Video skills are in demand

Posted on June 5, 2007 by Melissa Worden

I think it’s interesting to see what job postings are out there to keep an eye on the direction the industry is moving, and a friend pointed me to this one at the Florida Sun-Sentinel:

Online Visuals Producer - The South Florida Sun-Sentinel is seeking a journalist to join our multimedia newsroom in this newly created position. Recognized nationally for our print visuals and online graphics, we’re looking for someone who can help bring that success to video and multimedia at Sun-Sentinel.com. The ideal candidate will be experienced in video newsgathering and storytelling, and be able to develop skills in photographers and reporters. He/she will be responsible for the execution and programming of video, photography and multimedia on our site, our relationship with our TV partners, and the oversight of our five-member multimedia staff. We’re looking for someone with at least five years of experience in visual production, including deadline experience. Experience in television news is highly valued. Previous management experience is preferred. Demonstrated experience with AVID, Final Cut Pro or equivalent system is required. Photoshop and Flash experience are a plus. Candidates should submit a letter of interest, resume and a demo reel of no more than five work samples of different content and styles of presentation. Samples should be emailed as zip files, easily found on web pages or mailed on CD/DVD. Please send to: Kathy Pellegrino, Recruitment Editor, South Florida Sun-Sentinel, 200 E. Las Olas Blvd., Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 or to kpellegrino@sun-sentinel.com. The South Florida Sun-Sentinel and Sun-Sentinel.com cover South Florida, a highly competitive media environment and a region with some of the country’s most exciting news events. Sun-Sentinel is part of Tribune Co., which has newspaper, online and television news operations in markets around the country including Chicago, Los Angeles and New York.

Again, it’s amazing how quickly these multimedia jobs are changing. It seems like video production at newspaper Web sites just started, although I guess it HAS been about 2 years or so already that it’s become more commonplace.

I don’t know anyone over at the Sun-Sentinel so I can’t really recommend this job, but it certainly does seem like a great opportunity for someone to move from a video producer to a management level position — while continuing to concentrate on the storytelling aspects of the project. And interesting, I think, that Flash (coding, etc.) and Photoshop experience are listed as “a plus.” Used to be a requirement for multimedia work. :)

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