What are the responsibilities and job description for the Daily Hire Photographer position at NBC Connecticut?
PLEASE NOTE: This is a daily hire (long-term temporary) position.
NBCUniversal’s Owned Television station in West Hartford, CT, is looking for a daily hire News Photographer to join our award-winning team. Our ideal candidate will have a strong commitment to visual storytelling with excellent videography and editing skills. Creativity is king! Our culture embraces new ideas and collaboration, so you should feel comfortable pitching new processes and engaging with your colleges on how to keep evolving. This will be a unique role, with much of your day being spent editing our morning show newscasts and then when needed, heading out into the field to gather news content to be used across all our platforms. You should feel comfortable monitoring several rundowns simultaneously and editing video to match the written script. Confidence gathering assigned stories with or without a reporter for the back half of your day is also a must have.
E-mail your Resume/CV and a link of your work to:
David.Mulligan@nbcuni.com
The ideal candidate will have a Minimum one-year experience shooting videotape and knowledge of live remote capabilities, as well as editing stories or being a newscast editor. The successful applicant must be able to:
- Travel and work overtime, and on weekends with short notice.
- Work at the station in West Hartford, CT.
- Have the ability to work any of a 24/7 shift, holidays, weekends and respond to breaking news events.
- Have unrestricted work authorization to work in the United States.
- Must be a member or be willing to become a member of the IBEW union.
- Must submit a reel of own work to be considered.
- Perform medium/heavy physical work which includes: Lifting and carrying camera equipment ranging from 15 pounds to 30 pounds (in camera weight) for extended periods of time to shoot on remote locations.
- Have a valid driver’s license.
- Be 18 years or greater.
- Required On-Site: This position is required to be performed at the NBCUniversal station in West Hartford CT.
Pay Range For this Role is based on the IBEW union pay scale of $23.49-$26.22 per hour.
Salary : $23 - $26