Summary
Telemundo 62 in Philadelphia seeks a Content Producer responsible for creating the newscasts and other multiplatform news programs as needed.
Category
Editor
Live Event / On Location Services
Producers
Video Editor
Writers
Location
Greater Philadelphia Area
Time Period
Full Time
Posted Date
Jun 26, 2023
Start Date
N/A
End Date
N/A
Job Description
Telemundo 62 in Philadelphia seeks a Content Producer responsible for creating the newscasts and other multiplatform news programs as needed.
Responsibilities:
- Responsible for overall production, content, and every element of each newscast.
- Responsible for being a key communicator in the newsroom- talking with each person who will participate or provide content for that newscast (i.e., Assignment Editor, anchors, Digital, VJ’s, and production crews).
- Understand the newscast mission and station priorities and be familiar with all the platforms.
- Must select stories, understand all the elements and design a newscast that achieves the daily goal.
- Knowledgeable about daily news events, awareness of past news events, and knowing what is news in the Philadelphia market.
- Execute Live Shots and Satellite Remotes during live newscasts.
- Select, assign, write, and organize news stories. Write headlines, teases, and reporter lead-ins.
- Respond to breaking news with urgency and accuracy.
- Coordinate and plan future community and social story development.
- Work with Reporters and Video Journalists to improve story and presentation.
- Editing skills to edit video clips.
- Write news scripts, Digital articles, OTT content, promotional teasers, headlines, and topicals
- Work closely with producers and News Director on story/sweeps planning and coordination.
- Assign content producers, reporters, and anchors as needed.
- Contribute story ideas, and participate in daily coverage decisions and editorial meetings.
- Work directly with content producers to articulate the story’s angle, length, and video.
- Leadership: take responsibility for your actions, take risks for the team, and be a team player.
- Complete discrepancy reports with detail and accuracy to help prevent future problems.
- Understand and follow all Telemundo62 News standards and ethics.
Qualifications
Qualifications/Requirements:
- Must be able to speak, read and write fluently in Spanish and must be able to speak, read and understand English.
- 2 to 4 years of producer experience.
- Excellent news judgment, creative ideas, and writing skills are necessary.
- Must have leadership qualities, be detail-oriented, organized, and able to handle intense deadline pressure.
- Must be willing to work in the Philadelphia area and travel as needed for special assignments.
- Must be willing to work long hours, varying shifts (including nights and weekends), and report to work in emergencies depending upon news coverage when necessary.
- Must have unrestricted work authorization to work in the United States.
Desired Qualifications
- Take an active role in selecting the stories of the day – develop story ideas that reporters can turn in one day, and create producer-driven content to enhance our coverage of the big story and other stories in the newscast.
- Anticipate problems and address them throughout the shift, and eliminate all factual/spelling/other errors in the show. If a problem arises, address it immediately.
- Follow up on problems with those involved and a newsroom manager.
- Bring creativity into every aspect of the newscast; use the Telemundo62 arsenal of tools and equipment to provide the most current information that is geographically diverse and maximizes viewer benefits.
- News judgment with a solid ethical decision process.
- High competitive nature.
- Ability to perform under tight time deadlines
Job Type
Full Time
Weekly Limit
N/A
Shift
Day, Evening