Digital Content Producer
Responsibilities:
The Digital Content Producer plays a major role in the day-to-day execution of Telemundo Washington DC’s digital news strategy, working with other local digital staff to ensure the offering is consistently up-to-the-minute, differentiated, impactful and relevant to a new generation of local users. The role combines acute attention to detail, rapid response, editorial judgment and flair, and consistent day-to-day execution and project-management responsibilities within a 24/7 newsgathering operation. Responsibilities include:
· Gather, edit, package and publish local news content – focusing on News, Weather and Traffic – to the station’s digital platforms
- Write text articles, publish video clips and edit image galleries according to the local editorial “voice”
- Program key related index pages for editorial impact, audience appeal and timeliness
- Gather and package relevant content around key stories from a range of external sources, feeds and content types
- Execute all publishing workflows for video, images and text including publishing to social media platforms
- Enforce editorial style guides, standards and practices
- Participate in efforts to hit aggressive daily benchmarks for the volume and frequency of local content publication
- Work with corporate editorial staff and editors in other local markets to share stories and resources across all NBC websites
- Assist in identifying freelance contributors and managing of content partnerships
Qualifications:
- Minimum 3 years’ experience working in print, online or television news in a medium to large sized market
- Experience working with social media, marketing products using social networking sites or creating content that lives on such sites
- Experience working with content management systems
- Bilingual (English/Spanish) both written and verbal
- Bachelor’s degree in Journalism or equivalent work experience
- Must be willing to work in Washington, D.C.
- Must have unrestricted work authorization to work in the United States
- Must be at least 18 years of age
- Must be available to work evenings, weekends and holidays as required
- Must have a valid driver’s license
- Interested candidates must submit a resume/CV on www.nbcunicareers.com to be considered
Desired Characteristics
- Excellent news instincts combined with the ability to write succinctly and with flair
- Ability to work on decisively on multiple tasks and stories simultaneously in a fast paced environment
- Ability to react to breaking news, updating the news as stories evolve and writing intros and leads to video online content
- Ability to work in a team and across all departments ensuring digital formats that are accurate without typos or errors
- Demonstrated knowledge of AP Style writing and guidelines
- Proficient in Social Media platforms, such as Twitter, Facebook, Storify, Tumbler, etc.
- Proficient with Adobe Photoshop Elements
- Experience using data visualization formats such as storytelling tools a plus
- Experience with Dalet, Clickability, Social Flow, Stratus and Vibrint systems a plus
- Detail oriented