Producer, Host Content, CBC Morning Live, English Services, (On-site) Contractee Long-Term (Fixed Term) Position Language Requirement English Language Skills English (Reading - P - Professional), English (Speaking - P - Professional), English (Writing - P - Professional) At CBC/Radio-Canada, we create content that informs, entertains and connects Canadians on multiple platforms. Whether it be in front of the camera, on air, online or behind the scenes, you would be joining a team that thrives on making connections and telling stories that are important to Canadians. CBC Morning Live is looking for an innovative journalist and programmer to create content for live and on-demand audiences, as Producer of Host Content.

This is a great opportunity to contribute to CBC News Network, Canada’s top breaking news channel and livestream, and reach new audiences with our world-class content. In this role, you will work closely with the host of CBC Morning Live on daily and longer-term projects. Working with the senior producer and other program leaders, you identify, develop and produce daily responsive video segments that run within live programming, while ensuring they’re optimized for people to watch on-demand on mobile.

You may also produce versions for other platforms, such as text-based digital and audio. You are deeply versed in a range of news stories, from the trade war to Céline Dion’s return, with a proven ability to create creative treatments that meet audience needs. As such, you produce daily video explainers, breaking down an angle of the top story.





You also support breaking news coverage and special programming, including when the program is hosted from the field. You have experience writing for broadcast and working with video - from gathering to editing. You know your way around a control room and how a program is crafted.

You thrive in breaking news and are a fountain of ideas of how to treat it. You thrive in a high-stress, tight-deadline environment and are able to work flexible hours and on weekends, if needed.

Experience on a national news team is crucial and experience working with digital and/or social content is a strong asset. You will also liaise with other CBC News platforms to plan the rollout of host content and identify coverage opportunities. This one-year role is based in Toronto and requires full-time, in office attendance. Minimum five (5) years of experience of which three must involve work in a broadcast news environment. Proven original and creative thought in the production of news.

Experience directing talent, including field video production. Understanding of audience needs and how audiences consume content across platforms. Excellent writing, vetting and production skills. Thrives in a high pressure breaking news environment with tight deadlines,



demonstrating superior news judgement.

Experience in a live control room under pressures of a changing lineup or breaking news.

Experience directing, performing and delegating assignments across editorial, production and technical lines.

Experience using Vizrt, iNews and Media Central, and directing editing. Strong knowledge and understanding of, and/or connection to underrepresented communities across Canada. Must be available to work evenings, weekend evenings and long days and late nights.

Candidates may be subject to skills and knowledge testing. A mandatory Criminal record check. CBC/Radio-Canada is committed to being a leader in reflecting our country’s diversity. That’s because we can only create and tell the stories that connect Canadians, by having a workforce that mirrors the ever-changing makeup of our country.

That’s why we, as an employer, value equal opportunity and nurture an inclusive workplace where our individual differences are not only recognized and valued, but also extend to and pervade all the services we provide as Canada’s public broadcaster. For more information, visit the Diversity and Inclusion section of our website. If you have accommodation needs at this stage of the recruitment process, please inform us as soon as possible by sending an e‑mail to [email protected].

You are invited to consult and familiarize yourself with our Code of Conduct, which can be found on our corporate website. We also invite you to take a look at our policy on conflicts of interest. Full time #

📌 Producer, Host Content, CBC Morning Live, English Services, (On-site) (Toronto)
🏢 CBC / Radio-Canada
📍 Toronto