Commercial Photographer-Producer

About Us
As an ABC6 News (KAAL-TV) employee, you're surrounded by opportunity while experiencing forward-thinking philosophy. You'll work among passionate, engaged professionals who work together to create the most entertaining content in Television and Digital platforms for our audience. Whether you're searching for a career On-Air, Behind-The-Scenes, or Marketing & Promotion, there's opportunity to learn, grow, and thrive within ABC6 News and Hubbard Broadcasting.
Job Overview
This position is responsible for the entirety of the creative process for clients purchasing airtime; increasing brand awareness through effective social media posting and content creation with the sales team on all KAAL-TV platforms.
Job Responsibilities

• Work with AEs and clients to independently complete all aspects of commercial production from conception to finalization of approved projects (for video commercials and all digital ads); Participates in creative meetings with clients and AEs.
• Represent the station in a positive and professional manner when interacting with clients.
• Specific tasks include creative development, writing scripts or editing provided scripts to fit the length of commercial time, coordinating shoots, and capturing necessary and additional footage, editing video, creating graphics, recording voiceovers, dubbing, and assisting with client studio sessions and engineering spots.
• Meet or beat commercial deadlines, make any changes per client feedback, and make ready for air. Ensure all spots are broadcast compliant, have correct coding, and are delivered correctly to Master Control. Complete applicable traffic paperwork for the traffic department.
• Manage the workflow of projects and address all challenges to keep projects moving toward completion within set deadlines.
• Create all sales- and sponsorship-related promotional videos and graphics, maintaining branding standards for the station and incorporating sponsor branding appropriately.
• Keep up with creative trends and bring innovative ideas to clients for refreshing creatives.
• Create graphics for all sales-related and sponsored web pages; update graphics as needed to keep visual elements fresh and engaging.
• Maintain and update the sales webpage with applicable and timely content and graphics
• Maintain and build all webpages with sales-related content ("Advertise with us," all pages under "Sponsored" category, and other specific pages)
• Participate in Special Projects meetings; share and build ideas for creative elements for sales' special projects

Qualifications

• BA Degree or equivalent work experience in Production, Communications, Marketing or Broadcast related field preferred.
• A minimum 1-2 years of experience working in a production environment.

• Experience with Premiere Pro, After Effects, and Photoshop experience, as well as videography experience.
• Excellent communication, organization, and writing skills are required.
• Ability to share specific job-related knowledge in a way that is understandable to others.
• Basic knowledge of lighting techniques and experience setting up lights and stands on location.
• Must have experience shooting with professional video cameras.
• Must be skilled at capturing quality audio and video and have a working knowledge of audio editing software.
• Must be highly creative.
• Ability to work effectively under pressure and meet short deadlines.
• Ability to create and lead a project from start to finish without direct supervision. While work hours are generally stable, must be willing to be flexible with schedule to accommodate client production needs.
• Valid Driver's License and clean driving history required as determined by the Company.

Compensation and Benefits
When extending an offer, the company considers a variety of factors such as (but not limited to) the candidate's work experience, education/training & key skills as well as internal peer equity, and other market and business considerations.
The hourly rate of pay for this position is $19.00 to $22.00 per hour. This is a full-time (40-hour-a-week position).
The above range represents the company's good faith and reasonable estimate of the range of possible compensation at the time of posting.
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Diversity Statement
Hubbard Broadcasting has been committed to representing the communities we serve since our founding nearly 100 years ago. The same holds true today. We know the best way to accomplish this is by recruiting and retaining top talent from diverse cultures, life experiences, and world views. With dignity and respect, we value YOU and everything that makes YOU uniquely YOU.