Sinclair’s Writers Hub is seeking an experienced News Producer to cover weeknight and weekend shifts between Tuesday and Saturday. The Weeknight/Weekend News Producer will join a team that produces multiple exports throughout the work week. A typical day involves producing stories about major developments nationwide or internationally. Hub producers strive to provide context and clarity that go beyond surface-level reporting. The News Producer must be prepared to adjust priorities to react to breaking news. This is a full-time, in-person position based in Cockeysville, MD, with occasional holiday shift coverage required.

Position Hours:

• Tuesday to Friday: 2:00 PM to 10:30 PM

• Saturday: 12:00 PM to 8:30 PM

• Hours may be adjusted as necessary.

Job Duties:

• Pitching stories for distribution across Sinclair’s network of television affiliates.

• Researching, writing, producing, and publishing TV news exports (VOs and VOSOTs) on deadline.

• Cutting down Sinclair-owned packages and web scripts into VOs and VOSOTs for air.

• Assisting with script peer reviews as needed.

• Non-linear video editing and publishing VOs and VOSOTs to script, including placement of burned courtesies, flashes to avoid jump cuts between multiple speakers, and minor graphics.

• Creating Axis graphics that visually support details of written scripts.

• Assisting with recording live events coming across our satellite and LiveU feeds through in-house software.

• Issuing the Hub coverage note as needed.

• Providing occasional shift coverage for holidays or to cover other producers on PTO.

Ideal Candidate Will Have:

• Multiple years of professional experience in a TV newsroom/content center.

• Experience with iNEWS, ENPS, DALET, or similar systems.

• Experience writing scripts in a conversational voice for TV.

• Non-linear video editing experience.

• Familiarity with AVID and AXIS.

• Confidence to manage the weekend shift with limited or no supervision.

• A willingness to learn new systems if you don’t already possess the required skills.

• The ability to work effectively in a team environment.

• Bonus: Experience writing for digital platforms and the ability to contribute occasional articles for syndication.

Team Culture:

At The Hub, we place the highest priority on culture. We are a closely-knit team that prioritizes collective goals over individual egos. We are committed to working together and continuously striving to meet the needs of the affiliates we serve. The ideal candidate should be open to constructive feedback and feel empowered to offer suggestions for team improvement.

Additional Details:

• This position is in-person 5 days a week at our Cockeysville, MD headquarters .

• Limited flexibility to work from home on a case-by-case basis with prior manager approval.

• This is a full-time position with benefits.

• The Hub operates year-round, and you will be part of a rotation that requires working one or more holidays each year.

If you think you’d be a great fit for our team, we’d love to hear from you! Please submit your résumé and feel free to share a little bit about yourself and what you can bring to The Hub.

The base salary compensation range for this role is $50,000 to $70,000. Final compensation for this role will be determined by various factors such as a candidate’s relevant work experience, skills, certifications, and geographic location. Full time positions are eligible for benefits that include participation in a retirement plan, life and disability insurance, health, dental and vision plans, flexible spending accounts, 15 paid vacation days, 2 paid personal days, 9 paid holidays, 40 hours of paid sick leave, parental leave, and employee stock purchase plan.

EEO AND INCLUSIVITY:

Sinclair is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and a drug free workplace. Employment practices will not be influenced or affected by virtue of an applicant's or employee's race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, military or veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.

About Sinclair

Sinclair, Inc. (Nasdaq: SBGI) is a diversified media company and a leading provider of local news and sports. The Company owns, operates and/or provides services to 185 television stations in 86 markets affiliated with all the major broadcast networks; and owns Tennis Channel and multicast networks Comet, CHARGE!, TBD., and The Nest. Sinclair's content is delivered via multiple platforms, including over-the-air, multi-channel video program distributors, and the nation's largest streaming aggregator of local news content, NewsON. The Company regularly uses its website as a key source of Company information which can be accessed at www.sbgi.net .

About the Team

The life-blood of our organization is our people. We have a compelling story, a goal-oriented culture, and we take really good care of people. How good? Here is a glimpse: great benefits, open-door policy, upward mobility and a strong desire to see you succeed. Ready to be part of a winning team? Let’s talk.