Digital Content Producer

KREM 2 News, Spokane's CBS affiliate, is searching for a Digital Content Producer who thrives in a fast-paced news environment. This journalism-oriented role will work to write engaging content by utilizing SEO best practices, monitoring digital trends and performing audience listening to drive decisions on all of KREM 2's digital platforms.
Successful Digital Content Producers at KREM 2 are leaders in the newsroom responsible for the audience experience on all our digital, social and streaming platforms. They should take the initiative in creating content around key website traffic drivers - like breaking news, weather, sports - that engage the audience.
Qualified candidates should be strong journalists above all, with the ability to write quickly, accurately and succinctly. They should also have solid news judgment and experience producing and copy-editing content for digital platforms. A working knowledge of online CMS, video and photo-editing software is preferred. This digital producer will also manage content produced by others, including copy editing, for our various digital platforms.
Responsibilities:
• Write and distribute original and breaking news content
• Edit reporter stories for grammar, content and structure using AP style
• Use creative production techniques like graphics and media (viewer pictures, UGC, etc.) to enhance stories
• Write in an exciting, captivating, and authentic manner
• Research for facts and credibility
• Use consumer analytics, like Google Data Studio, Google Trends, Social News Desk, and Taboola Newsroom, to help determine content creation
• Collaborate with broadcast producers
• Perform other tasks as required by the digital director
Job Requirements:
• BA/BS in journalism, media communications preferred
• Industry experienced preferred
• Has strong news and editorial judgment and understands the tenets of professional journalism
• Strong knowledge of AP style and copy editing
• Experience in online CMS, photo and video-editing systems such as Canva is preferred
• Be well-versed in SEO best-practices
• Skills in producing engaging, audience-driven content
• Strong social media skills on platforms, including Instagram, Twitter and Facebook
• Knowledge of ENPS is a plus
• An understanding of reading and interpreting digital metrics is a plus
• Organizational skills and the ability to work under constant time pressure deadlines
• Ability to handle live, breaking news situations and rapidly changing events in a calm manner
Compensation Range: $20-$22 per hour
Work Environment: Office
Physical Demands: Light work
Travel: Rarely: less than 10%
Work Environment Set: Office: normally performed in a typical interior/office environment
Physical Demands Set: Light work: Involves sitting most of the time, walking, lifting, bending, standing, etc.
About TEGNA
TEGNA Inc. (NYSE: TGNA) is an innovative media company that serves the greater good of our communities. Across platforms, TEGNA tells empowering stories, conducts impactful investigations and delivers innovative marketing solutions. With 64 television stations in 51 U.S. markets, TEGNA is the largest owner of top 4 network affiliates in the top 25 markets among independent station groups, reaching approximately 39 percent of all television households nationwide. TEGNA also owns leading multicast networks True Crime Network and Quest. TEGNA Marketing Solutions (TMS) offers innovative solutions to help businesses reach consumers across television, digital and over-the-top (OTT) platforms, including Premion, TEGNA's OTT advertising service. For more information, visit
www.TEGNA.com
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