Job Details
Senior Digital Producer
Summary
We’re looking for an enterprising, audience-focused and collaborative Digital Producer to join Hearst Connecticut Media Group’s team at a time when we’re growing digital subscriptions.
Category
Digital Media
Producers
Social Media
Location
Connecticut
Time Period
Full Time
Posted Date
Feb 16, 2023
Start Date
N/A
End Date
N/A
Job Description
The Digital Producer would join a team that oversees, manages and creates content for nine daily news sites. Producers curate and package stories from multiple sources, including the editorial staff, wires and more, and publish that content across platforms.
Duties and responsibilities:
Duties and responsibilities:
- Works collaboratively with editors, reporters, photographers and other audience team members to curate, package and elevate stories and headlines across platforms that engage and retain local readers
- Identifies stories of high local interest and reports and writes them quickly and accurately
- Communicates effectively across departments during breaking and planned news events to alert readers to key story developments via newsletters, mobile alerts, social posts and more
- Uses strong editorial judgment to create and curate engaging content, combing local and non-local online news resources for relevant stories, photos, videos and more for our readers
- Demonstrates a high comfort level with analyzing and interpreting metrics and uses them to inform coverage decisions in real-time and the long-term
Qualifications:
- Excellent writing, editing and verbal communication skills
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in journalism, English, communications or related field
- Experience in a news environment preferred
- Demonstrated success working in a deadline-driven environment
- Highly organized and detail-oriented with a proven ability to effectively juggle multiple tasks
- Ability to speak a second language like Spanish a plus
To apply:
Send a cover letter, resume and clips for review.
Send a cover letter, resume and clips for review.
Job Type
Full Time
Weekly Limit
N/A
Shift
Day
Attached Files
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