, including the UEFA Champions League and NWSL; and CBS SPORTS SPECTACULAR.

In addition, the division includes CBS SPORTS NETWORK, the 24-hour cable home of CBS Sports which televises live sports programming throughout the year, including college football and basketball games, UEFA Champions League and Europa League action, Italy's Serie A matches, Concacaf national team competitions, as well as a full slate of original programming and studio coverage.

CBS Sports also delivers an extensive lineup of global soccer coverage on Paramount+, including every UEFA club competition match, all Serie A matches as well as Concacaf national team competitions, and produces INSIDE THE NFL for Paramount+. CBS Sports Digital's multi-platform offerings include CBSSports.com and the CBS Sports apps for mobile and connected TV devices; the 24/7 streaming sports news network CBS Sports HQ; 247Sports; MaxPreps; CBS Sports fantasy games; and SportsLine.

CBS Sports Digital/SportsLine -- a portfolio of premium digital sports media properties including CBSSports.com, CBS Sports HQ, 247Sports, MaxPreps and SportsLine -- is consistently ranked a top-three sports property, reaching more than 70M sports fans monthly across desktop, mobile, and connected TV devices. Our team is a diverse and agile group that effectively collaborates with the business to shape our department.

Role Details:

The Streaming Production Assistant is responsible for assisting producers and senior producers with the program development, creative and editorial direction of CBS Sports Digital. We bring our passion for sports and love of our work, serving up sports content to fans everywhere, and this role will help us succeed in that mission.

Your-Day-to-Day:
• Capture and assemble clips using non-linear editing systems – Adobe Premier and other software.
• Edit content in a digital environment or digital broadcast facility for distribution for various digital media platforms.
• Prepare graphics for SportsLine shows
• Screens content for use on all digital platforms, non-linear editing and encoding.

Key Projects:
• Assist in developing innovative content for CBS Sports Digital platforms
• Qualifications: What you bring to the team:

You have –
• An undergraduate degree in Communications with an emphasis on Digital Media production preferred
• Knowledge of the fundamental concepts of editing and encoding of online content
• Strong understanding of the mobile web and internet
• An understanding of betting/gambling terminology

You might also have –
• A strong knowledge of major and minor sports is preferred

Paramount is an equal opportunity employer (EOE) including disability/vet.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-d5mypz-18-189-185-251-42 in your application.