Digital Content Producer
At a glance
Mid-level Content Creation role at Nexstar. TN-Memphis · full-time.
Pay not stated Content Creation salary
Growth Roles summary, based on the employer's posting.
What you'll do
- Write and headline news for WREG.com, then edit and publish related video clips
- Break stories quickly across the website, television station accounts, and other digital channels
- Adapt television scripts and footage for accuracy, tone, grammar, and AP style
- Track page and video views, using results to guide promotion and expand reach
- Build digital campaigns for local shows and specials while keeping web and social content current
What you bring
- A journalism degree plus experience with television, a daily newspaper, or an online news site
- Working web examples or print pages that demonstrate your reporting and production work
- Required knowledge of Associated Press style and search engine optimization
- A collaborative approach, comfort receiving feedback, and the ability to make decisions independently
Who this fits
You’ll suit a mid-level digital news role centered on fast publishing, reporting research, video editing, social promotion, and website updates. The job is based in Memphis and requires flexibility for morning, night, or weekend shifts. You’ll work with television reporters and producers while also making unsupervised decisions that affect coworkers.
From the employer
The Digital Producer is part of a team that produces and promotes news content on WREG.com, the digital platform for News Channel 3 in Memphis, and on the social media accounts for the website and television station.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities:
- Writes news stories and headlines for the web and other digital platforms; edits and posts video clips
- Aggressively breaks news on digital platforms before competing news outlets
- Edits and repurposes television scripts and video for grammar, accuracy, tone and AP style
- Promotes content Facebook, Twitter, Youtube and other social media platforms
- Monitors data on page views and video views, promoting content appropriately to maximize reach
- Monitors email, social media and other media sources for story leads and ideas.
- Works with television reporters and producers to make sure information is reaching all platforms as quickly as possible
- Keeps content updated on website home page and social media platforms
- Use our social media and website to build and reinforce brand recognition and drive viewers to television
- Determines a story's emphasis, length, and format, and organizes material accordingly
- Research and analyze background information related to news stories in order to be able to provide complete and accurate information
- Checks reference materials such as books, news files or public records to obtain relevant facts
- Ensures that all content meets company standards for journalistic integrity and production quality
- Builds and calendars digital campaigns to promote local shows and specials.
- Adapts quickly to changing technology and new platforms
- Finds new ways to use social media and our website to engage with viewers
Requirements & Skills:
- Degree in journalism, experience in television or daily newspaper or online news site experience required; working web samples and/or print pages preferred
- Proficiency in using Wordpress is a plus.
- Knowledge of Associated Press style, SEO is required.
- Maintain positive work environment through active team participation and cooperation with co-workers in all departments
- Responds positively to feedback
Physical Demands & Work Environment:
The Digital Producer must be able to sit, conduct telephone conversations, use electronic mail, write letters and memos, conduct face-to-face discussions with individuals or groups, make decisions without supervision, make decisions that impact the results of co-workers, work in close proximity to others, or alone. Must be open to work shifts on morning, nights or weekends as needed.
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