Producer, Video; Digital and Social), CBC News Podcasts, English Services; On-site

Position Title

Producer, Video (Digital and Social), CBC News Podcasts, English Services, (On-site)

Permanent Employee on Secondment (Fixed Term)

English

English (Reading - C
- Advanced), English (Speaking - C
- Advanced), English (Writing - C
- Advanced)

At CBC/Radio-Canada, we create content that informs, entertains and connects Canadians on multiple platforms. Our successes and accomplishments are driven by embodying and upholding values, which include creativity, integrity, inclusiveness and relevance.

Do you think you have the ability and drive to keep up with this exciting, ever-changing industry? Whether it be in front of the camera, on air, online or behind the scenes, you would be joining a team that thrives on making connections and telling stories that are important to Canadians.

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CBC News Podcasts is looking for an expert in short-form video storytelling and editing, with a passion for podcasts, to help us reach new audiences with our podcast content. This work supports the CBC News Podcasting strategy, which exists to reach new audiences for CBC’s journalism in the podcast and digital audio space.

This is a 12 month temporary, full-time position, Monday to Friday, primarily daytime hours but with flexibility for working with team members coast-to-coast. It is a hybrid role, requiring you to be in the workplace at least three days a week, at any of CBC locations in Canada.

Canada’s best journalism, on demand and delivered directly into your earholes.

Our mandate is to amplify our news journalism in the podcast space, and that means video and social media are key to our podcasting strategy.

We work with CBC teams in several ways;

• producing original always-on news podcasts like Front Burner and Two Blocks from the White House
• supporting our local This Is podcasts
• assisting network audio and video teams to increase their podcasting presence
• developing original news podcast series like See You In Court and upcoming investigative series.

We work in deep collaboration with CBC News Studios, the Podcast Audience Growth Hub, and CBC Podcasts to create audience-focused podcast content and best practices around podcasting.

The successful candidate for this position will be a creative thinker who puts audience needs at the centre of their decision-making, ensuring our podcast video content performs across all platforms, including CBC’s owned and operated apps, You Tube and Tik Tok.

You are at the leading edge of changing audience consumption trends in the digital space. You have a deep understanding of the values of public broadcasting, and the importance of news journalism.

You are a natural visual storyteller, and have both the editorial and technical skills needed to keep up in a deadline-driven production environment. You use data to make decisions and stay on top of consumption patterns.

You have experience in focussing and packaging visual stories for a variety of audiences. You are curious, eager to learn and throw yourself headfirst into change, big or small. You take initiative, are collaborative and a great communicator.

You have a background in journalism and are comfortable conceiving of, creating and packaging video content across platforms in a variety of formats and treatments. You possess excellent communication and interpersonal skills, are a strong planner and organiser, and are at ease with juggling multiple tasks and priorities at once.

• Editing a weekly full-video podcast episode for You Tube.
• Identify and help adopt platform trends and new vertical video storytelling formats.
• Conceive, research, write, fact‑check, shoot, produce and edit…