Producer, Digital Content

This is a Full Time Job

Member Summary

Quick Summary (full description below):
KDVR FOX31 and Colorado's Very Own Channel 2 KWGN in Denver are seeking a full-time Digital Producer to manage and create engaging online content, update the website, monitor traffic, and promote news on social media.

• Salary: $25.00 - $28.50/hour (based on experience)
• Workplace Requirements: Denver, CO
• Years of Experience Required: 2 years in digital content and journalism
• Education Requirements: Bachelor's Degree
• Hard Skills Required:
- Knowledge of SEO best practices and AP Style
- Proficiency in MS Office; HTML, CSS, Photoshop, and Adobe Premiere (preferred)
- Strong understanding of Google Analytics; Chartbeat experience a plus
- Ability to create and edit videos
• Soft Skills Required:
- Strong multi-tasking abilities
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Ability to quickly learn and adapt
• Preferred Skills/Experience:
- Experience with severe weather coverage
- Experience with headline writing that drives engagement

---

Full Posting

Digital Producer

KDVR FOX31 in Denver and Colorado's Very Own Channel 2 KWGN have an immediate opening for a full-time digital producer in our newsroom.

Position Summary:

This role is responsible for updating the local website, curating high-performing content, crafting homepage layouts driven by data, and helping to report news—everything from quick-hit local stories to breaking news and enterprise reports. This role will work on building a loyal local audience by being responsive to traffic patterns and audience interest while serving as a steward of our brands. A strong knowledge of social media platforms is expected. This role may include working early mornings, nights, and/or weekends.

Position Responsibilities:

• Monitor all forms of media (print, TV, digital, blogs, and social), as well as internal tools, and be quick to report breaking news stories and always on the hunt for exclusive and/or trending content that will grow engagement and drive loyal, local traffic.
• Curate and aggregate a steady stream of interesting content that is packaged and promoted in a way that generates engagement and repeat site visitation.
• Write excellent headlines that grow audience and engagement.
• Prioritize packaging content that grows page views per visitor and time on site, using headline testing, metric tools, and observed patterns to guide decision-making.
• Understand different ways to tell a story, particularly producing short videos and choosing great photos and graphics.
• Craft and send app alerts, desktop notifications, and email alerts.
• Clip videos from broadcasts, create and edit videos to be published in articles.
• Evaluate website traffic trends to make decisions on both daily content needs and longer-term content curation that will grow the local audience.
• Build positive working relationships with newsroom staff and management, work collaboratively on enterprise content, and create opportunities to market web content on broadcast.
• Promote and distribute news content on social media and contribute to the management of station-branded social accounts.
• Flexibility to perform additional duties as needed.

Skill/Experience Requirements:

• 2 years of experience in digital content and journalism.
• Ability to be fast and first at breaking news on the web; experience with severe weather coverage is a plus.
• Clever headline writer that gets readers to click.
• Strong multi-tasking abilities.
• Organized, technical problem solver and quick decision maker.
• Ability to quickly learn new things and adapt to change.
• Capable of researching, interviewing, and writing original news articles.
• Knowledge of SEO best practices and AP Style.
• Understands social media's importance in reporting stories and delivering traffic.
• Enjoys working in teams and has excellent interpersonal skills.
• Strong communicator.
• Schedule flexibility.
• Responds well to feedback.
• Regularly meets measurements of success.
• Understands goals and regularly works towards achieving them.
• Strong understanding of Google Analytics; Chartbeat experience a plus.
• Proficiency in MS Office; HTML, CSS, Photoshop, and Adobe Premiere experience a plus.

Education Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree

Salary Range: $25.00 - $28.50/hour (based on experience)