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Digital Video Producer, NBC & Telemundo Chicago

Company Description

We create world-class content, which we distribute across our portfolio of film, television, and streaming, and bring to life through our theme parks and consumer experiences. We own and operate leading entertainment and news brands, including NBC, NBC News, MSNBC, CNBC, NBC Sports, Telemundo, NBC Local Stations, Bravo, USA Network, and Peacock, our premium ad-supported streaming service. We produce and distribute premier filmed entertainment and programming through Universal Filmed Entertainment Group and Universal Studio Group, and have world-renowned theme parks and attractions through Universal Destinations & Experiences. NBCUniversal is a subsidiary of Comcast Corporation.

Comcast NBCUniversal has announced its intent to create a new publicly traded company ('SpinCo') comprised of most of NBCUniversal's cable television networks, including USA Network, CNBC, MSNBC, Oxygen, E!, SYFY and Golf Channel along with complementary digital assets Fandango, Rotten Tomatoes, GolfNow, GolfPass, and SportsEngine. The well-capitalized company will have significant scale as a pure-play set of assets anchored by leading news, sports and entertainment content. The spin-off is expected to be completed during 2025.

As a company uniquely positioned to educate, entertain and empower through our platforms, Comcast NBCUniversal stands for including everyone. Our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion initiatives, coupled with our Corporate Social Responsibility work, is informed by our employees, audiences, park guests and the communities in which we live. We strive to foster a diverse, equitable and inclusive culture where our employees feel supported, embraced and heard. Together, we'll continue to create and deliver content that reflects the current and ever-changing face of the world.

Job Description

NBC Chicago and Telemundo Chicago are looking for a metrics-and-audience-focused digital video producer and editor to create, edit and strategically post videos across digital, OTT and social platforms. We are looking for a driven candidate with proven ability to create videos that are relevant, shareable and attract a captivated, growing and returning audience. Our ideal candidate is someone with a video-content vision and competitive edge who can collaborate with team members to develop strategic best practices based on audience learnings per platform.

The ideal candidate has worked in news and will feel comfortable working simultaneously on multiple pieces of content across platforms for both of our brands, while maintaining brand identity. This editor/producer will partner and collaborate with other digital video editors and content producers on the team to learn our audiences and quickly grow them.

The right candidate should be enthusiastically curious about industry trends regarding video creation and associated revenue, understand the power of breaking news, and love editing, pitching concepts and finding innovative ways to tell stories. They should be a digital video consumer across platforms, have excellent people skills and team orientation, be willing to try new things, and be comfortable working on in-depth investigations or quirky viral talker stories of the day. We are looking for a self-starter who always wants to create video and drive to next big thing. Our ideal candidate can pitch a concept, produce, edit and deliver, and be passionate about every step of the process.

Responsibilities:

  • Create video for a variety of social, digital and OTT platforms.
  • Help grow existing digital video products on diverse platforms.
  • Write, pitch, produce and edit original videos for digital platforms
  • Gather, sort and find stories in data and present data visually in videos
  • Be able to digest lots of information and present it in a simple video
  • Develop, Write and Produce digital specific series/franchises
  • Develop graphic elements and treatments for your videos to engage mobile and social users.
  • Develop best practices and expertise around creating, publishing and distributing videos specific to various digital platforms, and train digital and broadcast producers in those best practices
  • Actively monitor a variety of video sources to identify content that would appeal to our audience
  • Write headlines and text for your videos to maximize engagement

Additional Information This position is eligible for company sponsored benefits, including medical, dental and vision insurance, 401(k), paid leave, tuition reimbursement, and a variety of other discounts and perks. Learn more about the benefits offered by NBCUniversal by visiting the Benefits page of the Careers website

Salary Range: $70,000 - $80,000 (based on experience)

Qualifications

  • Must have at least 2 years of experience producing videos for digital platforms
  • Experience editing videos on tight deadlines.
  • Experience editing in Adobe Premiere, After-Effects and Photoshop
  • Exceptional editorial skills: Ability to recognize stories with high potential for digital attention
  • Ability to shoot with DSLR and use lighting, audio equipment a plus
  • Familiarity with social media platforms
  • Deep knowledge of current events
  • Outstanding communication skills
  • Self-starter
  • Experience with a complex CMS a plus
  • Must have a bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
  • Must be willing and able to work flexible hours, under tight deadlines, including breaking news
  • Must be willing to work all shifts as required by news and events (including nights and weekends)

​​Eligibility Requirements:

  • Interested candidate must submit a resume/CV through www.nbcunicareers.com to be considered
  • Must have unrestricted work authorization to work in the United States
  • Must be willing to work in Chicago, IL
  • Must be 18 years or older
  • Must have the ability to work any of a 24 x 7 shift
  • Must accept Solutions as NBCUniversal’s Alternative Dispute Resolution program
  • Hybrid: This position has been designated as hybrid, generally contributing from the office a minimum of three days per week.

Desired:

  • Fluent in English and Spanish
  • Exceptional communication skills
  • Knowledge of TV and web writing
  • The desire to work in a creative, demanding, competitive environment
  • Experience in editing video for TV and web
  • Experience in a news environment

Additional Information

As part of our selection process, external candidates may be required to attend an in-person interview with an NBCUniversal employee at one of our locations prior to a hiring decision. NBCUniversal's policy is to provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, gender identity or expression, age, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy, veteran status, membership in the uniformed services, genetic information, or any other basis protected by applicable law.

If you are a qualified individual with a disability or a disabled veteran and require support throughout the application and/or recruitment process as a result of your disability, you have the right to request a reasonable accommodation. You can submit your request to [email protected].

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