Frequently ranked as one of the best places to live, and home to the 2026 Stanley Cup Champions, Raleigh is the place to be. It’s a city with constant growth and innovation.
WNCN CBS 17 Raleigh has an opening for a Digital Executive Producer. We are looking for a forward-thinking leader to manage content for all digital and social platforms and manage the digital/assignment desk that gathers daily content for both digital and broadcast. The Digital EP is a member of the newsroom management team and will play a critical role in creating and executing major newsroom strategies, projects, and big event coverage.
The Digital EP guides and supports the digital team and helps manage the overall newsroom to produce outstanding daily news and special content. This individual is responsible for nurturing a positive, productive, creative team environment and making sure our digital/social platforms are relevant, competitive and timely, with a commitment to serving our audience. This role actively monitors breaking news, gathers information from official sources, and creates digital-first content that keeps audiences informed in real time. The Digital Executive Producer collaborates with News, Sales, Promotions, and Station Management to ensure consistent messaging, audience engagement, and strong digital storytelling while maintaining journalistic integrity and brand standards.
What You will Do:
- Collaborate with the News Director, Assistant News Director, and other newsroom managers on daily coverage and priorities in a 24/7 multiplatform newsroom with a strong digital first mindset
- Directly supervise digital producers and collaborate with other newsroom staff, review scripts and provide feedback to encourage powerful, visual storytelling
- Develop and implement strategies that grow audience across OTT/CTV, web, app, and social platforms
- Collaborate with the Managing Editor to oversee daily logistics on the Digital Desk which includes coordinating crews, assignments and response to breaking news
- Elevate digital platforms with data-driven decisions to increase reach, engagement, and loyalty
- Oversee the creation and curation of digital content for our combined website, mobile apps, YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, and emerging platforms
- Supervise streaming operations for live newscasts, breaking news, and original content for both CBS17.com and CBS 17 Plus
- Oversight of scheduling and managing content across the CBS 17 Plus streaming app
- Lead and mentor a high-performing content team
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in journalism, communications, or related field—or equivalent experience
- 2+ years of newsroom or content leadership
- Demonstrated success leading digital news teams
- Strong editorial judgment, newsroom leadership, and decision-making under deadline
- Deep understanding of digital-first content strategies, and platform-specific best practices
- Proficiency with CMS, analytics tools, SEO, social publishing, and digital video distribution
Nexstar Media Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in journalism, communications, or related field, or equivalent experience
- 2+ years of newsroom or content leadership
- Demonstrated success leading digital news teams
- Strong editorial judgment and decision-making under deadline
- Deep understanding of digital-first content strategies and platform-specific best practices
- Proficiency with CMS, analytics tools, SEO, social publishing, and digital video distribution
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.
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