Senior Producer - Remote

Senior Producer, Social/Audience Growth, English Services, (Telework/Hybrid)

Permanent

Position Language Requirement:

English

Language Skills:

English (First Official Language), English (Reading), English (Speaking), English (Writing)

At CBC/Radio-Canada, we create content that informs, entertains and connects Canadians on multiple platforms. 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.

The CBC News social and audience team is seeking a Senior Producer to help lead an award-winning team of journalists who create short-form video for CBC.ca and platforms like TikTok, YouTube and Snapchat. The Senior Producer also oversees the Ask CBC News team, the audience engagement branch of CBC News responsible for communicating trends and audience questions.

You're a natural leader and an expert in Canadian news, international headlines and trending stories. You champion and understand short-form video storytelling and experiment with social-first formats to reach younger and diverse audiences in Canada and beyond. You train and vet reporters and producers across CBC News teams to turn multiplatform stories into digital video. You help guide the team's editorial agenda by paying attention to audience trends and perspectives, champion inclusive programming that reflects today's Canada.Through assigning, vetting, and other editorial coordination, you ensure accuracy, balance, and compelling visual direction on CBC News-branded social accounts. As a strong critical thinker, you make decisions and provide editorial guidance in line with CBC Journalistic Standards and Practices and the overall digital news strategy. You are also familiar with CBC News programming.

You have deep experience and knowledge of social media strategies and metrics and understand distribution. Collaborative work is vital in this role as you nurture relationships across the CBC News division to achieve shared goals. You strengthen our team with inclusive, creative ideas, and encourage open discussions.

You live and promote the values of diversity and an inclusive and respectful work culture.

This permanent, full-time role is scheduled Monday to Friday 12 to 8 p.m. ET with overtime as required.

Assign daily news for the network social team by focusing story content with visually compelling treatments.

Vet social content in video and text formats to meet CBC News standards.

Format pitches for social-first videos for teams across the country and in world bureaus

Train and provide regular feedback to the social team and reporters and producers across CBC News.

Drive editorial decisions around breaking news, live coverage, and enterprise stories for social and digital platforms.

Track, interpret and respond to metrics to make data-driven decisions.

Direct social rollout of major investigations from the fifth estate, visual investigations and more.

Lead regular training sessions for social-first best practices for TikTok, YouTube and other social platforms.

Minimum seven years recent experience in a social news environment.

High-level knowledge of legal and ethical issues related to journalism.

Extensive knowledge of social media platforms including YouTube, TikTok, Reddit, WhatsApp and other platforms.

Substantial experience writing, copy editing, fact-checking and producing social content.

Experience in producing news video optimized for digital properties.

Ability to manage large volumes of fast-moving information and ensure material is directed appropriately.

Excellent news judgment and ability to work effectively under deadline pressure.

ca style and Canadian Press style is an asset.

Basic experience in iNews, Canva, photoshop and other image editing software.

Basic video editing.

Candidates may be subject to skills and knowledge testing.

A mandatory Criminal record check.

CBC/Radio-Canada is committed to being a leader in reflecting our country's diversity. That's because we can only create and tell the stories that connect Canadians, by having a workforce that mirrors the ever-changing makeup of our country. That's why we, as an employer, value equal opportunity and nurture an inclusive workplace where our individual differences are not only recognized and valued, but also extend to and pervade all the services we provide as Canada's public broadcaster. For more information, visit the of our website. If you have accommodation needs at this stage of the recruitment process, please inform us as soon as possible by sending an e-mail to .

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