Camera Operator – ET Canada

Are you creative, dynamic and passionate about entertainment and pop culture? Do you like to think outside of the box and find new ways to achieve your goals? Entertainment Tonight Canada has an exciting new opportunity that will challenge your abilities and allow you the freedom to showcase your talents. We are looking for a highly skilled and results-driven EFP & studio Camera/Audio operator to join the Entertainment Tonight Canada team. The successful candidate will possess strong visual story-telling skills with attention to detail and the ability to operate camera, audio, and lighting gear for entertainment and lifestyle, live, live-to-tape and EFP productions. The ideal candidate lives and breathes pop culture and entertainment with exceptional knowledge of the production process from conception to completion. If you are passionate about all things celebrity and would like to flex your creative muscles, we encourage you to apply.

Camera Operator
Division:  ET Canada

Work Status: Contract
Location:  81 Barber Greene Rd., Toronto, ON M3C 2A2

About the Role

You will be reporting to ET Canada’s Supervising Producer and be responsible for shooting news, features and specials utilizing creative camera skills to tell dynamic and visually exciting stories.

Responsibilities:

• Operating camera, audio, and lighting gear for entertainment, lifestyle and client productions as
• required
• Responding quickly and thoughtfully to direction from director and producer
• Ensuring sufficient coverage of shots for the scripts provided; setting up shots & executing camera moves; setting up and/or supervising the lighting to ensure subjects are lit appropriate to the creative vision; managing microphones, sound capture, anticipating surrounding noise and providing creative solutions with sound techniques.
• Ability to multi-task in a live and fluid environment, skilled in creative framing, following camera
• scripting and capturing un-foreseen action.
• Actively participate in brainstorming visual direction with production team & director; providing relevant visual references to the director and shot lists as required
• Determining equipment requirements and sourcing & prep of gear for the shoot; camera/audio/lighting tests as required
• Consulting with post-production team to ensure that production plan will cut together and technical aspects are considered.
• Finding solutions to technical or other practical problems.
• Being open and prepared to innovate and experiment with ideas and new equipment.
• Accountable for keeping to budgets when required.

About You
What We Need From You:

• A strong background in studio, EFP and ENG content gathering.
• A minimum of 3 years of experience as a network television camera person.
• Expert knowledge and understanding of broadcast and production equipment and technology, including but not limited to jib, studio cameras, ENG/EFP cameras, microphones, other audio equipment, gyro operation, handheld operation, lighting grids, electrical requirements for all equipment
• Self-motivated and proactive with the ability to multi-task and work independently in a fast-paced, deadline driven environment.
• Exhibit the interpersonal skills required to effectively communicate across all levels of the organization within various departments and with clients.
• Exceptional knowledge of the production and post production process from conception to completion.
• Ability to lift up to 75 pounds, bend, squat, frequent standing and moving.
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• Must be familiar with all social media platforms (ie TikTok, Instagram etc) and specific shooting specs for each platform.
• Experience with lighting, optics, and cinematography.
• Must hold a valid Driver’s License and valid Passport and be eligible and willing to travel domestically and internationally as needed, sometimes on short notice.
• Exceptional editorial judgement with excellent written, verbal and communication skills.
• Full knowledge of Windows, Outlook, Excel, all computer skills.

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 pretty unique – and amazing – place to work.

At Corus we value and actively involve the full range of what makes people unique in order to create a strong and innovative company where amazing people thrive. A company where people have the full opportunity to show their unique value and develop their potential. We strongly encourage applications from Indigenous peoples, people of colour, people with disabilities, people from all gender and sexually diverse communities and people with intersectional identities.

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.