Audio Editor, Sports Newsroom

Location: Washington, D.C.

Position Type: Regular - Full-Time

Position Summary:

Audio Editor to coordinate feeds, editing of sports sound and operation of equipment. Work will include evenings, weekends, and some holidays.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Edit live interviews, identify and pull relevant soundbytes for news updates.
• Edit live sports games, identify and pull relevant highlights for news updates.
• Record and edit lives press conferences and teleconferences.
• Edit games for replay.
• Be the liaison between the newsroom and engineering when we have equipment issues.
• Perform other duties as assigned including opening/closing responsibilities and troubleshooting and recitfication of issues in Newsroom.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

• None.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or relevant experience.
• 1 year experience with sound editing and sports newsroom operation in a fast-paced news gathering atmosphere.

Requirements and General Skills:

• Deep understanding of sports news interviews, sports talent across all major sports.
• Excellent time management skills, with the ability to prioritize and multi-task, and work under shifting deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to work independently and in a team environment.
• Ability to pay attention to details and be organized.
• Ability to project professionalism over the phone and in person.
• Willingness to take initiative and to follow through on projects.
• Strong interest in current events relating to sports.
• Spelling, grammar, proofreading and editing skills.
• Good public speaking and presentation skills.
• Interpersonal skills and ability to interact and work with staff at all levels.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Commitment to "internal client" and customer service principles.
• Comfortable working with talent, artists and high profile individuals.
• Must have legal right to work in the U.S.

Technical Skills:

• Experience with Digital Editing.
• Experience with Dalet, Prophet, Cool Edit and Adobe Audition a plus.
• Thorough knowledge of MS-Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access).

Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer - Minorities/Females/Protected Veterans/Disabled.