DIGITAL CONTENT PRODUCER - WMC

FOX Carolina News • Memphis, TN

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About The Position

WMC, Action News 5 in Memphis, is seeking a Digital Content Producer to create news content across its digital platforms. The role is suited to an innovative, self-starting journalist with strong writing skills who can work under pressure, meet deadlines, and strive to deliver stories first and accurately. The successful candidate will have a passion for local and national news and an ability to write and create content for digital platforms.

WMC is the NBC affiliate and a legacy news station serving the Memphis, Tennessee, market. Its community-focused team produces local broadcast and OTT programming and covers the Mid-South through in-depth journalism and local partnerships. This position may require evening and weekend work.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in journalism, communications, or a related field.
• Strong news judgment and ability to gather information.
• Resourcefulness with online research and fact-checking.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and solid knowledge of AP Style.
• Ability to work well under pressure, meet daily deadlines, and handle limited supervision.
• High self-motivation, a proactive mindset, and a strong sense of initiative.
• Sharp attention to detail and willingness to learn new and evolving technologies.
• Comfort working independently and collaboratively as part of a team.

Nice To Haves

• Familiarity with Canva, basic video-editing tools, and social media scheduling platforms.

Responsibilities

• Quickly and accurately distribute breaking news, weather, and traffic alerts through push notifications, social media updates, and web stories, updating coverage as news develops.
• Demonstrate strong writing, copy-editing, and storytelling skills.
• Coordinate livestreams across multiple platforms.
• Monitor news sources and conduct research to develop digital and social media content.
• Collaborate and communicate with reporters, digital team members, producers, anchors, and managers to gather content for online and on-air use.
• Write engaging digital headlines and compelling social media captions.
• Identify ways to increase visual content across digital and social media platforms.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time