Multimedia Producer; Journalist Star

• Full-time

The Toronto Star is a progressive media organization with a long, proud history in newspapers and a passion for capitalizing on the fluid world of digital and mobile media. Our vision for success is driven by a deep customer-centric obsession, continued journalistic excellence, advanced data-driven competency and a culture that is selfless, focused, agile, collaborative and results driven. The successful candidate will be a champion of those priorities while keeping the customer at the heart of all the creative work that they will be doing.

Our Commitment to Diversity
We stride to be a leader in building and cultivating an employee community framed around fairness, support and opportunity. We believe thatthatwhat makes us different, makes a difference. And as a team, the diversity of our backgrounds, interests and experiences is what enriches our work, and our workplaces. We welcome all, and we strive for an inclusive culture that allows individual growth and shared success.

The Toronto Star is seeking a dynamic and versatile

Multimedia

Journalist to join our team. This is a unique opportunity toproduceengaging video and audio content and elevate our storytelling. This role is at the forefront of the Star’s commitment to audience-first journalism.

As aMultimedia

Journalist, you will collaborate with reporters, editors, producers, and the broader digital team to create content that informs, engages, and inspires our diverse audience. The ideal candidate will have a passion for journalism, thrive under tight deadlines, and be an exceptional script writer and communicator.

This role falls within the Journalist classification in the Star's Editorial Department. It is a Unifor Local 87M position, based in Toronto.

What you will do

• Create short videos featuring Star journalists explaining their reporting.
• Produce interview videos, explainers, and other multimedia content that enhances audience understanding of key stories.
• Collaborate with reporters and editors to transform complex stories into compelling audio and video content for a variety of platforms (, You Tube, Tik Tok, etc.).
• Work on live and pre-recorded virtual events, including interviews and panel discussions.
• Report news and conduct interviews on camera/microphone, both in studio and in the field.
• Develop, script, and produce high-quality podcasts, including narrative series, news podcasts and video podcasts.
• Guide non-technical team members in video and audio production, providing clear and patient communication.
• Collaborate with editors and the digital team to identify audience needs and content opportunities.
• Optimize content for distribution across platforms — including , You Tube, Tik Tok, Apple Podcasts and podcast apps
• Ensure audio and video content meets the Star’s journalistic standards.
• Innovate and experiment with new formats and tools to continuously improve multimedia offerings.

This is a notice of vacancy under Article 8 of collective agreement between Toronto Star Newspapers Limited and Unifor Local 87M. The hours of work for this position will vary according to the assignment but will all conform to a standard 35-hour work week as described under the collective agreement.

This position will be in Toronto.

• Experience creating multimedia content in major newsrooms.
• Excellent interviewing skills and on camera/microphone presence.
• Expertise in video and audio production, including scripting, recording, and editing.
• Proficiency with industry-standard tools for video and audio production.
• Strong writing and storytelling skills, with the ability to adapt complex topics for a variety of platforms (You Tube, Tik Tok, , Apple podcasts, etc.) and understand how best to serve the audience…