Content Producer

This is a Full Time Job

CBS News and Stations is home to the nation's #1 news program 60 MINUTES, the CBS News Streaming Network, the first 24/7 digital streaming news network, the award-winning broadcasts CBS MORNINGS, CBS SATURDAY MORNING, the CBS EVENING NEWS WITH NORAH O'DONNELL, CBS SUNDAY MORNING, CBS WEEKEND EVENING NEWS, 48 HOURS and FACE THE NATION WITH MARGARET BRENNAN. The CBS News Streaming Network is the destination for breaking news, live events, original reporting and storytelling, and programs from CBS News and Stations' top anchors and correspondents working locally, nationally and around the globe. CBS News' streaming services, across national and local, amassed more than 1.01 billion streams in 2021. CBS News and Stations is dedicated to providing the highest quality journalism under standards it pioneered and continues to set in today's digital age.

Overview:

Paramount is currently seeking a top-tier journalist to join the CBS Sacramento digital team as a Digital Content Producer! This is a full-time position that covers weekend nights, in addition to some week day nights.

As an editorial position, the role places a strong emphasis on news writing and news judgment. The ideal candidate possesses the ability to cover breaking news, write phenomenal features, and update developing stories on our websites: CBSSacramento.com and GoodDaySacramento.com. They should have experience crafting content consumed by hundreds of thousands to possibly millions of users each month. They also have a comprehensive understanding of online audience behavior and acquisition strategies on digital and social media platforms. This includes the skill of spotting trends and stories that can be produced for our websites.

The successful candidate is detailed, a team-oriented worker, and capable of working effectively under pressure to meet tight deadlines. Furthermore, they are self-motivated, goal-oriented, and able to work autonomously or with minimal supervision.

Responsibilities include:
• Generate original and engaging content for CBSSacramento.com and GoodDaySacramento.com.
• Build captivating multimedia news experiences that cater to the digital audience.
• Develop and implement effective and compliant messaging on social media.
• Strategically program the website homepage to engage visitors and increase website traffic.
• Ensure all daily content production is optimized using SEO strategies
• Prepare reporters' segments for the website, including editing copy, preparing images, and clipping, tagging, and publishing videos.
• Ensure seamless coverage from shift to shift by providing comprehensive shift-end notes.
• Build, crop, resize, and optimize images and graphics for web usage.
• Produce blocks of news content and edit video for CBS News Sacramento's streaming news channel.

Basic Qualifications:

• 2 years of experience working in a news capacity on a news website, newspaper, radio, or television

Additional Qualifications:

• A bachelor's degree, a similar degree, or equivalent experience
• Experience with producing on-air newscasts is a plus.
• Excellent journalistic skills such as sou