Producer, Digital

Job Description

The Digital Producer leads the transition from broadcast focused newsrooms to multi-platform newsrooms through active daily example; providing training in methods, processes and tactics; as well as in creating/editing original content beyond that which is produced for on-air.
• • Curate and aggregate a steady stream of interesting content that is packaged and promoted in a way that generates engagement and repeat site visitation
• Monitor all forms of media (print, TV, digital, blogs and social) and be quick to write, report and distribute breaking news stories and always on the hunt for exclusive and or trending content that will grow engagement and drive loyal, local traffic
• Some schedule flexibility
• Excellent at writing and A/B testing headlines that grow audience and engagement
• Prioritize packaging content that grows audience loyalty and time on site, using headline testing, metric tools and observed patterns to guide decision making
• Understand different ways to tell a story, particularly choosing great photos and producing short videos
• Evaluate website traffic trends to make decisions on both daily content needs and longer-term content curation that will grow local audience
• Build positive working relationships with newsroom staff and management, work collaboratively on enterprise content, and create opportunities to market web content on broadcast
• Promote and distribute news content on social media and email newsletters

Skill/ Experience Requirements
• 2 years of experience in digital content and journalism
• Clever headline writer that gets readers to click
• Strong multi-tasking abilities while under deadline pressure
• Organized, technical problem solver and quick decision maker
• Capable of pitching, researching, interviewing and writing original news articles
• Knowledge of SEO best practices and AP Style
• Enjoys working in teams and has excellent interpersonal skills
• Ease with/ability to learn new technology independently and quickly
• Strong communicator
• Some schedule flexibility (nights, weekends)
• Regularly meets measurements of success
• Strong understanding of Google Analytics; Chartbeat experience a plus
• Proficiency in WordPress or similar CMS, Adobe Creative Cloud (Express and Photoshop) a plus

Education Requirements:
• Bachelor's Degree

Typical day

Digital producer will attend local editorial meetings as needed/assigned. Producer will have familiarity with local, regional, and national content and uses data to make decisions on what stories to publish and how and when to showcase them on website. Producer will take stories from newsroom and digital reporters and copy edit and package the content for optimal engagement across audience acquisition sources. Producer will serve as editor for optimizing headlines and thumbnail images for click through/open rate. Producer will communicate successes across the team and the regional group to maximize traffic wins.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-g62bqj-18-191-189-140-42 in your application.