FOX 40 is looking for a Digital Content Producer with the right mix of news judgment, creativity, and command of all things digital and social, who is adept at covering daily news and creating/editing original and high-interest content.
Job Description
- Prepares, writes, copy-edits and posts news, community and promotional content for FOX40.com, mobile apps and station social media accounts
- Ensures factual, grammatical and legal accuracy online and upholds the station’s established journalistic standards
- Maintains the homepage and builds special sections for breaking news and other ongoing coverage efforts and initiatives from the station or company
- Monitors real-time metrics to guide content decisions and reviews past story performance to identify topics of interest to our audience
- Works closely with the greater newsroom and station to have online content properly published
- Able to write multiple, concise texts that accompany content shared on social media, through mobile and desk alerts, and other platforms
- Monitors local and statewide topics and pitches trending high-interest stories
- Finds new ways to convert one-time and regular visitors into loyal followers
- Excellent writing and editing skills, attention to detail
- Ability to function under tight deadlines and shifting priorities
- Able to occasionally shoot and edit video for use online
- Able to identify tools that can be used to create content or measure its performance online
- Performs other duties as assigned
Requirements & Skills:
- Journalism degree, experience as a digital content producer or related experience
- Must be familiar with Wordpress content management system, best SEO practices and AP writing style
- Excellent writing and editing skills, attention to detail
- Familiarity with news writing and journalistic standards
- Ability to function under extreme deadline pressure
- Must have strong news judgment and work with the online team and greater newsroom to plan daily and long-term content
- Basic HTML, CSS, Flash and other relevant technology skills is a plus
- Schedule flexibility for nights and weekends
- Strong multi-tasking abilities and quick decision-making
Compensation - $21.00+/hr commensurate with experience and skill level
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What We Do
Nexstar Media Group is the largest TV station operator in the country. With the reach of 171 full power television stations in 100 markets addressing nearly 38.9% of US television households, and a diversified, growing digital media operation, Nexstar Media Group offers superior audience engagement across all media devices and local broadcast television’s unrivalled influence on consumers’ purchasing and political decisions. In 20 years, Nexstar has grown from a single station to the nation’s largest television company. This growth is fueled by an organization-wide commitment to delivering exceptional service to our communities and outstanding results for our advertisers. From the very beginning, Nexstar has cultivated an organization-wide commitment to providing superior, unique local content that is relevant to each of the communities it serves, while offering local businesses, advertisers and brands the ability to engage and connect with local communities.
