Full Time Job
Technical Media Producer
WDBJ
- Paid
- Full Time
Job Description
TECHNICAL MEDIA PRODUCER (ASSO) - WDBJAbout WDBJ:
WDBJ7, WZBJ and WDBJ7.com is a Gray owned dominant CBS affiliated media powerhouse in beautiful Roanoke, Virginia. Known as ''Your Hometown Station®'', WDBJ7 and WZBJ serve 26 counties across the Blue Ridge Mountain region and produces more than 55 hours of award-winning local news coverage, more than any of its competitors in the Roanoke/Lynchburg market.
Headquartered in a state of the art digital broadcast center in Roanoke, Virginia, the station also operates Virginia bureaus in Lynchburg, Blacksburg, Lexington and Danville. For more than 63 years, WDBJ7 has been the number one station of choice for viewers from Roanoke to Lynchburg and across the New River Valley.
Job Summary/Description:
The #1 station in the Roanoke/Lynchburg market is looking for a technically savvy individual to work in our brand-new, state-of-the-art Multimedia Control Center. The person we hire will direct newscasts in addition to performing duties associated with broadcasting WDBJ7's television signal. The successful candidate will work directly with the newscast producers and anchors to put together fast-paced live news broadcasts. The individual will be responsible for all technical aspects of the newscast including video, audio, graphics, transitions and camera movements.
The primary job duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
• Prepare and direct live and pre-recorded productions for WDBJ and WDBJ.com
• Work with other departments including WDBJ's newsroom to coordinate and produce top-rated television and digital programs
• Monitor on-air signals for WDBJ and ingest daily programming and commercials
• Operate Viz Opus (including cameras and audio console), Photoshop software, and supporting equipment in WDBJ media control center
• Occasional operation of Edius and Premiere Pro editing software
• Operation of studio teleprompter
• Regular care and maintenance of equipment and studio
Qualifications/Requirements:
• Work with Vizrt automation, master control video switcher and Crispin automation, Adobe Photoshop and all supporting equipment in Production/Master Control; including the ability to effectively perform at the following: robotic camera operation, prompter operation, audio operation, commercial/promo ingesting, satellite operation, program ingesting/segmenting, and a working knowledge of web production.
• Understanding of FCC program and transmitter logs, and all FCC broadcast regulations.
• Work with iNEWS, newsroom computer system.
• Understanding of all equipment in studios and production areas.
• Dedication to care of equipment.
• Work closely with all other departments to meet all daily demands.
• Training of new personnel as assigned.
• Variable work schedule due to changing shifts, turnover, station projects. Work assignments will at times include morning, evenings, weekends, and holidays.
• Other Duties as Assigned.
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Jobcode: Reference SBJ-gq8j29-184-72-135-210-42 in your application.
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