Job Details
Freelance Production Assistant
Summary
CBS NEWS PRODUCTION ASSISTANT. This is an entry level position. The duties are primarily clerical and technical.
Category
Production Assistant
Teleprompter
Location
San Francisco Bay Area
Time Period
6 Months
Posted Date
Dec 15, 2022
Start Date
N/A
End Date
N/A
Job Description
- This is an entry level position.
- The duties are primarily clerical and technical.
- Production Assistants collate scripts printed for the newscasts, and deliver them to the studio and control room.
- They operate teleprompter during the newscasts, and locate and retrieve file video and archive information.
- They also assist producers, writers, reporters, assignment editors, and newsroom managers in other duties related to newsroom operations.
- These duties include answering phones, logging tapes, sorting mail, maintaining the tape library, and other duties as necessary.
Qualifications:
- Strong writing and communication skills required.
- Must be able to type well, spell perfectly, learn quickly, work well with a variety of people, and meet the tough standards of the high pressure environment of news broadcasting production.
- B.A. degree with some background in Journalism preferred.
- Knowledge of television production, previous internships with news organizations, and familiarity with the Bay Area helpful.
- Clear understanding and strong interest in government, politics, economics, environment, criminal justice, and other issues of public interest.
Physical Demands:
Must be able to sit at desk for long periods of time, run scripts upstairs under deadlines, operate a telephone and a keyboard.
Must be able to sit at desk for long periods of time, run scripts upstairs under deadlines, operate a telephone and a keyboard.
Job Type
Contract
Temporary
Weekly Limit
N/A
Shift
Day
Attached Files
N/A