Digital Content Producer

Job Description

Digital Content Producer, KIVI

Digital Content Producer (Part Time), KIVI

KIVI, The E.W. Scripps Company ABC affiliate in Boise, ID, is searching for a part time Digital Content Producer to join our team. As the largest city in the state, Boise offers a vibrant, growing community with easy access to outdoor recreation in the nearby mountains. This role involves organizing, writing scripts, and updating content on digital platforms with a primary focus on local websites, mobile apps, and social media platforms.

The Digital Content Producer's key activities include writing and editing content, publishing and managing content on multiple digital platforms, producing digital video when assigned, assisting in online coverage of major news events and severe weather, building out special sections and site features, updating and interacting with fans/followers on social media, and coordinating with editorial and technical staff to facilitate the migration of multimedia content to new media platforms.

WHAT YOU'LL DO:
• Write and edit content including headlines, short news alerts and teases, enhancing content with outside links, maps, slideshows.
• Publish and manage content on multiple digital platforms, including the station's local website, mobile and social networks using current production and web-delivery tools.
• Produce digital video when assigned.
• Assist in online coverage of major news events, breaking news and severe weather to ensure high quality, consistent community coverage online.
• Build out special sections and site features to enhance coverage and increase user engagement.
• Update and interact with fans/followers on social media.
• Anchor/host content for digital platforms as assigned.
• Coordinate with editorial and technical staff to facilitate the migration of multimedia content to new media platforms, including video, audio, still photos and graphics.
• Work with other departments, including sales and marketing, as needed on site and/or station initiatives that require content integration.
• Optimize the user experience by tracking live web metrics and user experience best practices.
• Apply Search Engine Optimization (SEO) best practices to every piece of content.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

WHAT YOU'LL NEED:
• BS/BA in related discipline preferred or equivalent years of experience
• Generally 3+ years of experience in related field preferred

WHAT YOU'LL BRING:
• Skilled with content management systems, hypertext markup language (HTML), audio editing, image editing, cascading style sheets (CSS) and social networking
• Must have a strong desire to focus on web-based content
• Must have basic HTML formatting skills and working knowledge file transfer protocol (FTP)/publishing web content
• Must be creative, have good people skills and be able to handle deadline pressure and multi-tasking
• Must have knowledge and experience with still-image photography using digital cameras/handheld video cameras
• Must have working knowledge of how to use and update social media platforms
• Must have photo editing skills with ability to manipulate, crop, enhance images as needed for publishing on website
• Basic video editing skills a plus

If you are a current Scripps employee, please do not apply on this site. Please access our internal career site at Worklife > My Info > View Open Positions at Scripps.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-g4n6jv-18-118-24-40-42 in your application.