Content Creator

Job Description

WCTI 12 and FOX Eastern Carolina are trusted brands that provide Eastern North Carolina viewers with local news, weather, sports, entertainment, and social media content. We hire talented people who wish to excel in the television and digital content industry. You have the opportunity to work with a team filled with spirit, passion, and imagination. We are currently seeking a talented Content Creator to join our Creative Services Team. The successful candidate must be able to create, conceptualize, script, shoot, and edit compelling content to support the needs of our business clients, as well as promote news and programming products across all digital and linear broadcast streams. Be a team player in a fast-paced environment and understand the power of social media.

Responsibilities include:
• Create content (including video and graphics for social media, broadcast TV, and other delivery streams) for our commercial client, while also marketing news and entertainment properties as needed.
• Write compelling copy that maximizes the impact on audiences on each platform
• Interact with Sales, News, Marketing, and other management to ensure created content adheres to brands and goals
• Look for new and innovative ways to create content that will reach audiences efficiently
• The ability to meet tight deadlines is key
• Work directly with commercial clients to meet their marketing needs
• Participate in Station events, including appearances within the community
• Ability to work a flexible schedule.
• This position reports to the Creative Services Director

Required Skills and Experience:
• Must demonstrate proficiency with the Adobe Creative Suite, particularly with Premiere and After Effects.
• Must have a resume reel, including personal, academic, and professional projects.
• Must demonstrate a talent for writing engaging and imaginative copy (Examples on your reel?)
• Must demonstrate an eye for shooting captivating, cinematic video.
• A college degree and two years of previous experience in social or broadcast content creation (professionally or academically)
• Must be able to produce from conception to post, conceptualize, script, shoot, and edit cutting-edge content while also managing deadlines
• Must demonstrate shooting skills and a good understanding of graphics and visual effects
• Strong verbal, written, and organizational skills with attention to detail
• Knowledge of the top social media platforms and best practices for posting
• Highly creative and strong communication skills
• Good client relations and experience

Sinclair is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and a drug free workplace. Employment practices will not be influenced or affected by virtue of an applicant's or employee's race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, military or veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.

About Us

Sinclair, Inc. (Nasdaq: SBGI) is a diversified media company and a leading provider of local news and sports. The Company owns, operates and/or provides services to 185 television stations in 86 markets affiliated with all the major broadcast networks; and owns Tennis Channel and multicast networks Comet, CHARGE!, TBD., and The Nest. Sinclair's content is delivered via multiple platforms, including over-the-air, multi-channel video program distributors, and the nation's largest streaming aggregator of local news content, NewsON. The Company regularly uses its website as a key source of Company information which can be accessed at www.sbgi.net.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-bxw7vk-18-191-152-135-42 in your application.