Pep Digital Media Producer

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The PEP Digital Media Producer plays a major role in the day-to-day execution of NBC 7 San Diego’s digital news strategy, working with other local digital staff to ensure the offering is consistently up-to-the-minute, differentiated, impactful and relevant to a new generation of local users. The role combines acute attention to detail, rapid response, editorial judgment and flair, and consistent day-to-day execution and project-management responsibilities within a 24/7 newsgathering operation.

Responsibilities:

+ Gather, edit, package and publish local news content – focusing on (but not limited to) News, Weather and Traffic – on NBC7.com

+ Write text articles, create and publish video clips and edit image galleries according to the local editorial “voice”

+ Optimize story reach by utilizing SEO.  

+ Gather and package relevant content around key stories from a range of external sources and feeds and content types

+ Execute all publishing workflows for video, images and text including publishing to social media platforms.

+ Enforce editorial style guides, standards and practices

+ Participate in efforts to hit aggressive daily benchmarks for the volume and frequency of local content publication

+ Upload content to Peacock and local OTT, occasionally collaborating with reporters, talent and national digital innovation team to create original OTT content.

+ Work with other owned stations to pull in and share content among stations, also sharing on social media.

+ Curate daily newsletters.

+ Manage video livestreams.

+ Publish podcasts when needed.

+ Upload content to YouTube.

+ Contribute to audience engagement on social media.

+ Curate content for franchises.

+ Collaborate with sales and other departments to execute special campaigns on web and social media.

Pay rate $23 - $25 per hour

+ Excellent news instincts with the ability to react decisively to breaking news; combined with the ability to write succinctly and with flair

+ Ability to work on multiple tasks and stories simultaneously in a fast-paced environment

+ Ability to react to breaking news, updating the news as stories evolve and writing intros and leads to video online content

+ Ability to work in a team and across all departments and locations, ensuring digital formats that are 100% accurate without typos or errors

+ Flexible, with a willingness to undertake shift work associated with working for a 24/7 news operation.

+ Experience working with social media, marketing products using social networking sites or creating content that lives on such sites

+ Experience of working in content management systems required

+ At least 2 years experience working in print, online or television news in a medium to large sized market

+ Bachelor's degree in communication, journalism or related field

+ Demonstrated knowledge of AP Style writing and guidelines

Eligibility Requirements:

+ Interested candidates must submit a resume/CV through the www.nbcunicareers.com website

+ Must be willing to work in San Diego

+ Must be 18 years or older

+ Must have unrestricted work authorization to work in the United States

+ Ability to work between 25-40 hours per week and any of a 24x7 shift. Must be open to weekends, early mornings and nights.

Desired Characteristics:

+ Knowledge of San Diego city and regions

+ Proficient in social media platforms, such as Snapchat, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, etc.

+ Proficient with Adobe Photoshop Elements and Edius

+ Ability to use data visualization as storytelling tool a plus

+ Experience with INews, Clickability, Social Flow, and Dalet systems a plus

+ Bilingual (English/Spanish) a plus

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