Digital Content Producer
WSFA 12 News, Alabama's News Source for central and south Alabama & dominant number one TV station in Montgomery, AL, is searching for a Digital Content Producer to help drive digital efforts across all of the WSFA 12 News digital platforms, including WSFA.com, Facebook, Twitter, the WSFA 12 News & Weather App, OTT and emerging social media platforms. The Digital Producer will develop unique content covering news around the River Region and beyond. This includes writing and reporting breaking and developing news stories, and generating high-quality news, sports, and entertainment content, including written and video content, to enhance page views and user engagement.
Duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
- The producer will drive all things digital - working closely with the newsroom team, specifically producers, reporters and anchors.
- Qualified applicants will have experience generating written news content using AP Style for digital platforms.
- Experience with video editing, Photoshop, and social media is strongly preferred, as is a comfort with technical requirements such as setting up video livestreams and other back-end systems.
- We're looking for an enthusiastic producer with strong news judgment and the ability to juggle multiple tasks at once without much supervision.
- Candidates must be able to execute and maintain news strategies and goals to provide competitive, 24/7 local digital content coverage for our news consumers.
Qualifications/Requirements:
- The successful applicant will be part of a five-person digital specific team and must have at least one year of experience working with digital and social media for a news organization.
- Need to be extremely well-versed in news writing, using a content management system, and the mechanics of Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, TikTok and Snapchat.
- Candidates must be a great communicator, great working with people, organized, and have excellent writing skills.
- College degree required – Journalism/English degrees are preferred.
If you feel you’re qualified go to https://gray.tv/careers#currentopenings, you may type in the job title, station call letters, or click on "apply now", upload your resume, cover letter and references