Digital Producer

Job Description

Overview:

The landscape of local news continues to evolve, and CBS 2 Chicago is at the forefront. If you are an innovative journalist, with a focus on breaking news and looking for a new challenge, come join our team as a Digital Producer! The position will be responsible for stacking, writing and editing stories that will appear in our newscast on the CBS News Chicago OTT platform.

Responsibilities Include:
• Assisting with timing in a control room environment.
• Help stack rundown content at the direction of the supervising producer and broadcast line producers
• Helping to coordinate with broadcast line producers during live news programs.
• Assisting with building show rundowns.
• Editing video.

Basic Qualifications:
• College Degree
• 2+ years general production experience

Additional Qualifications:
• Experience preferred in helping to create and build show rundowns in cable, broadcast or digital environment.
• Ability to work under extremely tight deadlines to write headlines and edit video for live digital broadcast.
• Detailed knowledge of social media and the competitive digital news environment.
• Familiarity with Edius or other non-linear editing systems and ENPS and iNews.
• Available for early mornings, nights, overnights, weekends, holidays; this is a 24-hour streaming service.
• Experience with Crispin and iNews is helpful.
• Understanding of SEO.

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

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-rvzz27-3-148-108-240-42 in your application.