Position: ENG Editor – CP24 – Freelance (Part Time Casual)

Location: CTV – 299 Queen St. W, Toronto

Salary: Commensurate with qualifications and experience

Hours of Work: Weekday/Weekend Coverage as Needed (Freelance)

Responsibilities:

• Edit stories for daily news programming
• Turn around clips and visuals quickly while working under extreme broadcast deadlines
• Maintain journalistic integrity while paying detailed attention to quality control
• Multi-task production requests while delegating workload among team members
• Manage iNEWS times and cues across multiple rundowns daily
• Troubleshoot editing-related equipment problems
• Must be able to work weekends, holidays and OT as required

Qualifications:

• Minimum 2 years experience in a news room environment
• Sound knowledge of Avid non-linear editing and Avid products including Newscutter, iNEWS and Interplay
• Understanding of news style editing in a 24-hour news wheel environment
• Strong editorial and visual news judgement
• Excellent time management skills
• Understanding of file sharing programs, FTP clients, servers and windows operating systems
• Clear, effective communicator with Producers, Writers, Photographers and Management

Bilingualism is an asset (English and French); adequate knowledge of French is required for positions in Quebec.