Production Assistant, CNN Digital Video

Full Time Job

The CNN Digital Video News team is looking for a Production Assistant. This position will primarily support video production and will span CNN's domestic & international news, business, features and politics coverage, as well as sponsorships and vertical video initiatives for our social media platforms. The ideal candidate is a video-first storyteller with a flexible attitude and a creative mind.

Production Assistants will assist other producers with newsgathering and production. They will monitor the news cycle, pitch story ideas, gather elements, do research, write scripts, edit video in-house and have the opportunity to join producers in the field. Production Assistants can learn from some of the industry's best digital storytellers and work with colleagues from across CNN Digital's operations around the world.

This position can be based in New York or Atlanta.

Your Role Accountabilities…
• Researching, writing scripts and editing video for all digital platforms
• Monitoring breaking news, live events and search/social trends
• Taking part in creative brainstorming and generating story ideas
• Assisting with in-studio and local shoots
• Experimenting with new video formats on multiple platforms
• Gathering elements including photos and historical footage
• Assisting reporters and producers with story research and newsgathering
• Completing production workflows within CNN's content management systems

Qualifications and Experience…
• Bachelor's degree in journalism and/or video production, or relevant work experience
• 0-2 year's experience in newsroom environment preferred
• Working knowledge of Adobe Premiere or similar video editing software
• Strong interest in news
• Familiarity with digital video and social media platforms
• Basic skills with DSLR cameras a plus
• Strong writing, communication and interpersonal skills -- a team player who is ready to jump in quickly whenever news breaks
• Ability to work in a fast, high-pressure environment
• Work schedule flexibility. Must be able to work AM, PM, weekend and holiday shifts
• Must be able to work and adjust to a rotational schedule across different CNN.com verticals, with periods of evening and weekend work
• Foreign language skills a plus

How We Get Things Done…

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The Legal Bits…
Pay Range: $38,147.00 - $70,845.00 salary per year. Other rewards may include annual bonuses, short- and long-term incentives, and program-specific awards. In addition, Warner Bros. Discovery provides a variety of benefits to employees, including health insurance coverage, an employee wellness program, life and disability insurance, a retirement savings plan, paid holidays and sick time and vacation.

Warner Bros. Discovery embraces the opportunity to build a workforce that reflects the diversity of our society and the world around us. Being an equal opportunity employer means that we take seriously our responsibility to consider qualified candidates on the basis of merit, without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, mental or physical disability, and genetic information, marital status, citizenship status, military status, protected veteran status or any other category protected by law.