News Media Specialist, NJ PBS - Fixed Term/Temporary
WNET

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Job Description

The News Media Specialist (Fixed Term/Temporary) will support the production process from development through post-production and delivery with an emphasis on the latter two. Responsibilities and tasks will include but are not limited to: ingesting media from various sources, editing with Adobe Premiere as well as other Adobe Products, transcoding media to fit varying editing needs, using in-house camera/lighting gear in response to studio and field shoots alike, and working with the onsite archive system for long term media management.

Please note this is a fixed-term, temporary role to provide on-call support.

Responsibilities Include:

• Daily archiving of the previous days media via PC platforms;
  
• Finding, transcoding, and prepping B-roll for field editors via Adobe Media Encoder;
  
• Editing of pre-produced segments from start to finish as well as aiding in finishing field segments;
  
• Using various Dalet based workflows to deliver and retrieve footage as requested;
  
• Working collaboratively with all news room departments to ensure program delivery;
  
• Assembling and delivering visual elements for broadcast on a daily basis including but not limited to photos, designed graphics, maps, charts, quotes, b-roll, segments, web videos and promotional materials;
  
• Screen segments and deliverables for quality control;
  
• Additional duties, as assigned.
  

Qualified candidates will have exceptional planning, organization, problem analysis, and communication skills (verbal and written); and the ability to work under tight deadlines in a fast-paced environment. Additional qualifications include:

• A minimum of two (2) years in multimedia production; news/news-related environment, required;
  
• Ability to shoot and edit video (Premiere); proficiency with Dalet;
  
• Familiarity with camera equipment and PC computers to aid field editors with troubleshooting.
  

NJPBS, New Jersey Public Television

Gateway 2

283-299 Market Street

Newark, NJ 07102

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