Special Projects Specialist

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Pittsburgh, PA, USA
In-Office
Entry level
News + Entertainment
The Role
Coordinate and execute community events, contests, and special projects aligning with ACCET brand. Manage timelines, logistics, partner communications, promotional and sponsored content, press releases, on-site elements, and high school sports production tasks. Collaborate cross-functionally with sales, marketing, social, news, production, and legal.
Summary Generated by Built In

The Agile Content Creation Engagement Team (ACCET) Special Projects Specialist 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).

Required Skills: 

  • Event and project coordination experience
  • Strong organizational and time-management skills
  • Excellent written and verbal communication
  • Ability to manage timelines, logistics and multiple deadlines
  • Community-partner and stakeholder communication
  • Cross Collaboration experience with sales, marketing, social, news and production
    • Creative problem-solving and attention to detail
    • Proficiency in Microsoft Teams, Microsoft Office

Special Projects Specialists 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).

  • 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

  • Assist in the planning, standardization of high school sports production in the region, and across ACCET.  

    • Including but not limited to; scheduling pre-taped segments, coordinating with schools leading up to games, scheduling client interviews, ordering trophies and plaques, creating weekly run-downs/ scripts, and being on site for game day production.
  • Experience with Adobe Creative Cloud — especially Premiere Pro.  After Effects, Photoshop, and Illustrator a plus.

Apply today and help us create meaningful moments in every market we serve.

Please note that this position is not eligible for visa sponsorship, including employer sponsorship for an H-1B visa, OPT-STEM employment, etc.

Sinclair is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and a drug free workplace. Employment practices will not be influenced or affected by virtue of an applicant's or employee's race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, military or veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.


About Sinclair:

Sinclair, Inc. (Nasdaq: SBGI) is a diversified media company and a leading provider of local news and sports. The Company owns, operates and/or provides services to 177 television stations in 79 markets affiliated with all major broadcast networks; owns Tennis Channel, the premium destination for tennis enthusiasts; and multicast networks CHARGE, Comet, ROAR and The Nest. Sinclair’s AMP Media produces a growing portfolio of digital content and original podcasts. Additional information about Sinclair can be found at www.sbgi.net.
 

About the Team

The life-blood of our organization is our people. We have a compelling story, a goal-oriented culture, and we take really good care of people. How good? Here is a glimpse: great benefits, open door policy, upward mobility and a strong desire to see you succeed. Ready to be part of a winning team? Let’s talk.


Skills Required

  • Event and project coordination experience
  • Strong organizational and time-management skills
  • Excellent written and verbal communication
  • Ability to manage timelines, logistics and multiple deadlines
  • Community-partner and stakeholder communication
  • Cross-collaboration experience with sales, marketing, social, news and production
  • Creative problem-solving and attention to detail
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Teams
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office
  • Experience with Adobe Creative Cloud, especially Premiere Pro
  • Experience with Adobe After Effects
  • Experience with Adobe Photoshop
  • Experience with Adobe Illustrator
  • Experience entering project requests into Adobe Workfront
  • Experience coordinating on-site event elements, emcee schedules, pre-taped segments, and game day production
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The Company
HQ: Hunt Valley, MD
5,001 Employees
Year Founded: 1986

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.

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