Studio Camera Operator (30-757)

Regional News Network (RNN) is a privately owned enterprise based in Rye Brook, NY. RNN has grown from a single broadcast station in New York's Hudson Valley in 1993 reaching less than a quarter million homes to today reaching more than six million homes throughout New York, New Jersey and Connecticut. We pride ourselves in delivering reliability and professionalism to the news and content production businesses and air diverse programming with regional, national and international content partners. RNN owns and operates WRNN-TV, a full-power television station, and RISE Television, a cable network distributed on Time Warner, Verizon FiOS and over the air on WRNN-TV DT2. RNN and its affiliates produce two 24-hour news channels in the New York DMA and two content channels in the Washington D.C. region for its partners. RNN recently built a new state-of-the-art multi-platform content hub based around the philosophy of finding efficiencies by producing content in a centralized model with the latest technology.

RNN employs more than 200 award-winning journalists and multi-platform producers, reporters and editors, and supplemental video resources from regional, national, and international news partners and continues to recruit highly skilled and highly engage staff to further its mission.

RNN is currently seeking a Studio Camera Operator who will be responsible for operating television camera to record scenes for television news broadcasts.

• Compose and frame each shot, applying the technical aspects of light, lenses, film, filters, and camera settings to achieve the effects sought by directors.


• Operate zoom lenses, changing images according to specifications and rehearsal instructions.


• Use cameras in any of several different camera mounts such as stationary, track-mounted, or crane-mounted.


• Test, clean, and maintain equipment to ensure proper working condition.


• Adjust positions and controls of cameras, printers, and related equipment to change focus, exposure, and lighting.


• Gather and edit raw footage on location to send to television affiliates for broadcast, using electronic news-gathering or film-production equipment.


• Confer with directors, sound and lighting technicians, electricians, and other crew members to discuss assignments and determine filming sequences, desired effects, camera movements, and lighting requirements.


• Observe sets or locations for potential problems and to determine filming and lighting requirements.

Required Skills:

• Accuracy – Ability to perform work accurately and thoroughly.


• Communication, Oral – Ability to communicate effectively with others using the spoken word.


• Problem Solving – Ability to find a solution for or to deal proactively with work-related problems.


• Technical Aptitude – Ability to comprehend complex technical topics and specialized information.


• Working Under Pressure – Ability to complete assigned tasks under stressful situations.