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Form of workJob Description
Farm Journal Broadcast is home to the nation’s most watched and listened to programs serving agriculture and rural America. Working in a fast-paced and collaborative environment, the Studio Production & Content Specialist is a core member of the production staff responsible for contributing to all aspects of content/video production for the broadcast division and the company as a whole. This position is ideal for someone looking to be part of a story-telling team that serves a valuable and appreciative audience.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Video editor and studio operator for daily agriculture news program.
- Direct and switch daily studio recording for national show and other elements as needed.
- Produce and edit long and short format video features.
- Edit high-quality commercial content for client partners.
- Knowledge of both Mac and PC platforms as well as the Adobe Creative Cloud assets.
- Ability to create graphics using Photoshop and Illustrator platforms.
- Project manager, working independently and jointly with clients/producers/reporters to successfully execute multiple and simultaneous projects from creation to completion.
- Direct and execute occasional live stream programs, utilizing current studio equipment.
- Knowledge and understanding of Vimeo, Streamyard, Vmix, Brightcove and other streaming and video services.
- Working with broadcast team, seek out new and innovative ways to engage and extend audience relationships with social and multi-media. Translate video to the web and other social media platforms.
- Understanding of current and developing video, digital & production technologies a must.
- Maintain and continue to build one of the largest agricultural legacy video collections in the country.
- Have some basic radio production knowledge.
- Ability to shoot quality video with current Sony platform 4K/HD style cameras.
- Ability to travel on occasion to assist in location production.
- Basic knowledge of lighting techniques used on location for multiple camera operations.
Education/Skills/Professional Experience
Minimum qualifications include:
- Bachelor’s degree in communication/television production or commensurate experience
- 2-3 years of experience in television and/or video production
- Must be flexible and able to work some longer days and occasional evening hours
- Ability to execute all aspects of television news & creative production – editing, videography, graphic design, project management, social media, and captioning services as needed.
- Have working knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite Applications.
- Demo reel or link with recent work.
COMPANY PROFILE:
Farm Journal is the recognized leader in B2B agriculture content, data and business insights. The Company’s broad portfolio of content channels – including magazines, broadcast, websites, events, enewsletters, social and mobile audiences and other online offerings – feed the most robust demographic and behavioral database and the largest collection of 1st party data in the industry The Company serves almost every key audience in agriculture, including crop farmers, livestock producers, the produce chain (retail, growers, shippers, wholesalers, brokers, etc.) and ag retail (crop and livestock input retailers, co-ops, consultants, farm managers, machinery dealers, etc.).
The Farm Journal brand is an industry icon and the Company’s trusted agricultural resources include market leaders such as AgWeb.com, The Packer, Drovers, Dairy Herd Management and Pro Farmer and nationally renowned television and radio programs including “U.S. Farm Report,” “AgDay,” “Machinery Pete” and “AgriTalk.” Farm Journal’s portfolio also includes more than a dozen industry-leading websites, from AgWeb.com and ThePacker.com to ProduceMarketGuide.com. The Company licenses detailed industry data through its FarmReach Vision database, publishes several paid-information newsletters, produces numerous large-scale live events, and provides extensive custom-publishing services. Farm Journal is also majority owner of the leading used farm equipment marketplace, Machinery Pete, LLC.
Farm Journal demonstrates unique industry leadership through the Farm Journal Foundation, a non-profit, public hunger charity established to sustain agriculture's ability to meet the vital needs of a growing population through education and advocacy, and with Trust In FoodTM, a Farm Journal Initiative to empower resilient and sustainable agriculture by helping farmers enrich soils, protect waters, clear skies and nurture habitat.
Farm Journal is the recognized leader in B2B agriculture content, data and business insights. The Company’s broad portfolio of content channels – including magazines, broadcast, websites, events, enewsletters, social and mobile audiences and other online offerings – feed the most robust demographic and behavioral database and the largest collection of 1st party data in the industry The Company serves almost every key audience in agriculture, including crop farmers, livestock producers, the produce chain (retail, growers, shippers, wholesalers, brokers, etc.) and ag retail (crop and livestock input retailers, co-ops, consultants, farm managers, machinery dealers, etc.).
The Farm Journal brand is an industry icon and the Company’s trusted agricultural resources include market leaders such as AgWeb.com, The Packer, Drovers, Dairy Herd Management and Pro Farmer and nationally renowned television and radio programs including “U.S. Farm Report,” “AgDay,” “Machinery Pete” and “AgriTalk.” Farm Journal’s portfolio also includes more than a dozen industry-leading websites, from AgWeb.com and ThePacker.com to ProduceMarketGuide.com. The Company licenses detailed industry data through its FarmReach Vision database, publishes several paid-information newsletters, produces numerous large-scale live events, and provides extensive custom-publishing services. Farm Journal is also majority owner of the leading used farm equipment marketplace, Machinery Pete, LLC.
Farm Journal demonstrates unique industry leadership through the Farm Journal Foundation, a non-profit, public hunger charity established to sustain agriculture's ability to meet the vital needs of a growing population through education and advocacy, and with Trust In FoodTM, a Farm Journal Initiative to empower resilient and sustainable agriculture by helping farmers enrich soils, protect waters, clear skies and nurture habitat.
