Digital Content Producer

This role is responsible for updating WTNH's website and mobile app, 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.

This is not an on-air position.

Responsibilities 

• Report and write news quickly and accurately 
• Distribute content on WTNH.com and WTNH’s social media platforms 
• Monitor all forms of media and hunt for newsworthy content 
• Pitch and write enterprise stories that stand out from competition 
• Clip videos from newscasts and create digital-original video clips 
• Review copy and correct errors in content, grammar and punctuation, following prescribed editorial style and formatting guidelines 
• Push engaging and breaking stories on mobile app 
• Other duties as assigned
• SKILL/EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS
• 2 years of experience in digital content and journalism
• Must have attention to detail, copy editing, grammatical and basic AP Style writing skills 
• Highly detail-oriented with excellent news judgment
• Ability to multi-task in times of breaking news, severe weather, etc. 
• Adobe Analytics and Chartbeat experience a plus
• Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Premiere experience a plus
• Understands social media’s importance in reporting stories and delivering traffic
• Can communicate, coordinate and collaborate with other members of the newsroom 
• Schedule flexibility
• Responds well to feedback
• Regularly meets measurements of success
• Understands goals and regularly works towards achieving them