Photographer / Editor Job Description
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Photographer / Editor Job Description
- Ability to multi-task, handling editing assignments and capturing feeds and material from multiple sources, while monitoring quality control
- Working with Assignment Desk and reporters to cover daily stories
- Capture visual content and edit long & short form stories and commercial production
- Collaborate with segment hosts and clients to produce lifestyle show segments and commercials delivering excellent client experience
- Support large field production operations including set-up & strike
- Operate robotic and ENG cameras
- Floor direct and operate teleprompter for broadcasts
- Design broadcast graphics within strict guidelines
- Keep up production video database software
- Will operate camera, live truck or cellular bonded technology and edit on Edius Pro edit systems
- Must be willing to work at the station in McAllen
- Physicalability to carry and manipulate at least 75lbs of gear, set up and breakdownbroadcast production equipment, usually alone, and on tight deadlines.Activities include driving and positioninglarge, microwave equipped vans
- Candidatecan adapt to writing content for air.Will contribute to social media strategies and multimediajournalism
- Advanced knowledge with Go Pros, DSLRs, FTP, Mobile
- Previous experience using television cameras preferred
- College degree in broadcast journalism, broadcast news, or related field or equivalent work experience
Photographer / Editor Job Description
- Highly proficient at non-linear editing (FCP)
- Ability to react to breaking news quickly and efficiently
- Partner with reporters to develop creative, visually appealing & impactful stories
- Good judgment skills are a must
- Must be extremely dedicated, highly passionate and a possess a very strong work ethic
- Must be able to work professionally and respectfully with others, including but not limited to management, reporters, editors, anchors, engineers and producers
- Take great care of all assigned gear and ensure it is in proper working condition at all times
- Visual storyteller committed to compelling sequences, deliberate lighting, vivid video, and riveting natural sound
- Shoot and edit national-level investigative video journalism, with an emphasis on conceiving of unique, visual content to illustrate information, data, and documents in a creative and engaging way
- Working with Producers, Reporters, and Investigative Correspondents to cover daily, enterprise, and deep-dive stories
- Minimum 4 years of experience as a working photographer
- High degree of organizational ability to search through high photographic volumes
- An excellent understanding of responsive web design
- An ability to produce work which adheres to a digital style guide
- An ability to manage multiple projects under tight deadlines
- Excellent typographic composition
Photographer / Editor Job Description
- Working with reporters and producers to ensure the best content and facts are gathered, while taking the initiative to contribute editorially, in story pitch meetings and the script drafting process
- Communicating and coordinating incoming video elements from various sources
- Is able to assist executive producer and show producer with aspects of overall show production, fill-in producing
- Shoot and edit high-quality video, interviews, and story packages
- Shoot and edit specific digital / social content and promotional materials
- Set up and operate microphones and monitor audio levels
- Set up and operate lighting equipment
- Set up and shoot live, on-location segments
- Perform work under pressure with multiple, daily deadlines
- Collaborate with field producer and correspondent on assignments
- Primarily edits newscasts as needed and includes regular news stories and special projects
- Completes editing and shooting assignments as assigned
- Server maintenance and the deletion of old video from the system
- Some in studio photography and setup required
- Prompting for the newscasts when needed
- Assist the Director in the control room during newscasts or tapings
Photographer / Editor Job Description
- The Photographer will go to news sites in all types of weather and capture newsworthy events as they happen
- The photographer will gather all elements for a story by him or herself
- The photographer will also shoot and edit S.O.T.’s, V.O.’s and PACKAGES on time, for our live newscasts
- The Photographer should also be able to work closely with our Reporters to produce compelling, significant stories
- Must be able to exercise good judgment and cope with very demanding and fast-paced news environment, while always being safety conscious
- Candidate must be available to work all shifts, including weekend shifts
- Must be available for overtime and willing to work holidays and travel
- Shoot reporter packages, voiceovers and sound bites as required
- Will also be required to edit and run a microwave transmission truck
- Must have a valid Driver’s License and be able to drive company vehicle to location shoots/live shots
- Regularly Light physical effort required
- Advanced knowledge with Go Pros, Mobile, Final Cut
- Can operate large vehicles, must have a valid driver’s license and a clean driving record
- Must be a self-starter - someone who does not wait to be told what to do
- Related military experience will be strongly considered
- Related military experience will be considered
Photographer / Editor Job Description
- Possess excellent editing skills both in-house and in the field
- Have strong time-management skills to meet deadlines, with a winning can-do attitude and ability to problem solve
- Be able to communicate with management and talent to understand assignments and establish priorities
- Discusses any issues prior to the shoots or day of live programming
- Turn content into news packages for later programming when applicable
- Lighting expertise and concept of graphics creation/insertion
- Can work with internal systems to record and locate necessary video
- Can produce and publish content to our online platforms
- Shooting and Editing stories, interviews, videos, packages and other projects as assigned
- Maintain production video database software
- Superior non-linear editing skills with Final Cut and/or Adobe Premiere
- Versatility to shoot both hard news feature stories
- A college degree in broadcast journalism or a related field preferred
- Previous news and/or video experience preferred
- Minimum of one year of experience in a television field production area
- Should have basic knowledge of production equipment and computers knowledge of news operations and practices