Producer

Sinclair Broadcast Group

Salary or Budget: $70K - $100K p.a
Experience required: 5+ years

Pickleball TV’s Content Team is looking for a Producer who is experienced in both linear and non-linear production and can create compelling content for multiple platforms.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

  • Work alongside producers, editors, and content creators covering linear TV, streaming websites, OTT, news editorial, and social media.
  • Oversee various projects from ideation, development, to production in the field, post-production and distribution.
  • Produce series, short form, digital original, sizzles, social content, highlights and promotional video.
  • Ideate and create content that will resonate with digital & social audiences around what’s trending.
  • Experience working with talent and online influencers to deliver non-linear content for all platforms that will generate views and increased impressions.
  • Track all video in development and ensure each platform has been delivered correct versions.
  • Work with producers, editorial staff & newsroom to generate daily video content around breaking news.
  • Manage editors and their schedule.
  • Review clearances to price out and clear all footage.
  • Help improve processes to build out our omnichannel content team.

Required qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree
  • Minimum 6 years work experience
  • A passion for trending content, news, Internet culture, video streaming and social media
  • Tech savvy – knowledge of Avid, Premiere, Adobe Suite, website/app CMS, social analytics, mobile
  • Strong content and editorial judgement
  • Self-starter who can work in a team environment
  • Clear and concise, articulate with notes and ideas, organized
  • The pace is fast and may require occasional long hours, nights and weekends
  • An interest in learning sports & tennis, current tennis knowledge a bonus
  • Tennis Channel is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and Drug Free Workplace!

About PickleballTV

Pickleballtv (PBTV) is the 24-hour television home of America’s fastest growing sport. With coverage of tournaments throughout the year, the network offers 1,000+ hours of live matches from the game’s top professionals and biggest stars. PBTV also provides viewers with first-class instruction, exclusive lifestyle programming and studio news content and more.

About Tennis Channel

Tennis Channel is the media home to two twenty-four-hour television networks, a subscription streaming service, online magazine and podcasts dedicated to the sport and its unique lifestyle. The tennis-media hub is home to every aspect of the wide-ranging, worldwide tennis community. Tennis Channel is carried nationwide by every one of the top ten pay-TV service providers.

About Sinclair

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.

About the Team

The life-blood of our organization is our people. We have a compelling story, a goal-oriented culture, and we take really good care of people. How good? Here is a glimpse: great benefits, open-door policy, upward mobility and a strong desire to see you succeed. Ready to be part of a winning team? Let’s talk.

Final compensation for this role will be determined by various factors such as a candidates’ relevant work experience, skills, certifications, and geographic location. Full time positions are eligible for benefits that include participation in a retirement plan, life and disability insurance, health, dental and vision plans, flexible spending accounts, sick leave, vacation time, personal time, parental leave and employee stock purchase plan.