Sports Video Producer
About The Position
Lee Enterprises is looking for a video producer who’s passionate about local sports and digital storytelling to join Lee’s Strategic Content Support team. As a producer focused on selecting, editing and managing sports-related video provided by partners, you’ll serve as a key resource for a sports video initiative spanning across 70+ markets. Key tasks: Anticipate and execute opportunities to drive local audience and revenue with sports video. Create, edit, select and distribute video packages for multiple digital platforms and digital brands across our markets. Collaborate with our central sales team and local newsroom editors to leverage all available video resources. Mine video libraries for reusable content that can drive video volume, engagement and revenue. This work requires both technical and analytical skills, plus flexibility and capability to work across disciplines: news, sales and marketing. You should be comfortable working independently, contributing to group projects and collaborating across teams – while balancing frequent deadlines and priorities that can shift rapidly with new developments.
Requirements
- Previous experience in a newsroom, studio or sports marketing video production role.
- Broad and deep knowledge of sports, especially at the high school and college levels, is a must.
- Database and/or video management system experience required.
Nice To Haves
- Experience in livestreaming
- Familiarity with social media management and content analytics tools.
Responsibilities
- Anticipate and execute opportunities to drive local audience and revenue with sports video.
- Create, edit, select and distribute video packages for multiple digital platforms and digital brands across our markets.
- Collaborate with our central sales team and local newsroom editors to leverage all available video resources.
- Mine video libraries for reusable content that can drive video volume, engagement and revenue.
Benefits
- Lee Enterprises offers competitive wages in a dynamic, interesting work environment with career growth opportunities.
- We offer an extensive benefit program that can be personalized to your needs. Our benefit program includes medical, dental, vision, short and long-term disability, company provided life insurance and supplemental life insurance.
- In addition, we offer a 401K retirement plan with company match.
- We also offer generous paid time off to allow the flexibility to balance personal life and work.
- This includes paid parental leave for new parents.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
