PRODUCTION ASSISTANT
Entertainment Tonight
Do you love celebrity news & pop culture? Do you especially love Film? Are you a go-to person when it comes to what to watch and why? Then you just might be the person to join the Emmy-winning team at Entertainment Tonight.
The ideal candidate has a strong knowledge of celebrity and pop culture, enjoys working in a fast-paced environment, and is detail-oriented. Must be able to work under tight deadlines and have an eye for identifying great video and photos to elevate ET segments.
As a production assistant your primary responsibility will be media management, but you’ll also have the opportunity to shadow in other departments.
This is an entry level position with growth opportunities.
RESPONSIBLITIES
· Log & transcribe celebrity interviews
· Assist producers & directors in gathering assets for video edits
· Be able to quickly identify and avoid pulling video or photos that would be problematic for the brand to show (example: no kid policy celebs)
· Be able to quickly identify when a video or photographic images are problematic from a Standards & Practice perspective (example: a swear word on someone’s shirt)
· Assist with Film Department day-to-day needs including
· Cross-train to provide staffing coverage in other ET departments
QUALIFICATIONS
· Must be comfortable working in a fast-paced environment with firm deadlines.
· Must be capable of handling multiple projects at once.
· Must be dependable and a clear communicator.
· Must have an eye for detail (example: Can you spot the Kardashian in this crowd shot?)
· Must have a clear focus on ensuring ET is putting out the best content possible (example: Is the audio I’m transcribing sound muffled in such a way I should flag this for a supervisor?)
· Experience is not necessary, but education and/or an internship in the entertainment industry preferred.
· Strong knowledge of pop culture.
· Familiarity with social platforms like Instagram and TikTok.
· Must love pop culture & celebrity news.
This is a $20/hr. position with minimum 40 hours a week. Health benefits.
The schedule for this position is Sunday – Thursday, 1:00pm – 10:30pm. Must be LA based. Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursday are in-office days at the Entertainment Tonight studio. Sundays & Wednesdays you have the option to work-from-home.
This is a full-time job based in LA.
ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT is a multi-platform entertainment news brand, with a cross-screen portfolio that includes the #1 entertainment newsmagazine on television with nearly 4 million viewers daily, the 24/7 streaming network ET Live, and a top entertainment news network online, delivering more than 150 million video views per month. ETonline.com averages 20 million monthly unique visitors in the U.S. per comScore, while ET’s social audience reaches more than 70 million U.S. users monthly. Paramount is an equal opportunity employer (EOE) including disability/vet.