AddressParamount is a global media and entertainment organisation with some of the best known and loved brands in the world. Employing over 1,700 people locally, and a further 25,000+ globally, we deliver premium content through multiple platforms for the young (and the young at heart of course!).
We pride ourselves on creating content that gets people talking. What’s more, you’ll find all these great shows (and more) on our free-to-air channels (10, 10 Bold, 10 Peach, Nickelodeon), our digital platform 10 Play that also includes a vast array of Free Ad-Supported Streaming TV known as FAST (including numerous MTV and Nickelodeon channels), and our subscription video on demand service Paramount+.
This is a permanent full-time role based in Brisbane, Australia.
Enough about us! What you’ll do as a Digital and Queensland News Producer:
The Digital News and Queensland News Producer is part of the 10 News First team, responsible for creating compelling news content for social media, covering breaking news as it happens, and working with Queensland broadcast team with social and digital coverage and broadcast support.
What will you be doing?
Source, research, and produce compelling news stories and posts for 10 News First’s Digital accounts with a focus on video
Manage 10 News First social accounts and apply rigid community moderation standards
Work with broadcast teams, helping when need working on bulletins including sourcing, packaging and editing
Write for social and broadcast with a strong sense of our strategic tone, style and voice ensuring accuracy and consistency of tone
Have knowledge of breaking news procedures, including how major stories are covered on social media and on broadcast news bulletins
Develop relationships and trust within the newsroom
What are we looking for? What’s essential?
Previous experience in a newsroom/news production environment
Have video and photo editing skills – experience with Canva and Adobe Premiere preferred
A passion for all-things social media and content production
Ability to seek out compelling stories, trends, and ideas using social and digital media
Ability to work with CMS and other systems for digital and broadcast output of 10 News bulletins
Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced news environment
Ability to foster and manage key working relationships both within a local newsroom and across a nationally based social team
Work in-office and are flexible with hours
Why Paramount?
We could just list the numerous benefits our employees avail of every day. However, for now we'll just leave you with how our employees feel about us:
92% of our employees stated they would highly recommend Paramount to a friend (Glassdoor)
We hold a 4.1 STAR RATING, by far the highest rating in the media sector (Seek Company Profiles)
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Paramount embraces differences and we welcome applications from people of all backgrounds regardless of factors such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property or birth. These grounds also include age, nationality, marital status, disability, place of residence and sexual orientation.
We recognise Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as Australia’s First Peoples, and the Traditional Custodians of the land where we live and work. We pay our respects to Elders, past, present and emerging, and we are proud to live in a country which is home to the world’s oldest living cultures.
