producer Edmonton
Job description
Contribute to the development of program lineups, including adding or removing items, helping determine priorities, and inputting information pertaining to story format, timing, supers or other relevant directions.
Collaborate with teams across CBC to source news content relevant to local audiences.
Write and vet scripts, and edit video.
Respond quickly to breaking news events as they unfold.
Distill large amounts of complex information under tight time constraints.
Pitch well-researched ideas that will engage and inform the audience while deepening our community connections and elevating a range of voices.
Tailor visual content for audiences across television, digital and social platforms.
Chase and book interviews and help set the hosts up for success through scripting and background information.
As necessary, assist in taking television newscasts to air from the control room, including communicating with staff in the field, studio or other locations.
Coordinate with colleagues across platforms to ensure our visual content has optimum reach
Present stories on-air as required.
- Ability to generate, pitch and pursue solid story ideas.
- Proven connection to the communities we serve in and around Edmonton.
- Strong news judgment and a demonstrated ability to react quickly to breaking news and changing priorities.
- Excellent organizational skills with the ability to chase and follow several stories at once.
- Strong traditional broadcast writing and video editing skills, and experience working with a program lineup.
- Knowledge of emerging visual storytelling formats and experience packaging visual content in compelling and innovative ways across platforms.
- A self-starter with the ability to work independently to meet deadlines.
- Experience in graphic design/editing would be an asset.
- Willingness to embrace change and learn new tasks across all CBC platforms, and a desire to experiment with new visual and digital storytelling formats.
- Ability to work in a high-pressure environment with considerable deadline constraints.
- Ability to forge positive team relationships and keen to work on a team that values collaboration and transparency.
- Strong desire to live and promote the values of diversity and an inclusive and respectful work culture.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills; a standout colleague.
- Must possess a valid driver’s license as well as a driving record that meets the minimum requirements of CBC/Radio-Canada's insurance company, other classes considered an asset.
- Ability to work a variety of shifts including early starts, late finishes and weekends.
- University degree or equivalent, with a minimum of two years of recent, related experience in a multiplatform newsroom.
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
