Commercial Producer, WTVF at The E.W. Scripps Company in Nashville, Tennessee

Job Description:

Do you have a creative eye for connecting content with messaging to communicate a clear and compelling story?

NewsChannel 5, an award-winning EW Scripps station , based in Nashville, Tennessee, is looking for a Commercial Producer.

The Commercial Producer has a listening ear, vision for strong storytelling and sharp time management skills threaded together with a high level of customer service to support our sales team, creative services director and clients to produce television commercials and other program materials.

Daily tasks may include conceptualizing, coordinating, writing, shooting, and editing commercials as well as balancing mission and margin for the station and sales team.

What you’ll do:

• Partner with Sales team and Creative Services Director to build successful creative campaigns


• Support sales team in servicing client business needs through advertising strategies


• Conceive, write, and coordinate all video and audio materials necessary for production of commercials for station clients.


• Ensure client satisfaction within parameters of budget and time

What you’ll need:

• College degree in Communications or a related field required.


• Minimum 2 years experience producing, editing, and writing.


• Don’t have Broadcasting experience?  No worries.  Creative minds from other industries encouraged to apply.

• Videography skills to capture footage in studio as well as on assigned locations


• Working knowledge of the Avid Editing, Adobe Creative Suite, particularly Premiere, After Effects, and Photoshop


• Professionalism to work with all levels of management and clients

• Valid driver's license and good driving record required. In addition, proof of insurance and liability coverage may be required.

SCRIPPS' COMMITMENT TO EQUITY, DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION:
At Scripps, we are committed to a diverse and inclusive culture that reflects the communities we serve. We are intentional about creating an environment where employees, our audiences and other stakeholders feel valued and inspired to reach their full potential and make authentic connections. We foster a workplace culture that embraces each person’s diversity, including the extent to which they are similar or different. Scripps leaders believe that an equitable and inclusive culture is not only the right thing to do, it is a business imperative. Read more about our commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion at scripps.com.

ABOUT SCRIPPS:

The E.W. Scripps Company (NASDAQ: SSP) is a diversified media company focused on creating a better-informed world. As the nation’s fourth-largest local TV broadcaster, Scripps serves communities with quality, objective local journalism and operates a portfolio of 61 stations in 41 markets. The Scripps Networks reach nearly every American through the national news outlets Court TV and Newsy and popular entertainment brands ION, Bounce, Grit, Laff and Court TV Mystery. Scripps is the nation’s largest holder of broadcast spectrum. Scripps runs an award-winning investigative reporting newsroom in Washington, D.C., and is the longtime steward of the Scripps National Spelling Bee. Founded in 1878, Scripps has held for decades to the motto, “Give light and the people will find their own way.”

As an equal employment opportunity employer, The E.W. Scripps Company and its affiliates do not discriminate in its employment decisions on the basis of race, sex, sexual orientation, transgender status, gender, color, religion, age, genetic information, medical condition, disability, marital status, citizenship or national origin, and military membership or veteran status, or on any other basis which would be in violation of any applicable federal, state or local law. Furthermore, the company will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with known disabilities unless doing so would result in an undue hardship for the company.