Producer

POSITION SUMMARY (Scope & Purpose)

Conceptualize, write, videotape, and edit promotional announcements, commercials for station clients, and public service announcements for television and digital mediums. To create on-line ads for web and mobile. To strategically place news and programming promotion on daily broadcast schedules as to reach optimum numbers and kinds of viewers attracted to the programs on our station.

PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILITIES:
Work with news, news director & creative services director to produce topical & image branded news promotion for on air and digital mediums
Work with clients and sales to produce commercials and digital advertising
Work with programming manager to produce locally produced shows, and episodic promotion for syndicated programming
Work with Art Director to create graphics and animations
Work with marketing manager to produce public services announcements & station sponsored event promotion & contests
Work with research manager and creative services director to affectively place promotion on logs so as to maximize reach and frequency goals for news and brand image promotion.
Operate professional and commercial cameras
Use computers and editing software affectively

SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE REQUIREMENTS:
Requires basic experience in editing software such as Final Cut, Avid , or Adobe products: Premiere, After Effects, Photoshop
Knowledge of video cameras like Sony XDcam,
Knowledge of DSLR cameras is not required but is a plus
Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing
Ability to conceptualize and generate creative copy and visual elements
Willingness to self-train and seek new techniques of editing and photography
Ability to be flexible, switch gears and re-organize quickly in a rapidly changing (news) environment
Ability to work in teams
Knowledge in use of Steadicam Scout and Steadicam Merlin not required but a plus

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:
Requires physical dexterity in shoulders, wrists, hips and legs
Must have the ability to shoulder mount and carry a 13lb camera for long periods of time
Must be able to lift and carry 30-pounds of equipment over long distances and up and down stairs

RELATIONSHIPS:
INTERNAL CONTACTS                                         EXTERNAL CONTACTS
News, sales, engineering and traffic departments    Commercial clients, advertising agencies, non- 

                                                                             profit organizations

IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN THIS POSITION:
Email your resume & links to your video portfolio to [email protected]

Or send or a DVD and paper resume to
Lori Evans, Creative Services Director.
WQAD-TV
3003 Park 16th Street
Moline, IL 61265

Applications without portfolios will not be accepted.

Successful applicants will be required to take a creative writing test.

This is not necessarily an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, skills, duties, requirements, efforts or working conditions associated with the job. While this is intended to be an accurate reflection of the job, management reserves the right to revise the job or to require that other or different tasks be performed when circumstances change, e.g., emergencies, changes in personnel, work load, rush jobs, special projects, technological developments, etc.

WQAD-TV is owned and operated by Tribune Media.

Equal opportunity employer