Sports Content Creator

Nexstar Media Group, Inc. • Rochester, NY

6d • $17 - $18 • Onsite

About The Position

WROC/RochesterFirst is hiring a Sports Content Creator to join their award-winning team. This role involves producing and presenting digital sports content across all platforms in a clear, engaging, and meaningful manner. The Sports Content Creator will analyze and present facts about sports events through interviews, investigation, or observation, ensuring all content meets company standards for journalistic integrity and production quality. The position is based in Rochester, NY.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Broadcast Journalism, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and work-related experience
• Superior on-air presence
• Minimum three years' experience in sports reporting and anchoring (more or less depending on market size)
• Fluency in English
• Excellent communication skills, both oral and written with the ability to ad lib when required
• Experience with posting and editing content to all social media platforms
• Experience guiding, directing and motivating others
• Ability to identify the developmental needs of others and to coach, mentor or otherwise help others to improve their knowledge or skills
• Proficiency with computers, telephones, copiers, scanners and other office equipment
• Ability to meet deadlines, prioritize assignments and handle multiple tasks simultaneously
• Ability to effectively listen to fully understand problems and communicate with a team to shape a solution
• Valid driver’s license with a good driving record

Responsibilities

• Produces and presents sports reports for all platforms
• Creates programs and long form content appropriate for streaming channels and platforms
• Ensures that all sports content meets company standards for journalistic integrity and production quality
• Writes and delivers sports stories in a clear and concise manner
• Participates in and originates interview and discussion sports content for streaming platforms
• Regularly posts content to various social media platforms
• Generates original story ideas for traditional and non-traditional sports topics
• Operates and maintains podcast broadcast equipment
• Connects with various local and national sports figures for interview and discussion content
• Assists in writing, copy editing, researching and coordinating sports programming and other content
• Responds to breaking sports events and other urgent newsrooms situations as required
• Works closely with the sports team to develop comprehensive sports coverage
• Participates in promotional activities including public appearances
• Performs special projects and other duties as assigned
• Shoots video for sports reports
• Sets up, composes and executes video content for live, recorded and social items
• Maintains video equipment
• Edits video clips for social platforms, website, streaming and television broadcasts
• Writes stories for the social platforms, website, streaming and television broadcasts
• Interacts with viewers and users on social media sites

Benefits

• paid vacations
• holidays
• sick leave
• personal days
• health insurance plans
• Health Savings Accounts
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• 401K Retirement Plan
• paid parental leave
• dental
• vision
• Teladoc
• behavioral health services
• prescription drug coverage
• life insurance plans
• paid short term disability

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level