Closed Captioning Coordinator

This is a Full Time Job

Paramount Global (NASDAQ: PARA, PARAA) is a leading global media and entertainment company that creates premium content and experiences for audiences worldwide. Driven by iconic studios, networks and streaming services, Paramount's portfolio of consumer brands includes CBS, Showtime Networks, Paramount Pictures, Nickelodeon, MTV, Comedy Central, BET, Paramount , Pluto TV and Simon & Schuster, among others. Paramount delivers the largest share of the U.S. television audience and boasts one of the industry's most important and extensive libraries of TV and film titles. In addition to offering innovative streaming services and digital video products, the company provides powerful capabilities in production, distribution and advertising solutions.

Overview and Responsibilities:

Closed Captioning and Audio Description are Federal Communications Commission (FCC) mandated services that are primarily intended for our deaf and visually impaired consumers. This position protects Paramount and our content partners in FCC compliance assurance, and diligently serves our content consumers who require these services.

This position reports into Paramount Access Services (Closed Captioning and Audio Description) primarily on a Friday through Tuesday work week with rotating days off, as needed.

The Coordinator works with the Access Services team in the preparation, execution, and delivery of our 24/7/365 services to the many Paramount divisions, show units and channels that require support. These include CBS News, CBS Sports, CBS Entertainment, Paramount , UEFA Champions League soccer on Paramount , CBSN, CBS Sports Network, BET, MTV, Nickelodeon and Showtime.

Responsibilities include:

• Act as liaison to the Paramount outside vendors of access services.

• Provision of preparatory information, to the extent available, to our outside closed captioning services providers in advance of broadcast, such as show scripts, lists of accurate names (people and places), song lyrics used in the program, rundowns, and other available applicable material.

• Provide our outside closed captioning services providers with updated information when programs update segments, or in entirety (or launch), for subsequent repeat broadcasts to Central, Mountain and Pacific time zones.

• Monitor real-time live (e.g., Eastern time zone feed) and pre-recorded captioning program streams (e.g., repeat feeds to Central, Mountain and Pacific time zones) for compliant captions.

• Assist our outside captioning services providers and other compatible Paramount internal operating units with breaking news (e.g., CBS News Special Reports). This would require closed captioning, and keep in close contact with them to promptly advise them captions which require corrective or other actions.

• Support the Manager, Access Services in day-of-air oversight of complex closed captioning workflows for the entire NFL on CBS broadcast season from

September through January each year. UEFA Champions League on Paramount , NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament, and other major sports broadcasts.

• Provide vacation or illness relief for other staff Coordinator and Sr. Coordinator, when possible.

Basic Requirements:

• Four-year college degree in a related major (e.g., Journalism, Communications or English) or 1-2 years of related work experience (including internships).

• The ability to handle strict deadlines and work autonomously, in a live network and cable television news and sports programming environment, with precision and accuracy.

• Ability to work a Friday through Tuesday schedule which will include production determined flexible hours (sometimes early morning through evening) and at times working holidays and overtime with short notice.

Additional Requirements:

• Previous television or cable network news and sports related experience in production, editorial and/or operations functions at a television network, local affiliate or at a cable network are also conducive.

• Excellent organizational and communication skills are important.