Digital Producer

WPHL-TV is looking to hire a full time Digital Producer!

The Digital Producer will lead the newsrooms online presence providing accurate engaging and breaking news content.

• Develops and leads winning strategy for station content
• Expert understanding of Facebook Twitter and other social media platforms
• Expert understanding of SEO
• Reviews copy and willcorrecterrors in content grammar and punctuation following prescribed editorial style and formatting guidelines
• Use our social media and website to build and reinforce brand recognition and drive viewers to television
• Determines a storys emphasis length and format and organizes material accordingly
• Research and analyzebackground information related to news stories in order to be able to provide complete and accurate information
• Gathers information about events through research interviews experience or attendance at political news sports artistic social or other functions
• Pitches on-brand local and trending stories during morning meetings
• Shoots and edits content for on-air and digital
• Produces reports for all platforms
• Ensures that all content meets company standards for journalistic integrity and production quality
• Builds and calendars digital campaigns to promote local shows and specials.
• Writes stories for the web and other digital platforms
• Finds new ways to use social media and our websiteto engage with viewers
• Listens to police scanners to determine when to dispatch crews for coverage
• Updates daily news assignment plans
• Performs other duties as assigned

Requirements & Skills:

• Degree in journalism; daily newspaper or news site experience required; live working web samples and/or print pages preferred
• Proficiency in Associated Press style and WordPress
• Maintain positive work environment through active team participation and cooperation with co-workers in all departments
• Responds positively to feedback
• Must be able to work independently
• Must know when to engage with management for additional support and fact checking on more detailed stories