Creative Producer

This is a Full Time Job

Creative Producer, CBS Pittsburgh (KDKA)

KDKA-TV Pittsburgh is seeking a highly creative multi-media producer to join our dynamic team. As Creative Producer, you would be a critical part of creating marketing campaigns promoting our news & talk programming. You flourish with generating innovative ideas, driving the production and delivering memorable, effective spots. You are also a great collaborator working across multiple departments at KDKA-TV. You are multi-skilled, take risks, and have pride in finding extraordinary ways to effectively connect with our audience.

Responsibilities:

• Write, produce, and edit daily marketing messages that help grow the brand.
• Coordinate and oversee video production projects from start to finish including idea generation, scripting, production planning and coordination, directing crew and talent, and post-production supervision
• Generate and post creative social media messaging and OTT marketing on-a-daily basis to drive viewership to our newscasts and original programs
• Attend/chip in to daily news planning meetings onsite
• Communicate with producers, editors, and on-air talent in the daily production of news promotions
• Assist with other department projects including brand development, on-location and in-studio production, brainstorming, and content-creation
• Assist with station community events
• Available to work occasional nights and weekends as needed

Requirements:
• Bachelor's degree in media, journalism or marketing
• Minimum 4-years' experience in similar role
• Excellent writing skills and the ability to produce effective promos with compelling copy and creative visuals
• Experience creating assets for digital platforms
• Experience in television news and/or news promotion
• Strong video editing skills
• Videography, lighting, studio, and location production skills are a plus
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Ability to multi-task in a fast-paced news environment and handle deadline pressures
• Ability to work cohesively and collaboratively with on-site news producers, production staff and our outside media agency
• Be able to work onsite in support of the daily newscast
• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite; Familiarity in iNEWS and WideOrbit a plus
• Must provide writing samples and portfolio
• Must love news and storytelling
• Must love collaboration and being part of a team

CBS News and Stations, brings together the power of CBS News, 28 owned television stations in 17 major U.S. markets, the CBS News Streaming Network, CBS News Streaming local platforms, local websites and cbsnews.com, under one umbrella. CBS News and Stations is home to the nation's #1 news program 60 MINUTES, the CBS News Streaming Network, the first 24/7 digital streaming news network, the award-winning broadcasts CBS MORNINGS, CBS SATURDAY MORNING, the CBS EVENING NEWS WITH NORAH O'DONNELL, CBS SUNDAY MORNING, CBS WEEKEND EVENING NEWS, 48 HOURS and FACE THE NATION WITH MARGARET BRENNAN. CBS News and Stations provides news and information for the CBS Television Network, CBSNews.com, CBS News Radio and podcasts, Paramount , all digital platforms, and the CBS News Streaming Network, the premier 24/7 anchored streaming news service that is available free to everyone with access to the internet. The CBS News Streaming Network is the destination for breaking news, live events, original reporting and storytelling, and programs from CBS News and Stations' top anchors and correspondents working locally, nationally and around the globe. CBS News' streaming services, across national and local, amassed more than 1.01 billion streams in 2021. Launched in November 2014 as CBSN, the CBS News Streaming Network is available on 30 digital platforms and apps, as well as CBSNews.com and Paramount . The service is available live in 91 countries. CBS News and Stations is dedicated to providing the highest quality journalism under standards it pioneered and continu