Content Creator
Marquee Sports Network is the exclusive television home of the Chicago Cubs in partnership with Sinclair Broadcast Group (Nasdaq: SBGI). We are the Chicago-region’s exclusive network for fans to view live Cubs games and also feature extensive pre and postgame coverage, exclusive Cubs content and other local sports programming. Marquee Sports Network also is a network partner of the 2021 WNBA Champion Chicago Sky.
Marquee Sports Network seeks a Content Creator, with strong knowledge of the Chicago Cubs and baseball. This individual will create cutting-edge content that will be used on Marquee’s social, digital and television platforms with the goal of driving fan engagement, brand awareness and marketplace relevance.
Responsibilities:
- Under the direction of the social media team, independently produce and edit content for all social media platforms for all of Marquee’s teams
- Assist in general management of network social media platforms
- Attends games to capture, create and distribute content (photo and video)
- Produce and edit content on tight deadlines
- Ability to ideate, develop, and execute social media strategies and content that grow brand awareness and engagement
- Collaborate and work cross-functionally with sales, production and marketing teams to identify engaging features and concepts
- Ability to edit or create static graphics and photos for use across all social and digital platforms
- Maintains up-to-date knowledge about teams covered by Marquee Sports Network
- Work under limited guidance & supervision
- Other duties as assigned
Requirements:
- 1+ years of professional content creation experience (photo and video) strongly preferred
- Possess a deep knowledge of and passion for baseball and Chicago sports strongly preferred
- Ability to apply creative and artistic talents to original ideas and content creation
- Editing skills in Adobe Creative Suite, Final Cut or similar platforms required
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills required
- Be extremely organized, demonstrate initiative and an ability to complete multiple assignments in a timely manner with tight deadlines required
- Individual must work well in a dynamic environment while being able to work independently and handle multiple tasks simultaneously required
- Demonstrate the tact, diplomacy, decisiveness, and superior people skills required in a live sports environment required
- Possess the visual acuity to work in edit rooms for extended periods of time to produce required content required
- Possess auditory acuity to effectively listen to videos to edit/create required
- Possess the manual dexterity to effectively operate keyboard/mouse on computers, edit equipment, etc. required
- Consistently exercise discretion and judgment
- Ability to work a flexible schedule, including nights, weekends and holidays required
- Bachelor’s degree in a related field is strongly preferred
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About Us
Make your mark in Media with Sinclair Broadcast Group, a diversified media company dedicated to connecting people with content everywhere! We have consistently led the broadcast industry since our inception, and now Sinclair owns the largest regional sports network business and one of the largest television broadcast portfolios in the country. In addition, we have affiliations with all of the major broadcast networks, own Tennis Channel, and several multicast networks including TBD and Comet. Our content is distributed over-the-air, on multi-video providers, and through our industry-leading digital media platforms. We're at the forefront of NextGen technology, enabling innovative new ways to engage with broadcast content like never before. We also recently launched a free TV streaming service called STIRR. Our success is the direct result of our extraordinary employees and management team who believe in our vision and are dedicated to ensuring a great future for our employees. We are advancing the world of Media and want YOU to join our winning team!
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.
