Live Closed Captioner-media Services - Toronto, Canada - Corus Entertainment

Corus Entertainment

Verified Company

Toronto, Canada

2 weeks ago

Posted by:

Sophia Lee

beBee Recruiter

Description

Are you creative, dynamic and passionate? Do you like to think outside of the box and find new ways to achieve your goals? Corus Entertainment has an exciting opportunity for you.

If you have a passion for excellence, and would like to work for Corus Entertainment, we encourage you to apply.

Division:
Media Service

Work Status:
Part Time

Location:
Toronto, ON (onsite)

About the Role

Working on a team to cover a variety of shifts which vary between morning starts as early as 4am, as well as shifts that go into the early morning, weekends, holidays, etc.

Live closed captioners provide accurate, reliable live closed captions for live programs airing coast-to-coast on Corus entertainment's Global stations, as well as others within Corus Entertainment's Quay Media Services division.

Reporting to the live Closed Captioning Supervisor, this role demands punctuality, reliability, and a firm commitment to the importance of news broadcasting and live closed captioning.

Responsibilities:

This position will involve working weekday and weekend nights.
Stay uptodate with all forms of news and arrive before events to research and prepare.
Stay uptodate with all possible weather or travel issues that could impact commute time and

adjust routines regularly to ensure punctuality & reliability for live events.

Provide live closed captioning via respeak technology for onair broadcast events.
Constantly refine respeak techniques to achieve 98% or higher NER scoring accuracy.
Respeak audio listened to for hours.
Potential for weekend & holiday work requirements.
Interact in a positive and constructive manner with coworkers.
Have the ability to work in a team environment or independently while being flexible and open to learning new experiences in a fastpaced changing environment.
Respeaking transcriptions and contributing to offline closed captioning workflow as required between live events.
Other duties as assigned.

About You

What We Need From You:

Excellent English spelling, grammar and punctuation.
College Diploma or University Degree.
Ability to work holidays, early mornings and late nights.
Ability to punctuate in realtime during situations where speakers are speaking rapidly.
A minimum of 99% verbatim transcription ability from audioonly sources in an offline situation.
Previous closed captioning, live closed captioning, court reporting, transcription, respeaking or onair journalism experience from a recognized company.
Previous experience working events considered an asset.
Ability to work a variety of shifts as required, including early mornings, late nights, possible weekends, and occasional statutory holidays.
Experience with Dragon Naturally speaking considered an asset.
Detailoriented and highly reliable.
Ability to commute into office reliably as early as 4:00am, or to stay as late as 3:00 am, depending on schedule.
French language writing, respeaking, and proofreading ability seen as a considerable asset.
Technical proficiency with basic audio path design and to engage with and troubleshoot basic sound mixers.
Updating your voice profile daily to constantly improve quality and reduce delays.
Basic working knowledge with Computers and MS Office Suites.
Ability to help department as required on respeak transcripts or offline closed captioning files between live events.

Why Corus?

Corus is a driving force in the media industry with a diverse portfolio of strong brands that entertain and inform audiences through great storytelling and compelling content, reaching millions of people around the world every day.

We have a passionate drive to connect with the world around us: to express, to share, to be part of people's lives.

Walk around our offices, our stations, our studios across the country and you'll feel it. You'll see it in action.

You'll see it in the open communication and the approachability of our people. You'll see it in our care for quality work and the interest in new, creative solutions. You'll see it in how we work with external partners, and how we care about our communities.

These are all core to the values we commit to living each and every day - Win Together, Think Beyond, Make It Happen, Learn Every Day, Show We Care.

Our values describe what makes us, and our workplace pretty unique - and amazing.

Corus is also committed to providing accommodations throughout the interview and employment process. If you require an accommodation, we will work with you to meet your needs.

How to Apply