Digital Producer

Nexstar Media Group, Inc.

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About The Position

A Digital Content Producer is responsible for curating high-performing content, updating local station website, crafting homepage layouts driven by data, and helping to report news -- everything from quick-hit local stories to breaking news and enterprise reports. This role will work on building a loyal local audience by being responsive to traffic patterns and audience interest while serving as a steward of our brand. We are looking for that special person to launch our market’s new CTV platform.

Requirements

• 2 years of experience in digital content and journalism.
• Clever headline writer that gets readers to click.
• Strong multi-tasking abilities.
• Adobe certified, preferred.
• Drone certified, preferred or experience with Drone operation.
• Organized, technical problem solver and quick decision maker.
• Comfortable with cold calling to develop stories.
• Capable of researching, interviewing, and writing original news articles.
• Knowledge of SEO best practices and AP Style.
• Enjoys working in teams and has excellent interpersonal skills.
• Ease with/ability to learn new technology independently and quickly.
• Strong communicator.
• Schedule flexibility (nights, weekends).
• Regularly meets measurements of success.
• Strong understanding of Google Analytics; Chartbeat experience a plus.
• Use OBS software, graphics, and video in production of original content.
• Ability to spot AI generated stories and videos.
• Proficiency in MS Office; HTML, CSS, and Photoshop experience a plus.

Responsibilities

• Create and edit website stories with excellent grammar, punctuation, and AP Style that is packaged and promoted in a way that generates engagement and repeat site visits.
• Monitor all forms of media (print, TV, digital, blogs, and social) and be quick to report breaking news stories, hunt for exclusive and/or trending content that will grow engagement, and drive loyal, local traffic.
• Excellent at writing headlines that grow audience and engagement.
• Prioritize packaging content that grows page views per visitor and time on site using headline testing, metric tools, and observed patterns to guide decision making.
• Evaluate website traffic trends to make decisions on both daily content needs and longer-term content curation that will grow local audience.
• Promote and distribute news content on social media.
• Monitor social media accounts and respond to viewer questions and comments.
• Build positive working relationships with newsroom staff and management, work collaboratively on enterprise content, and create opportunities to market web content on broadcast.
• Assist with and produce content for CTV as well as running OBS software.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees