CBC Life Producer

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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.

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Producer, CBC Life

CBC Life is looking for a Producer to join Canada’s national lifestyle platform, creating engaging and distinctive content across food, home, style, wellness, work and money, relationships, culture and travel. Reporting to the Senior Producer, the successful candidate will be a key member of the editorial team responsible for ideating, assigning, editing, producing and publishing compelling lifestyle content across CBC Life’s digital platforms. This is a one-year contract position.

The Producer will contribute to CBC Life’s editorial planning by identifying timely and audience-focused story opportunities, managing freelance contributors, and producing original content for web, social and video platforms.

We’re looking for someone who’ll bring strong lifestyle journalism instincts and experience producing digital-first content across multiple platforms. You’ll need a deep understanding of digital publishing and audience behaviour, with the ability to create compelling stories that are both editorially strong and engaging to online audiences. The role requires strong editorial judgment, collaboration skills and comfort working across written, social and video formats.

Key tasks

Under the direction of the Senior Producer:

• Produce content daily for CBC Life’s digital platforms and social channels

• Conceive, develop and pitch original lifestyle story ideas aligned with CBC Life’s editorial priorities and audience strategy

• Field and evaluate external pitches from freelance contributors and creators

• Assign, develop and edit stories from freelance writers and contributors

• Write and produce original editorial content for CBC Life platforms

• Participate in the creation and production of digital video and social-first content

• Collaborate with producers, writers, video teams, social teams and designers on editorial initiatives and special projects

• Participate in editorial planning and contribute to team objectives and content strategy

• Exercise editorial responsibility as delegated by Management

As required, performs the following tasks:

• Selects, rewrites and/or edits copy written by others

• Publishes and packages stories within content management systems, including headlines, SEO, metadata and promotional copy for digital and social platforms

• Helps coordinate editorial priorities and digital publishing schedules

• Assigns, coordinates and supervises the work of contributors for which the Producer is responsible

• Collaborates with social and video teams to extend editorial content across platforms

• Monitors digital trends and audience behaviour to help inform editorial planning and strategy

• Identifies, develops and maintains contacts appropriate to the area of assignment

• Ensures, in collaboration with Copyright Clearance Officers or others, the proper and accurate clearance of all material used on digital platforms

Qualifications

You possess the following:

• Demonstrated experience and strong editorial knowledge in lifestyle content areas. 

• A minimum of 5 years of relevant editorial and digital publishing experience

• Strong understanding of digital publishing, including audience engagement, SEO, social distribution and platform optimization

• Experience assigning, editing and collaborating with freelance writers, creators and contributors

• Experience producing digital-first journalism and content designed for online audiences

• Experience writing and editing high-quality editorial content under deadline

• Experience participating in or producing digital video and/or social content

• Strong awareness of the digital media landscape and evolving audience behaviours across platforms

• Excellent editorial judgment and a strong understanding of CBC journalistic standards and practices

• Strong organizational and project management skills

• Ability to manage multiple priorities and competing deadlines in a fast-paced digital environment

• Ability to work collaboratively across editorial, video, social and production teams

• Ability to write clearly, accurately and engagingly; copy editing experience and familiarity with CBC style are assets

• Demonstrated ability to take initiative, think strategically and contribute positively to a collaborative team environment

• Experience using content management systems; experience with 9CMS is an asset

• University degree or equivalent combination of education and experience

• Ability to work flexible hours, including evenings and weekends as required

Applicants are encouraged to share a portfolio of digital work they’ve written, edited and/or produced.

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. 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 [email protected].
 
You are invited to consult and familiarize yourself with our Code of Conduct, which can be found on our corporate website. All employees must adhere to the Code as a condition of employment. We also invite you to take a look at our policy on conflicts of interest. In the event that you become an employee, it will be important to inform us, as quickly as possible, of any situation that, because of your hiring, constitutes or could appear to constitute a conflict of interest.

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