Associate MMCC

Are you ready to take your career to new heights and be a part of a dynamic team at Rogers Sports & Media? We believe in creativity, innovation, and collaboration in everything we do, and we are looking for people who share this mindset to join us. With a monthly reach of 30 million Canadians, you can help shape the future of sports, news, e-commerce, and entertainment.

At Rogers, we value diversity and inclusivity and believe that every voice matters. Join us today and be a part of a team that is redefining the future of media.

We’re looking for a Part-time Casual Ass
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Multi-Media Content Creator to shape and strengthen the City News brand as our news operations continue to transition to digital and we radically change the way we produce and tell our stories in order to better engage and build our audiences. This role will require regular and consistent shifts on the weekends and in the evenings. The ideal candidate has competence in a number of the skills required to work in a modern, multi-platform, continuous news operation, and an aptitude and desire to learn more.

Writing, chasing, researching, producing, digital storytelling, pitching, interviewing, posting, basic shooting and desktop editing – you have, or with training are on your way to having, the ability to create journalistic content from the idea stage to publishing or broadcast. You have a passion for local news, strong editorial judgement, and are looking for an opportunity to learn and grow while working alongside a talented, innovative and fun team of journalists.

What you will do...

• Working as part of a team, you will create fast-paced, compelling and informative news content for our digital properties and for broadcast on our television programs and streaming channels

• Collaborating with other journalists, you will be responsible for writing copy, editing video, creating graphics and researching/chasing stories

• Assisting the assignment desk, you will help coordinate and deploy newsroom resources

• Performing various duties in the control room and with our digital content management system

• Pitching during daily creative brainstorms and story meetings

• Emailing, calling and interviewing people as you chase, research, and help create local news content

• Ensuring that content is factually and grammatically correct.

What you bring...

• This role is designed to build a newsroom staff that has the capability to respond to an ever-increasing appetite for continuous news on multiple platforms.

• The skills below are not an exhaustive list, nor is the expectation that the Associate Multi-Media Content Creator has competence in all of them.

• A solid grounding in a number of these skills, and a willingness and desire to learn more, is the expectation.

• Creative vision and keen editorial judgment

• Superior writing, organizational, interpersonal, and communication skills

• Shift work required (regular weekend and evenings)

• An appetite to learn and grow

​To protect our people, brand and assets, a pre-employment background check will be conducted. As part of our selection process, all candidates must clear a criminal background check. Additionally, a credit check and drivers abstract may be required depending on the role.

Schedule:

Part time

Shift: Variable
Length of

Contract:

No Selection

Work Location:

33 Dundas St. East (909), Toronto, ON
Travel Requirements:
Up to 10%
Posting Category/Function:
Broadcasting & News
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