Job Description

Position Title:
Senior Producer, Visuals ( English Services) (On-Site)
Status of Employment:
Permanent
Position Language Requirement:
English
Language Skills:
English (First Official Language), English (Reading), English (Speaking), English (Writing)
Work at CBC/Radio-Canada
At CBC/Radio-Canada, we create content that informs, entertains and connects Canadians on multiple platforms. Our successes and accomplishments are driven by embodying and upholding values, which include creativity, integrity, inclusiveness and relevance.



Do you think you have the ability and drive to keep up with this exciting, ever-changing industry? Whether it be in front of the camera, on air, online or behind the scenes, you would be joining a team that thrives on making connections and telling stories that are important to Canadians.
Unposting Date:
2025-07-10 11:59 PM
CBC Calgary is looking for a Senior Producer to lead our visual journalism and storytelling efforts. Reporting to the Executive Producer, News, the successful candidate will plan, conceive, organize, and/or develop and execute the production of compelling journalism and visual programming to CBC's streaming, social and linear television platforms.
A journalistic leader in the newsroom, the Senior Producer will work with news leadership to determine the best visual treatments of our priority news stories, while leading the newsroom in the ongoing transition to bring our visual storytelling to new platforms. This will include guiding video producers and video journalists to cover breaking news and enterprise stories, and coordinate their efforts across platforms. You will follow up on the execution and provide mentorship and coaching, and will play a key role in the rollout of editorial projects, investigations and events such as elections and provincial budgets
The Senior Producer will be an advocate for the creative use of video and other visual storytelling techniques. You are someone who is very comfortable with a changing media environment and with a degree of ambiguity in a rapidly evolving visual journalism and storytelling world.
We are looking for a dynamic individual with experience and knowledge of digital, broadcast and social media strategies, an understanding of how audiences consume content across platforms and a desire to experiment with new forms of storytelling. You will help reshape the role of video in the digital age, exploring ways to add context around major stories of the day, and extending our television brand to digital and social platforms.
You will track our results, use them to refine our approach to video and share what you learn with your colleagues. In this role, you will ensure that all CBC journalistic standards are met and that our stories are fair, balanced, accurate, thoughtful, immediate and resonate with the communities we serve.
You're innovative and will champion new story treatments and new workflows, and will help create a diverse range of content on our TV, digital and social platforms. You're not afraid to take creative risks, and you inspire others to do the same.
Qualifications - Internal
You are responsible for providing an updated resume and highlighting the qualifications and skills required for this position.
We are looking for a candidate with the following:University degree or equivalent. Minimum seven years recent experience in a multi-platform news environment. Strong journalistic skills. Substantial experience vetting, editing, fact-checking and packaging digital and video content. Superior leadership, coaching and mentoring skills, with the demonstrated ability to mentor and encourage creativity. Ability to assign, manage staff, coordinate with other departments in a productive manner, and mediate disputes as they

arise.Highly developed video production skills, including strong ability to produce a variety of program formats and experience

in field production.High-level knowledge of legal and ethical issues related to journalism. Extensive knowledge of the issues and diverse communities of the Calgary/Southern Alberta area. Experience and proven ability to package video content in compelling and innovative ways. Ability to manage large volumes of fast-moving information and ensure material is directed appropriately. Knowledge of user-generated content and social media techniques and policies. Excellent news judgment and ability to work effectively under 24/7 online newsroom deadline pressure. Good communication and interpersonal skills. Strong team player. Advanced skills in iNews, Dalet, DTV, Avid MediaCentral, Polopoly, Photoshop and MPX, as well as YouTube, Snapchat and Twitter. Canadian Press style; knowledge of CBCNews.ca style an asset.

Candidates may be subject to skills and knowledge testing.

We thank all applicants for their interest, but only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.
As part of our recruitment process, candidates who advance to the next
step will be asked to complete a background check. This includes:A mandatory Criminal record check. Other background checks may be conducted based on the operational requirements of the position.


CBC/Radio-Canada is committed to being a leader in reflecting our country's diversity. That's because we can only create and tell the stories that connect Canadians, by having a workforce that mirrors the ever-changing makeup of our country. That's why we, as an employer, value equal opportunity and nurture an inclusive workplace where our individual differences are not only recognized and valued, but also extend to and pervade all the services we provide as Canada's public broadcaster. For more information, visit the Diversity and Inclusion section of our website. If you have accommodation needs at this stage of the recruitment process, please inform us as soon as possible by sending an e-mail to recruitment@cbc.ca.



You are invited to consult and familiarize yourself with our Code of Conduct, which can be found on our corporate website. All employees must adhere to the Code as a condition of employment. We also invite you to take a look at our policy on conflicts of interest. In the event that you become an employee, it will be important to inform us, as quickly as possible, of any situation that, because of your hiring, constitutes or could appear to constitute a conflict of interest.
Primary Location:
105-1000 Veteran's Place, N.W., Calgary, Alberta, T3B 4M1
Number of Openings:
1
Work Schedule:
Full time