Digital Content Editor

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Greenville, SC, USA
In-Office
Entry level
Digital Media • News + Entertainment
The Role
Creates, edits, and publishes breaking news, sports, weather, and feature content across websites, mobile products, social media, and live streams. Writes headlines, collaborates with newsroom teams on rapid content distribution and cross-promotion, and develops ideas to grow digital platforms. Requires strong editorial judgment, AP writing skills, digital editing experience, multimedia software proficiency, social media knowledge, and flexibility for 24-hour news coverage.
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Digital Content Editor

WYFF 4, the NBC / CBS affiliate in Greenville, SC is looking for a well-rounded Digital Content Editor who will create content for our station's website, mobile products and social media platforms. You will be an excellent storyteller and can edit and create content facing intense competition under constant deadline pressure. You will report to the News Director.

Responsibilities

  • Write/edit and publish breaking news, daily news, sports, weather, and feature stories for the stations website, mobile and social media pages
  • Write compelling headlines
  • Work with Reporters and Assignment Editors to ensure content is posted quickly
  • Work with Producers, Assignment Editors and Managers to ensure cross promotion of content across all platforms
  • Manage LIVE streams of newscasts and breaking news
  • Contribute ideas to help grow the station's digital platforms

Requirements

  • Previous digital editing experience
  • Professional experience with non-linear editing software (Adobe Premiere or equivalent)
  • News and editorial judgment
  • Excellent AP writing skills
  • Basic knowledge of Photoshop and video editing
  • Experience with social media best practices
  • Flexibility to work different shifts, holidays on short notice to cover a 24-hour news cycle
  • Work well in an environment with frequent interruptions
  • Proficiency in Photoshop, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and other programming languages
  • Related military experience will be considered
  • In-person attendance is required

Values in Action

At Hearst Television we tell stories every day. Stories about people of all backgrounds, perspectives, and identities. That’s why, behind the scenes, we believe in being an organization that fosters collaboration and open communication, ensuring that the content we create is authentic, accurate, and connected to the communities we serve.

Benefits

Hearst's benefit programs are modern, flexible and designed to focus on you. As a Hearst employee, you and your spouse or partner or dependents would have access to the following benefits.

  • Medical | Dental | Vision
  • 401(k) matching
  • Emotional Wellness Support
  • Paid Time Off
  • Paid Parental Leave
  • LGBTQ+ Health Services
  • Additional benefits to meet your and your family's needs

About UsHearst Television (HTV) owns and/or operates 35 television and two radio stations serving 27 media markets across 39 states reaching nearly 25 million U.S. television households. HTV is recognized as one of the industry's premier broadcasting companies and has been honored with numerous awards for distinguished journalism, industry innovation, and community service.
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. we do not discriminate in hiring on the basis of sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, creed, national, origin, physical or mental disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.

Skills Required

  • Previous digital editing experience
  • Professional experience with non-linear editing software such as Adobe Premiere or equivalent
  • News and editorial judgment
  • Excellent AP writing skills
  • Basic knowledge of Photoshop and video editing
  • Experience with social media best practices
  • Flexibility to work different shifts and holidays on short notice
  • Ability to work in an environment with frequent interruptions
  • Proficiency in Photoshop, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and other programming languages
  • In-person attendance

Hearst Compensation & Benefits Highlights

The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Hearst and has not been reviewed or approved by Hearst.

  • Healthcare Strength — Healthcare coverage is described as comprehensive, including medical plan choice, full in-network preventive coverage, dental and vision, telemedicine, prescription coverage, and fertility resources. Mental-health resources and other wellbeing services (e.g., therapy sessions, crisis support, virtual physical therapy, and chronic-condition programs) further strengthen the health offering.
  • Retirement Support — Retirement support is positioned as meaningful through a 401(k) plan with company matching and Hearst covering plan administration fees. Performance bonuses are also noted as available in some roles, adding an additional rewards component beyond base pay.
  • Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time-off benefits include paid holidays, paid sick days, and vacation time with a commonly cited annual range, alongside paid parental leave and family medical leave. A remote work program and flexibility signals are also included as part of the overall rewards experience.

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The Company
HQ: New York, NY
3,010 Employees
Year Founded: 1887

What We Do

Hearst is a leading global, diversified media, information and services company with more than 360 businesses. Its major interests include ownership in cable television networks such as A&E, HISTORY, Lifetime and ESPN; global financial services leader Fitch Group; Hearst Health, a group of medical information and services businesses; transportation assets including CAMP Systems International, a major provider of software-as-a-service solutions for managing maintenance of jets and helicopters; 33 television stations such as WCVB-TV in Boston and KCRA-TV in Sacramento, California, which reach a combined 19 percent of U.S. viewers; newspapers such as the Houston Chronicle, San Francisco Chronicle and Times Union (Albany, New York); more than 300 magazines around the world, including Cosmopolitan, ELLE, Men's Health and Car and Driver, and digital services businesses such as iCrossing and KUBRA; and investments in emerging digital entertainment companies such as Complex Networks.

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