Production Assistant, TODAY Digital

Want to work with one of America's most loved and trusted brands? The TODAY Digital team is a force of creativity, imagination and collaboration. We're currently looking for an eager and creative Production Assistant to join our Video Publishing team. This person will report to the Supervising Producer of our Video Publishing team and will be responsible for editing and publishing broadcast moments, broadcast packages and clips to today.com, OTT, YouTube and other platforms TODAY distributes video. This role is Tuesday – Saturday, 6:30aET – 2:30pET. This position is represented by the NewsGuild-CWA. Responsibilities: Editing and publishing broadcast video to TODAY.com and YouTube Maintaining and editing best practices for video publishing processes Selecting strong images from video and still image feeds, photo editing across platforms, advising programming producers on best available media Strong metadata organization and QA Representing editorial stakeholders in troubleshooting technical processes Evaluation of an adherence to Rights and Clearances guidance; Management and execution of R&C media processes Providing quality control for video distribution on editorial channels and with partners and platforms like YouTube, AOL, Hulu, Apple TV, Xfinity and Roku Working in image and video platform/CMS Possible light non-multimedia editorial work such as writing, producing content Effortlessly communicate day-to-day social tasks across the newsroom