Production Assistant, CNN Digital Video Production
About The Position
CNN’s Digital Video Daily News Production team creates original video content for all CNN platforms, including our social video accounts. We write, produce and edit video, from raw news moments to daily news packages. We work collaboratively across the organization to cover breaking news, trending topics, and important issues quickly and accurately. From mass shootings to immigration to natural disasters, we tell stories with the aim of informing and engaging the largest global digital audience in news today. We are looking for a full-time Production Assistant for our weekend evening shift. The ideal candidate is a video-first storyteller with a flexible attitude and a creative mind. 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 production assistant will cover domestic and international breaking news and trending topics. Production Assistants will monitor the news cycle, pitch story ideas, gather elements, do research, write scripts, and edit video in-house. They will edit videos in both 16x9 and vertical formats for CNN’s platforms and social accounts.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in journalism and/or video production, or relevant work experience
- 0-2 year's digital news and video experience
- Working knowledge of Adobe Premiere or similar video editing software
- Strong interest in news
- Familiarity with digital video and social media platforms
- 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 and adjust to a rotational schedule to fulfill business needs
Nice To Haves
- Foreign language skills a plus
Responsibilities
- 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
- Experimenting with new video formats on multiple platforms
- Gathering elements including photos and historical footage
- Assisting reporters and producers with story research and newsgathering
- Working with teams across the company to create compelling video stories
- Completing production workflows within CNN’s content management systems
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
