Video Editor, CBS Sports (Freelance)

Paramount • New York, NY

4d • $55,000 - $80,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

CBS Sports is seeking several video editors to create engaging social content for their College Football, College Basketball, NFLonCBS, and CBS Sports HQ accounts. The role involves transforming existing programming into sharp, scroll-stopping social media content. This is a 9-month contract position that offers flexibility in work location (remote, hybrid, or on-site). The position requires availability to work nights and weekends, especially during peak sports seasons, to produce timely content related to live games and programming.

Requirements

• Minimum 2 years of experience in social/digital/video (strong internships will be considered).
• Proficient knowledge of Adobe Premiere, with the ability to work across various forms of media.
• A strong eye for pacing, captioning, and formatting content for vertical, social-first platforms.
• Willingness to work prime time sports viewing hours, nights and weekends included.
• Ability to work under extremely fast turnaround times.
• Strong writing and grammar skills.

Nice To Haves

• Sports content editing experience is a plus.
• Proficiency in specific sports.

Responsibilities

• Create vertical, captioned videos from CBS Sports programming, focusing on podcasts, FAST channel shows, CBS studio shows, and CBS Sports Network shows.
• Collaborate with the social producer to craft videos from these shows for platforms like Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube Shorts.
• Add creative elements and optimize clips for each platform, incorporating footage, photos, text, and graphics.

Benefits

• Flexible work location (remote, hybrid, on-site)
• 9-month contract position
• Equal opportunity employer (EOE) including disability/vet
• Commitment to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, religion, creed, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship status, marital status, disability, gender identity, gender expression, and Veteran status.
• Reasonable accommodation available for individuals with disabilities.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed