Freelance Sports Production Assistant & Editor

Fox; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 23,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

Fox Sports is seeking a Freelance Production Assistant in Chicago, IL to support the Original Programming team. You will work across pre-production, production, and post-production, both in the office and on location, contributing to reels, field shoots, and editing tasks.

The role requires strong multitasking, attention to detail, and communication skills, with a flexible schedule to adapt to production needs. Bachelor’s degree in journalism or related field is preferred.

Qualifications

• Basic sports knowledge required.
• Familiarity with the Big Ten Conference recommended.
• Experience with Adobe Premiere and Photoshop helpful.

Responsibilities

• Assist Feature Producers by creating select reels of the best footage and sound.
• Assist on field shoots.
• Rough cut stories, opens, and elements as needed.
• Use Premiere Pro to clip and reformat snippets for social distribution.
• Restore and gather archival assets for features and organize for producer and editor.
• Source outside footage.
• Logging.
• Create select reel of Originals footage for use across B1G Network.

Skills

Sports knowledge

Big Ten knowledge

Photoshop

Premiere Pro

Multitasking

Attention to detail

Communication

Flexible schedule

Education

Bachelor's degree in journalism or related field

Tools

Adobe Premiere

Photoshop

Job description

Fox Sports is seeking a Freelance Production Assistant in Chicago, IL to support the Original Programming team. You will work across pre-production, production, and post-production, both in the office and on location, contributing to reels, field shoots, and editing tasks.

The role requires strong multitasking, attention to detail, and communication skills, with a flexible schedule to adapt to production needs. Bachelor’s degree in journalism or related field is preferred.