Job description
We are hiring an Associate Producer assigned to Digital for our newsroom. The successful candidate will work with our radio and TV shows — including the Calgary Eyeopener, Alberta@noon, The Homestretch and CBC Calgary: News at 6 — to identify the content that has the best potential for digital treatments, as well as pitching original content for digital and the shows.
As a member of one of our close-knit teams, you will write and publish multimedia-rich stories for our digital platforms. This could include writing stories, conducting interviews, selecting or taking photos, shooting and editing video, writing headlines, soliciting and verifying user-generated content (UGC), using our content management system to package, post and edit stories, and posting to social platforms, as well as crowdsourcing material to the benefit of all CBC News and Current Affairs platforms. Under the supervision of the Senior Producer, you apply judgment and editorial knowledge in order to create the highest quality content for digital.
Your profile:
- University degree or equivalent in journalism or a related field with a minimum of two years of relevant experience.
- Experience and proven ability with various technical platforms such as content management systems, social media tools, photo editing, digital cameras, live chats, etc.
- Passion for news and current affairs.
- Knowledge of Calgary and southern Alberta.
- Proven ability to write and edit articles and restructure them for flow, clarity, conciseness and online or print readability.
- Adept at mining social media for story ideas.
- Proven ability in editing to conform to Standard English grammar, CBC style and proper print spellings and capitalization.
- Experience in determining potential legal issues and journalistic policy violations in print or online copy, and ability to act on them.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills; strong team player.
- Curious and proactive.
- Able to juggle multiple priorities and enjoys varying tasks.
- Ability to work effectively under deadline pressure and to work flexible hours as required.
- Knowledge of CBCNews.ca style (asset).
Candidates may be subject to skills and knowledge testing.
You are invited to consult and familiarize yourself with our Code of Conduct, which can be found on our corporate website. All employees must adhere to the Code as a condition of employment. We also invite you to take a look at our policy on conflicts of interest. In the event that you become an employee, it will be important to inform us, as quickly as possible, of any situation that, because of your hiring, constitutes or could appear to constitute a conflict of interest.
About CBC/Radio-Canada
CEO: Catherine Tait
Revenue: Unknown / Non-Applicable
Size: 5001 to 10000 Employees
Type: Government
Website: cbc.radio-canada.ca
Year Founded: 1936