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Content Creator - Red Jacket

Nexstar Media Group

San Diego, CA • On-site

$17.75/hr

Part-time

Re-posted 13 days ago

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Company rating: 7.2 out of 10

Based on 106 frontline employees who took The Breakroom Quiz

45th of 78 rated media

Job description

Position: Content Creator - Red Jacket
Temporary/Seasonal position from the beginning of the HS Football season to Silver Pigskin Gala (mid-August to December)
Job Info
The PPR Red Jacket is a badge of honor. Anyone who has earned the privilege of wearing one knows what the most coveted garment in high school sports symbolizes.
It means you didn't blink at sacrificing every fall Friday night, often standing guard in the hot sun or bone-chilling cold. It means your attention to detail is exceeded only by your ability to perform assigned tasks under intense deadline pressure. Most importantly, the Red Jacket means your dedication to San Diego high school football is beyond reproach.
  • You must be available every Friday night from mid-August to the Silver Pigskin Gala in December. Our PPR Red Jacket Content Creators will be laser-focused on telling stories that matter most to on-air, digital and social users.
  • If you're fast on your feet, team oriented and full of energy, this may be the job for you.
  • You must know football and can recognize a storyline within the game when you see it, and you must be able to create that story line to tell the story on multiple platforms. You must thrive in a competitive, fearless culture of creativity and expertise.
  • The ideal PPR Content Creator knows football, lives and breathes digital content, and is driven by a passion for storytelling and staying ahead of the competition.
  • The ideal Video Producer/Editor has experience shooting and editing unscripted content for on-air broadcast and ALL digital platforms.
  • The Video Producer/Editor possesses the ability to craft a compelling narrative that aligns with the KUSI PPR brand. Organizational and collaborative skills, as well as an ability to prioritize are a must.

Responsibilities: Content Creator
  • Create compelling, UX-Focused (User Experience) content related to San Diego High School football news, events, and topics relevant to the local audience and beyond. This includes text stories, photos/graphics, breaking news stories, and social media elements.
  • We want to engage and build loyalty among communities. PPR Red Jackets serve as a liaison to PPR Papa Pig (Paul Rudy) in the studio, to ensure digital and social dominance.
  • Work with KUSI's Content Directors (Digital Team) to distribute high interest stories at scale. Follow KUSI's content guidelines.

Responsibilities: Video Producer/Editor
  • Will shoot, produce, direct and edit games in multiple formats including, but not limited to, Comedic clips, highlight montages, interviews and full game coverage.
  • You will edit different versions of your source video, with each version being optimized for the destination social platform (Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, Facebook).

Requirements:
  • Experience developing and publishing content, on digital and social platforms is preferred.
  • Experience in shooting/editing.
  • Interest in Digital Publishing.
  • Excellent writer and Storyteller with superior "high school football news" judgement.
  • Knowledge of social media, football, pop culture, and current events.
  • Experience editing unscripted web content, montages, comedic clips, interviews, and football games.
  • Great writing and copy editing skills and attention to detail.
  • Thrive under deadline pressure.
  • Stellar communication skills.

All KUSI Prep Pigskin Report Employees:
  • Must be punctual
  • Must be willing to learn and learn quickly.
  • Must be available every Friday night from August to the Silver Pigskin Gala in December
  • Must possess clean driving record.
  • Must have HD quality video gear and sports experience if applying for videography positions

Compensation: $17.75/hour commensurate with experience and skill level; part-time, 10-hours per week.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by local, state, or federal laws, rules, or regulations.
KUSI will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the San Diego County Fair Chance Ordinance
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Headquartered in Irving, Texas, Nexstar Media Group, Inc. is the largest local broadcast television group in the United States and one of the world’s leading diversified media companies. In June 2023, Nexstar marked 27 years of excellence in local programming and service since Perry A. Sook founded the company. Nexstar owns, operates, programs or provides sales and other services to 200 broadcast stations (including partner stations) and their related low power and digital multicast signals reaching 116 markets or more than 68% of all U.S. television households. Coupled with a growing portfolio of digital media marketing, advertising and content management platforms, Nexstar delivers powerful and innovative digital solutions and services to local and national media companies, advertisers, agencies and brands.

Industry

Broadcasting

Company size

1,001 - 5,000 Employees

Headquarters location

Irving, TX, US

Year founded

1996

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