Streaming Producer

Fox Corporation•Houston, TX

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The news team at FOX 26 and FOX Local Houston is re-imagining how local news is gathered and delivered. We no longer wait for appointed times to deliver content. We're a 24/7 STREAMING FIRST news organization. As we continue to evolve, we’re hiring a Streaming Producer with strong technical instincts and a deep understanding of digital-first news production. This role is centered on live streaming, social video, and platform-native storytelling. You will be responsible for producing, managing, and optimizing live and on-demand content across FOX LOCAL and social platforms, ensuring coverage is fast, accurate, compelling, and technically sound. Reporting to the Sr. Producer of Streaming, the ideal candidate is fluent in the mechanics of streaming production and social distribution, CTV, and understands how audiences consume news outside of linear TV. The producer will know how to balance speed, quality, and journalistic integrity. This is a hands-on role for someone who thrives in a live environment and wants to build the future of local news.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree, preferably in Journalism, Communications, Media Production,TV/Film production, or related field with a digital focus.
Two or more years of experience producing digital video, live streams, or social-first news content.
Newsroom experience strongly preferred.
Strong technical proficiency with live streaming workflows, including video switching, live publishing, clipping, and distribution.
Hands-on experience with video editing tools and production software, Adobe Creative Suite experience is a plus.
Flexibility to work early mornings or late nights.
Will be required to work weekend and holidays shifts as needed and will be required to be on site during major breaking news events and weather emergencies.

Nice To Haves

Strong technical instincts
Deep understanding of digital-first news production
Fluent in the mechanics of streaming production and social distribution, CTV
Understands how audiences consume news outside of linear TV
Digitally native
Technically confident
Calm under pressure
Understands streaming workflows, live production, and social platform best practices
Strong news judgment
Attention to detail
Makes smart editorial and technical decisions quickly
Enjoys collaborating across teams
Enjoys experimenting with new formats
Uses data to improve performance
Wants to create content that reaches audiences where they are and keeps them coming back.

Responsibilities

Producing and managing live and recorded streaming coverage of breaking news, live events, press conferences, and original programming for FOX LOCAL and social platforms.
Operating and overseeing streaming production tools, including live switching, encoding, clipping, publishing, and real-time troubleshooting.
Creating platform-native digital and social video content, including live clips, short-form video, graphics, and text-based storytelling optimized for mobile & CTV consumption.
Collaborating with newsroom, digital, social, and production teams to align coverage, workflows, and priorities across platforms.
Monitoring real-time analytics, audience behavior, and trending topics to inform editorial and production decisions before, during, and after live streams.