Digital Desk Producer
Digital Desk Producer
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About TEGNA
TEGNA Inc. (NYSE: TGNA) serves local communities across the U.S. through trustworthy journalism engaging content and tools that help people navigate their daily lives. Through customized marketing solutions we help businesses grow and thrive. With 64 television stations in 51 U.S. markets TEGNA reaches approximately 100 million people every month across the web mobile apps streaming and linear television. For more information .
WGRZ the TEGNA-owned station in Buffalo NY is looking for a Digital Desk Producer to join our growing team. The ideal candidate loves news and working on the cutting edge of streaming digital and social media. This position will produce original and engaging content for all WGRZ platforms that will reach our customers whenever and wherever they are on whatever device they are using at the time. This person will also manage content produced by others including copy editing for our various desktop/mobile/social outlets. The candidate will also assign and support field crews.
The successful candidate is innovative and will help expand our OTT experience (WGRZ) to bring must-see news and weather content into our viewers homes. Qualified candidates will have experience posting stories to digital-mobile-social platforms working knowledge of online CMS software video and photo-editing skills and the ability to work a flexible schedule including nights and weekends. More important the person we hire will want to win.
Responsibilities:
Program our 24/7 OTT stream (WGRZ) with newscasts breaking news and weather extended interviews original content as well as archival material with overall goal to increase minutes watched and create loyal users
Produce audience first engaging content through digital articles videos photo galleries social media push alerts live streams and interactive elements
Focus on accuracy and balance in articles and social content through editing and working with reporters.
Report news as it happens online (strong breaking news skills) and generate web traffic through application of advanced social media skills
Review and respond to news releases news tips emails and user generated content to identify unique local and engaging content
Social listening: monitor social media for breaking news find interesting stories track trends and report findings to newsroom
Participate in editorial meetings and conversations including pitching stories; Work with news and digital departments to optimize existing content
Use digital and social metrics to inform editorial decisions and increase time spent on platforms
Coordinate interviews for both streaming and linear
Answering phones listening to police scanners gather information for producers
Tuning in live shots and taking in feeds
Requirements:
Two years experience working as a digital content producer with streaming experience preferred
Experience with Edius or similar non-linear editing software and graphic production skills (ex. Photoshop Canva Photo Pea)
Understanding and interest in digital/video metrics and analytics
Strong communication writing editing and proofreading skills
Ability to prioritize and manage requests from various sources with an ability to work well with varied personalities within deadlines
Outstanding interpersonal organizational and time-management skills
Pay Range
$20 - $20 USD
Benefits:
TEGNA offers comprehensive benefits designed to safeguard the physical mental and financial health of our employees and their families. TEGNA offers two medical plan options for full and part-time employees through Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas as well as access to dental and eye care coverage; fertility surrogacy and adoption assistance; disability and life insurance.
Our 401(k) program offers full part-time and temporary employees the opportunity to contribute 1% - 80% of their pay on a pre-tax basis to TEGNAs 401(k). Contributions made up to the first 4% of pay are eligible for a 100% match from the company and are 100% vested from day one.
Regardless of participation in TEGNA medical plans ALL employees and their eligible family members receive nine free virtual doctors appointments with a physician through Teladoc and 12 free annual therapy sessions with a licensed clinician through Spring Health.
TEGNA offers a generous Paid Time Off (PTO) benefit as well as nine paid holidays per year.
* Some jobs are covered by a collective bargaining agreement and thus some or all of the benefits described herein may not apply. For example some newsroom bargaining unit employees receive health and retirement benefits under plans administered by the union.
EEO statement:
TEGNA Inc. is a proud equal opportunity employer. We areproud to be an equal opportunity employer hiring and developing individuals from diverse backgrounds and experiences to add to our collaborative culture. We value and consider applications from all qualified candidates without regard to actual or perceived race color religion national origin sex gender age marital status personal appearance sexual orientation gender identity or expression family responsibilities disability medical condition enrollment in college or vocational school political affiliation military or veteran status citizenship status genetic information or any other basis protected by federal state or local law. TEGNA will reasonably accommodate qualified individuals with disabilitiesin accordance with applicable law. If you are in need of an accommodation in order to submit your application please email
Recruiting Fraud Alert:
To all candidates: your personal information and online safety are important to us. Only TEGNA Recruiters or Hiring Managers will reach out to you regarding consideration of your application or background. Communications with TEGNA employees will either come from a TEGNA email address with a domain of or one of our affiliate station domains.
Recruiters or Hiring Managers will never request payments ask for financial account information or sensitive information such as social security numbers.
Employment Type
Full Time
