Producer-Video Distribution, English Services, (On-site)

Radio Canada; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

CBC/Radio-Canada is seeking a Producer for Video Distribution, English Services. The role requires coordinating end-to-end distribution of CBC News video to clients worldwide, ensuring high editorial standards and timely delivery.

You will oversee daily inventory, identify strong visuals, coordinate with CBC News Resources and other teams, and ensure accurate metadata and rights clearances while adapting to evolving platforms and audience behavior.

Qualifications

• Minimum five years in a news environment, with at least two years in video.
• Experience writing, editing and packaging digital content with thumbnails, supers and graphics.
• Experience using CMS like 9CMS, Media Central, iNews to edit and publish.

Responsibilities

• Publish CBC News video to internal and external clients across Europe, USA and Canada.
• Maintain relationships with CBC News teams and media clients.
• Handle requests for raw and packaged content and verify usage rights.

Skills

Editorial judgment

News packaging

Video distribution

Cross-team coordination

Thumbnails/graphics

Education

University degree

Tools

9CMS

Media Central

iNews

Job description

Position Title: Producer-Video Distribution, English Services, (On-site) Status of Employment: Permanent Position Language Requirement: English, French Language Skills: English (Reading), English (Speaking), English (Writing), French (Reading), French (Speaking), French (Writing) Work at CBC/Radio-Canada At CBC/Radio-Canada, we create content that informs, entertains and connects Canadians on multiple platforms. Our successes and accomplishments are driven by embodying and upholding values, which include creativity, integrity, inclusiveness and relevance. Do you think you have the ability and drive to keep up with this exciting, ever-changing industry? 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.

CBC News has an exciting opportunity for a collaborative team player with strong editorial judgment, a good understanding of news audience needs, and a knowledge of digital publishing and evolving media platforms. We’re hiring a Producer of Client Relations to join our Video Distribution team. The role is to ensure our best-of visual journalism is reaching the widest available audience possible at home and around the world.

Under the guidance of the Executive Producer, you’ll be overseeing key parts of our daily video inventory as part of our end-to-end distribution of visual content across multiple clients, formats, devices and platforms. You’ll be identifying the strongest visuals to share with our external publishing partners, including the European Broadcasting Union, CBS, NBC, CNN and other key clients using our content. You’ll answer requests from partners and provide outlooks so they can see what’s coming. You’ll work alongside others managing video across CBC News digital properties as we create one cohesive team managing our video together. That includes teams curating video for our news app and web, FAST channels, CBC linear channels, as well as third-party platforms such as YouTube and Tik Tok.

You’re a collaborator, who builds strong relationships with teams across CBC News and with our publishing partners. In this role, organization, communication, reliability and flexibility are key. You are able to pivot quickly to turn breaking news into on-demand video and update as the story evolves.

You ensure that content meets the high quality and editorial standards our partners expect from CBC News.

An experienced journalist, you’re comfortable making independent editorial decisions in accordance with CBC News Journalistic Standards and Practices. You have experience using audience research and performance data to guide your editorial decisions, constantly looking for the story that moves audiences beyond discoverability and into actively engaging with and sharing CBC News video.

You search for opportunities to reflect a broad range of perspectives and voices in the content we share. You bring a distinctive life experience and expertise to the team. You care about the people you work with and have a deep appreciation for the values of diversity, inclusion and respect in the work culture. As someone who embraces change, you are open to exploring new ideas and work processes to support shifting audience behaviour and emerging technologies. You are willing to learn when things don’t go right and from others on your team.

This position requires you to be on-site at a CBC facility. It’s a Monday-Friday work week. The scheduled hours will be determined based on production needs to support a 24/7 video distribution service. With clients around the world, the hours will likely include early mornings, late evenings and some overtime.

Core Responsibilities

• Publish relevant CBC News video to our internal tool, MediaBeach, for pickup by external media clients in Europe, USA and Canada.
• Act as a daily liaison and maintain relationships with counterparts across CBC News and with media clients.
• Handle requests for raw and packaged content from external clients.
• Verify and clear usage rights for distributing and publishing video content online.
• Perform Quality Control checks on raw tape and packaged items, including.
• Check, identify and flag any rights issues with tape.
• Check, identify and flag any technical issues.
• Check, identify and flag issues with supers and on-screen graphics.
• Check to ensure correct MetaData.
• Coordinate with CBC News Resources teams for making live feeds available to partners.
• Coordinate with other Video Distribution teams to make packaged video available to partners.
• Coordinate with local regions identifying best-of Canadian content for international audiences.
• Populate and maintain outlooks identifying priority video content, creating a menu of available video for clients to choose from.
• Some publishing work may be required, including writing / vetting titles, thumbnails, descriptions and writing host intros.
• Cut, transcode and distribute segments from CBC News Network, CBC’s live and breaking 24/7 news channel.
• Guide, coach and support colleagues on best-of-practices and through change as required.
• Ensure that CBC journalistic standards are met and that our stories are fair, balanced, accurate, thoughtful, immediate and resonate with the audiences we serve.

Qualifications and Experience

• Minimum five years recent experience working in a news environment, at least two with video.
• Experience writing, editing, packaging digital content in a compelling way, including thumbnails, supers and graphics.
• Experience with content management systems such as 9CMS, Media Central, iNews, including ability to edit and publish within those platforms.
• Experience using production programming tools, such as Avid, iNews, to search line-ups and build outlooks.
• Knowledge of digital video platforms, including streaming platforms such as YouTube and Roku.
• An ability to write, understand and leverage metadata.
• Basic understanding of performance metrics and audience data to support editorial decisions.
• Ability to manage fast-moving information and ensure material is distributed appropriately.
• A self-starter with a demonstrated ability to work effectively in a high-pressure, tight-deadline environment.
• Proven ability to coordinate across multiple teams in a collaborative and respectful manner and mediate disputes as they develop.
• Excellent journalistic skills.
• Understanding of CBC’s Journalistic Standards and Practices.
• Understanding of how business rights affect news content, legal and ethical issues related to journalism.
• Cultural awareness and sensitivity.
• Interest and openness to build towards a long-term vision of streaming at CBC News.
• Stellar communication and interpersonal skills.
• University degree or equivalent experience.

Candidates may be subject to skills and knowledge testing.

We thank all applicants for their interest, but only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.

As part of our recruitment process, candidates who advance to the next step will be asked to complete a background check. This includes: A mandatory Criminal record check. Other background checks may be conducted based on the operational requirements of the position.

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 Diversity and Inclusion section of our website.

Primary Location: Broadcast Centre 205 Wellington St. W., Toronto, Ontario, M5V 3G7

Number of Openings: 1

Work Schedule: Full time

At CBC/Radio-Canada, we create content that informs, entertains and connects Canadians on multiple platforms. Our successes and accomplishments are driven by embodying and upholding values, which include creativity, integrity, inclusiveness and relevance.