Digital Content Producer - Wmc
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Job Location:
Memphis, TN - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
30+ days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
About Gray Media:
Gray Media or Gray is a multimedia company headquartered in Atlanta Georgia formally known as Gray Television Inc. The company is the nations largest owner of top-rated local television stations and digital assets serving 113 television markets that collectively reach approximately 36 percent of US television households. The portfolio includes 77 markets with the top-rated television station and 100 markets with the first and/or second-highest-rated television station as well as the largest Telemundo Affiliate group with 43 markets totaling nearly 1.5 million Hispanic TV Households. The company also owns Gray Digital Media a full-service digital agency offering national and local clients digital marketing strategies with the most advanced digital products and services. Grays additional media properties include video production companies Raycom Sports Tupelo Media Group and PowerNation Studios and studio production facilities Assembly Atlanta and Third Rail Studios.
About WMC:
WMC Action News 5 in Memphis is the NBC affiliate and legacy news station in the highly competitive Memphis Tennessee Market. Action News 5 is driven by the community. We find solutions to problems that impact the people across four states. Through in-depth journalism and local partnerships we strive to inform inspire empower and support Memphis and the Mid-South. Our team at WMC Action News 5 is always pushing the technology envelope. Broadcast and digital media innovation are in our DNA. Our team produces 46.5 hours of local programming on broadcast and more than 100 hours on OTT including nearly 60 NCAA Division I mens and womens sporting events for ESPN Plus.
Job Summary/Description:
WMC is in search of a Digital Content Producer to join our team. The ideal candidate will be a journalist with strong writing skills who creates news content across all digital platforms. They are an innovative self-starter who beats deadlines and the competition handles pressure and strives to be first and best with the story. The right candidate must have a passion for local and national news and excel at writing and creating content for all digital platforms.
Duties/Responsibilities will include (but not be limited to):
- Work quickly and accurately to send out breaking news weather and traffic alerts via push notifications social media updates and web stories that are updated as news develops.
- Demonstrate excellent writing copy-editing and storytelling skills.
- Coordinate livestreams across multiple platforms.
- Monitor news sources and conduct research to develop digital and social media content.
- Collaborate and communicate with reporters other digital team members producers anchors and managers to gather content for online and on-air.
- Write engaging digital headlines and compelling captions for social media.
- Explore ways to increase visual content on all digital and social media platforms.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
- The position may require evening and weekend work.
Qualifications/Requirements:
- Bachelors degree in journalism communications or a related field
- Strong news judgment and the ability to gather information
- Resourceful with online research and fact-checking
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills with solid knowledge of AP Style
- Able to work well under pressure meet daily deadlines and handle limited supervision
- Highly self-motivated with a proactive mindset and strong sense of initiative
- Familiarity with Canva basic video editing tools and social media scheduling platforms preferred
- A sharp eye for detail and a willingness to learn new and evolving technologies
- Comfortable working independently and collaboratively as part of a team
If you feel youre qualified and want to work with a great group of people go to you may type in the job title station call letters or click on apply now upload your resume cover letter and references
(Current employees who are interested in this position can apply through theGray-TV UltiPro self-service portal)
WMC-TV/Gray Media is a drug-free company
Additional Info:
Gray Media provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race color religion sex national origin age disability or addition to federal law requirements Gray Media complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment including recruiting hiring placement promotion termination layoff recall transfer leaves of absence compensation and training.
Gray Media expressly prohibits any form of workplace harassment based on race color religion gender sexual orientation gender identity or expression national origin age genetic information disability or veteran status. Improper interference with the ability of Grays employees to perform their job duties may result in discipline up to and including discharge.
Key Skills
- Promotional Events
- Image Campaigns
- Promotional Campaigns
- Communications
- News Image
- Promotional Content
- Adobe Creative Suite
- Youtube
- Promotional Materials
- Digital Media
- Promotional Spots
- Video production
- Station Image
About Company
Gray Television, Inc. (NYSE: GTN and GTN.A) owns and/or operates over 100 television stations across 56 television markets that collectively broadcast more than 200 program streams including 103 channels affiliated with the CBS Network, the NBC Network, the ABC Network and the FOX Net ... View more
