Photographer/Videographer - Tuscaloosa
Location: Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Description: Alabama Media Group is currently interviewing Photographer/Videographer - Tuscaloosa right now, this vacancy will be designated in Alabama. More complete informations about this vacancy opportunity please give attention to these descriptions. Opportunity Snapshot
You’re a talented photographer/videographer with a history of shooting quality sports and news images. You have an eye for detail and a knack for capturing the shots and video that not only give depth, but can tell a story. But, your talents stretch beyond the visual… While your primary love is photojournalism, you can also write. Depending upon the story, you can accent your images with interesting captions, short copy, or a fully realized piece.
If this describes you, this is a prime role covering University of Alabama athletics and other stories in the Tuscaloosa area. You will have the opportunity to take ownership of a beat that will entail full-time coverage of Crimson Tide athletics, events and news and deliver it in the digital age . You’ll enjoy the independence of a new frontier where the middle ground is removed and your work travels directly from camera and copy to audience via multiple platforms. You’ll interact with readers via social media and make your mark shooting across topics that touch University of Alabama fans everywhere. If you’re ready to take your career to the next level in visual storytelling with stills, video, words and audience interaction, consider this role with Alabama Media Group.
Alabama Media Group is a digitally-focused news and information company that combines quality journalism from The Birmingham News, The Huntsville Times, Mobile's Press-Register and The Mississippi Press with up-to-the-minute access of AL.com. Alabama Media Group provides innovative ways to inform, connect and empower the people of Alabama and in the communities we serve.
The Requirements To be a strong fit for the Photographer / Videographer role you should have:
A bachelor’s degree in Visual Communication, Journalism, Graphic Design, Multimedia Design, Art Graphic Design, Web Design, or a related field
A minimum of 3 years of recent experience in sports and news photography
Experience in posting to the web and meta-data tagging
Strong web, video, and multimedia authoring skills and emerging technologies
Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite including Photoshop, Flash, Bridge, Acrobat, and audio and video editing software
Experience building, maintaining and engaging an active audience
Demonstrated reporting, writing and organizational skills
Solid understanding of news writing, journalistic ethics and story structure
Knowledge of press and other forms of print media
Understanding of the methods and tools used to deliver content across a variety of platforms such as Moveable Type CMS, SCC Budgeting and Archiving System, and smartphones
An understanding of the imperatives of multiple platforms â€" print, mobile, Internet, etc.
Mastery of social media and digital interaction
A deep background and understanding of the local culture
Your core competencies and characteristics should include:
High energy and motivation
Excellent interpersonal, organizational and communication skills
The ability to work independently under deadline pressure and prioritize tasks appropriately
Strong journalistic and work ethics
A teamwork orientation including the ability to work with reporters and other photographers, providing team coverage of major news, sports or other events
The drive to stay abreast of industry advances and proactively consider new methods of reaching audiences including engaging, interactive and optimized product offerings
In addition to these requirements, you should be able to meet the physical demands of the role including carrying equipment, and walking or moving as needed to cover your beat.
The Role Reporting to the Managing Producer, you will work the University of Alabama athletics and Tuscaloosa beat. You'll know what's happening in Crimson Tide sports each day, have knowledge of the local communities, and be able to identify and cover stories of interest to our readers. At a high-level, it will be your mission cover all pertinent University of Alabama athletic events, local news and provide journalistically and ethically sound photos, videos and other image-based content, supported by taglines, captions and/or fully developed stories. Regardless of medium, your output should be visually compelling and meet professional standards for composition, focus, lighting and other technical standards. Likewise, your stories should be balanced and factual; timely and topical; and, well-sourced and contextually correct.
You will be responsible for:
Performing fundamental editing functions to facilitate production demands, including cropping, toning, color-correcting, etc.
Working seamlessly across all topics and, when necessary, all departments in the news organization
Working independently and remotely, while maintaining operational communication with Managing Producer
Using hardware, software and cloud-based equipment and systems for direct-to-web production and engagement, including but not limited to:
Uploading photographs, photo galleries and short video to any internal production system
Posting photographs, photo galleries and short video directly to the web
Using a laptop and smart phone for remote web reporting
Interacting on social media platforms, promoting your topic and the news organization’s content initiatives
Understanding our news organization’s audience traffic tracking systems and analytical reports
Learn and employ all techniques for effective digital “beat-blogging†and reporting across all platforms
Frequently and incrementally post throughout the day
Engage in story aggregation and topical link-posting
Monitor and engage in reader comment streams; elevate comments into new posts when appropriate
Interact on social media platforms via story shares, objective commentary, topic promotion and the Alabama Media Group’s content initiatives.
Effectively employ various means of monitoring audience interest and competitors’ posting on your topic, including setting up Google alerts, Twitter and RSS feeds.
Proactively generating your own story ideas
Receive and fulfill assignments as requested
Because this is an instant world, you must be quick on your feet and strong with photo-editing, grammar and story-editing. You’ll also need to be highly ethical because you don’t want to put anything out there that isn’t true. You will have a editor or the Managing Producer to talk to and collaborate with as necessary, but you will be field-based, without a desk or office, so being independent is key.
Note: this description is intended to give you a general overview of the position and is not an exhaustive listing of duties and responsibilities.
Keys to Success To excel in this role, you will be a driven, dynamic photographer and videographer anxious to deliver and post content continuously, keeping the quality consistent and engaging. You’ll need to be creative enough to identify and cover interesting stories, and fluid enough to produce the accompanying writing quickly. Whether generated by you or assigned, you will shoot the subject matter, then load, transmit and post to a website, blog on the topic, interact with and judge the response of the audience, and more. There is no editing after the fact, so you will always ensure the quality of your work before you post. You should be someone who excels and thrives under pressure and can deliver to a deadline without losing any quality. Because we are an online, daily operation, you will also need to be comfortable working in a fast-paced environment.
To be an outstanding professional, you should be self-directed and self-disciplined, and eager to hit the ground running whether working independently or with a team. You'll need to learn and stay up-to-date current events, entertainment venues, key players, and more. You will own the position and be the “go to†person for University of Alabama athletics and Tuscaloosa area news.
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If you were eligible to this vacancy, please email us your resume, with salary requirements and a resume to Alabama Media Group.
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This vacancy starts available on: Wed, 22 Aug 2012 18:11:25 GMT
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