Special Projects Coordinator - Events
The Agile Content Creation Engagement Team (ACCET) Special Projects Coordinator "Events" will help with the execution of contests, community/ station events. This person will coordinate and execute special projects such as community awareness, disaster relief, contests, and other duties as assigned.
This position will assist with calendarizing events, contests, or special projects. In addition, this role will ensure events, contests, or special projects coincide with ACCET brand and community guidelines.
The Special Projects Coordinator will assist with the creation of such items as: promotional content, sponsored content, sponsored elements, promotional news/ social copy, writing press releases, developing on-site elements, coordinating emcee schedules, organizing onsite activities, ordering branded items, and ordering local ACCET station and Sinclair properties branded marketing materials (SWAG).
Special Projects Coordinator's Day will consist of:
- Meet with community partners and stations to review events.
- Develop plans to execute events and initiatives in the region.
- Collaborate and assist with the creation of internal and external communications (i.e., Press releases, Sales Sizzle reels, and employee communication).
- Assist in the planning, standardization of high school sports production in the region, and across ACCET.
- Work with legal to develop rules for local station and Sinclair contest promotions.
- Enter project request into Adobe Workfront for community events promos, PSAs, contest, etc. to be developed.
- Provide elements for content creation
Social Content Support – Each morning, supports the ACCET Social Team by editing news content for social media. Helps produce and refine social assets, ensuring quick turnaround to support daily news coverage.
Experience with Adobe Creative Cloud — especially Premiere Pro. After Effects, Photoshop, and Illustrator a plus.
Please note that this position is not eligible for visa sponsorship, including employer sponsorship for an H-1B visa, OPT-STEM employment, etc.
Skills Required
- Experience with Adobe Creative Cloud
- Ability to coordinate community events and execute promotional content
- Strong communication skills for internal and external communications
What We Do
Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. is one of the largest and most diversified television broadcasting companies in the country. Sinclair owns and operates, programs or provides sales services to more television stations than anyone and has affiliations with all the major networks. In addition, Sinclair is the leading local news provider in the country, as well as a producer of sports content. Sinclair owns a multicast network, four radio stations and a cable network. Sinclair’s broadcast content is delivered via multiple-platforms, including over-the-air, multi-channel video program distributors, and digital platforms. Sinclair, either directly or through its venture subsidiaries, makes equity investments in strategic companies. Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. was founded in 1986, went public in 1995 and is traded on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the ticker symbol SBGI. Throughout our history, Sinclair Broadcast Group has been at the forefront of industry-changing events and technological advances. Our vision and first-to-market mentality drives our ‘next generation’ thinking; stimulating conversations, innovating through our expertise, and advocating for the development of technology and evolving business models. As a leading over-the-air broadcast television company, our primary business is to engage consumers on multiple platforms with relevant and compelling news, entertainment and sports content, and to provide advertisers and business efficient means and value to connect with our mass audiences. We recognize the vital role broadcast television plays in branding and local content delivery, and therefore strive to constantly be at the forefront of leading edge technology and structures to advance the industry.
