Freelance Production Assistant

Description

REF#: 37498

CBS BUSINESS UNIT: CBS Television Stations

JOB TYPE: Temporary / Per Diem / Freelance

JOB SCHEDULE: Part-Time

JOB LOCATION: Boston, MA

About Us

CBS Television Stations consists of 29 owned-and-operated stations, including 16 that are part of the CBS Television Network, eight affiliates of The CW Network, three independent stations and two MyNetworkTV affiliates. Among its stations are WCBS-TV and WLNY-TV (New York), KCBS-TV and KCAL-TV (Los Angeles), WBBM-TV (Chicago), KYW-TV and WPSG-TV (Philadelphia), KTVT-TV and KTXA-TV (Dallas-Ft. Worth), KPIX-TV and KBCW-TV (San Francisco), WBZ-TV and WSBK-TV (Boston), WUPA-TV (Atlanta), WWJ-TV and WKBD-TV (Detroit), KSTW-TV (Seattle), WTOG-TV (Tampa-St. Petersburg), WCCO-TV (Minneapolis), KCNC-TV (Denver), WFOR-TV and WBFS-TV (Miami), KOVR-TV and KMAX-TV (Sacramento), KDKA-TV and WPCW-TV (Pittsburgh), WJZ-TV (Baltimore), as well as WCCO-TV’s satellite stations KCCO-TV (Alexandria, Minn.) and KCCW-TV (Walker, Minn.).

Description

Assist in the preparation and production of WBZ TV newscasts and other WBZ studio productions

Duties include preparing formats and scripts for shows, operating studio production equipment including teleprompter, graphics and newsroom computer systems.

Set-up and striking of studio sets and various other related duties

Other duties as needed include the preparation of program recordings for air

Check recordings, timing of shows, notifying appropriate departments of program discrepancies

Work closely with the Traffic department, on-air technical staff and the Production Coordinator

Qualifications

Television experience and/or college background in television preferred. Candidate should have familiarity with studio and control room practices, newsroom operation experience a plus. Communications skills are essential. Individual must be able to work flexible hours and overtime, including nights and weekends

FUNCTION: Production

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