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Executive Producer, Video
tronc
Los Angeles, CA, United States
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What is tronc…
The tronc team is designed to accelerate digital growth by working with local markets to maximize daily opportunities to package, visualize and distribute our storytelling to a wider audience. The team also will curate third-party content and play an integral role in creating a cohesive content strategy across all tronc markets, which include the Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, Baltimore Sun, South Florida Sun Sentinel, San Diego Union-Tribune, Orlando Sentinel, The Hartford Courant, The Morning Call and The Daily Press.
Responsibilities:
What You Will Do…
The executive producer works with the director of video and video production team and editors from each newsroom to produce original content for market vertical sites.
Responsibilities:
• Supervise and edit the work of the vertical original producers and freelance contributors, ensuring coverage that meets our goal of being the most important provider of news and information in market.
• Help video editors develop shareable social style videos based on stories from tronc newsrooms.
• Copyedit scripts from video producers and proof videos to ensure the tone of the story is properly reflected.
• Ideate story concepts that can be used across multiple markets.
• Adhere to each editorial brand, voice, and mission across all content creation.
• Monitor online traffic (via Omniture/Chartbeat, Google Trends, Twitter Moments and other tools) and make adjustments, as needed.
• Ensure that all deadlines are met.
• Train, develop and evaluate video creators.
• Supervise the department in the absence of the director, video.
• Monitor competition.
• Undertake special projects as assigned by the director, video.
• Ensure that all activities and operations are performed in compliance with all local, state and federal regulations; and the department’s equal employment objectives are achieved.
Digital Production Responsibilities:
• Use email and/or Slack to facilitate collaboration with editors and video leads from each of the tronc newsrooms.
• Work designated shifts as a Top Story Editor, handling basic programming of web/mobile, in sync with Tronc Team.
• Make sure all videos have related items and SEO friendly headlines.
• Conceptualize and execute on formats and styles for engaging video content.
• Coordinate assigned coverage with other editors and Tronc Optimization Team.
• Be aggressive about asking for updates from reporters on hot stories to keep channels fresh.
• Check national wire for content website may not have.
• Be prepared to write breaking news copy as a backstop to a video editor.
Qualifications:
This Could be a Match if You Have…
• Should have an undergraduate degree in journalism, film, production, history or liberal arts and or equivalent related experience.
• Should have a minimum of five years’ experience in creating video content at a high-volume digital outlet.
• Must have experience writing scripts and copy for video.
• Must be adept at synthesizing a story to its most compelling and critical points.
• Must have video editing experience, preferably using Adobe Production Suite.
• Must be skilled in non linear video editing.
• Should be skilled in becoming an expert in new programs quickly.
• Should have excellent communication and management skills.
• Should be able to develop credibility and strong working relationships in a complex organization.
• Uses and understands social media and new technology platforms.
• Must be capable of working within newsroom’s content management system.
• Typically requires a minimum of five years’ experience in producing and editing.
• After Effects experience a plus