Position Title:

Senior Producer, CBC Life (English Services) (Hybrid)

Status of Employment:

Contractee Long-Term (Fixed Term)

Position Language Requirement:

English

Language Skills:

English (Reading - P - Professional), English (Speaking - P - Professional), English (Writing - P - Professional)

Unposting Date:

2026-08-25 11:59 PM

CBC is currently seeking a Senior Producer to lead CBC Life, Canada’s national lifestyle platform. This is a one-year contract position.

Reporting to the Managing Editor, Digital, Unscripted Content, and under the overall authority of management, you are responsible for leading a team in the planning, conception, gathering, and production of content, as well as the editorial direction and digital publishing across all our pillars: food, home, style, wellness, work and money, culture, travel and pets. You will plan, direct, and co-ordinate the work of others; play a critical role in managing the performance of team members, including the performance review process; oversee team development; and ensure the team is meeting its objectives.

As a Senior Producer, you’re a talented storyteller and a lifestyle obsessive, with a track record of creating timely, inventive and engaging multi-platform content in a deadline-driven environment. You bring experience across multiple formats, including short- and long-form written content for articles and social platforms, as well as short- and long-form video. You have a strong understanding of both video series and creator-led content, with experience from concept to publication. You’re also a natural and experienced leader, able to collaborate and bring out the best in your team while remaining focused on larger strategic objectives. 

 You must balance a senior leadership role that includes an accountability to achieve platform goals and objectives, with the continuous requirement to focus on details of a platform to ensure that content is of the highest quality and conforms to CBC’s Journalistic Standards and Practices. You must be able to make immediate decisions in complex and stressful environments, and lead staff in the use of production techniques and procedures consistent with an integrated content company. 

 

As a digital publishing leader, you are comfortable using data to inform your editorial decisions and are sensitive to the ever-changing tides of online attention without compromising your strong story judgement. You’re able to juggle multiple priorities and to respond to competing demands in a short space of time while keeping your team focused on its goals. And you are a strong advocate for inclusion in your work and in the people you work with.  
 

Key Tasks 

 Under the direction of the Managing Editor

• Ensures all resources within the platform or unit are allocated against strategic priorities 

• Assigns, supervises, and exercises editorial responsibility as delegated by Management for all content published to the website, CBC Gem and associated social channels

• Leads a team of producers and freelancers, including supporting team development and ongoing staff feedback, including performance review process

• Creates and maintains short, medium and long-term editorial schedules

• Oversees delivery of cross-platform editorial and audience engagement from conception to publication and distribution

• Works collaboratively with stakeholders across the organization to develop digital editorial strategy and ensure goals are in line with overall objectives and audience research

• Collaborates on video series and creator-led content with the Arts and Life video team

• Regularly monitors website and social traffic using analytics tools in order to measure success and identify opportunities

• Tracks spending against budget, working closely with the Managing Editor and Production Manager

• Ensures, in collaboration with Copyright Clearance Officers or others, the proper and accurate clearance of all material used in digital platforms

• Produces content daily for the website and social networks, as required

• Performs all or part of the function or duties of an equivalent or lower classification 

 

Qualifications

 You possess the following:

•  Job requires a minimum of seven (7) years’ experience, of which three (3) must involve work in broadcasting or a closely related industry directly related to the area of assignment, and including proven, hands-on experience leading and managing teams 

• In-depth experience in and a solid working knowledge of lifestyle journalism

• Proven ability to lead a small team to produce high quality online editorial on a daily basis

• Job requires a university degree or equivalent

• Experience creating and implementing daily, weekly and long-term editorial plans

• Experience managing a content framework and well versed in how to measure success within that structure

• Excellent awareness of the media industry, keeping abreast of new technologies and how major industry players are employing a wide range of digital outputs and formats

• Several years experience using social media, professionally, to reach audiences

• Clear understanding of editorial calendars and rollout strategies

• Good understanding of project management and strong organizational skills

• Ability to handle multiple priorities and to respond to many competing demands in a short space of time and in complex, stressful environments 

• Ability to work, and direct the work of others, to tight deadlines without sacrificing creativity or quality whilst maintaining a positive environment 

• Ability to develop ideas to best utilize the corporation's return on investment with an eye toward growing audience and engagement

• Ability to write clearly and concisely; copy editing experience, particularly using CBC style, is a plus

• Knowledge of CBC’s Journalistic Standards and Practices, or similar 

• Ability to contribute innovative "out-of-the-box" thinking to daily production

• Ability to take initiative, be proactive, and contribute positively to a team

• Must be comfortable publishing in content management systems

• Ability to work flexible hours, including evenings, overtime and weekends as required 

 

Applicants are invited to submit a portfolio of work. 

Candidates may be subject to skills and knowledge testing.
 

We thank all applicants for their interest, but only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.

Primary Location:

Broadcast Centre 205 Wellington St. W., Toronto, Ontario, M5V 3G7

Number of Openings:

1

Work Schedule:

Full time