Digital Media Producer

This is a Full Time Job

The Digital Media Producer plays a major role in the day-to-day execution of NBC 7 and Telemundo 20’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 multiplatform audience. The role combines acute attention to detail, rapid response, strong editorial judgment, and consistent day-to-day execution and project-management responsibilities within a 24/7 newsgathering operation.

Responsibilities
• Gather, edit, package and publish local news content – focusing on (but not limited to) News, Weather and Traffic
• Write text articles, create and publish video clips and edit image galleries according to the local editorial “voice”
• Optimize story reach by utilizing SEO
• Gather and package relevant content around key stories from a range of external sources and 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
• Work with other owned stations to pull in and share content among stations, also sharing on social media
• Curate daily newsletters
• Manage video livestreams
• Publish podcasts when needed
• Upload content to multiple platforms, collaborating with reporters, talent and national digital innovation teams
• Develop content for social media and contribute to audience engagement
• Contribute to audience engagement on social media
• Curate content for franchises
• Collaborate with sales and other departments to execute special campaigns on web and social media

Qualifications
• At least 2 years experience working in print, online or television news in a medium to large sized market
• Bachelor’s degree in communication, journalism or related field
• Experience of working in content management systems required

Eligibility Requirements
• Bilingual (Spanish)
• Interested candidates must submit a resume/CV through the www.nbcunicareers.com site
• Must be willing to work in San Diego
• Must be 18 years or older
• Must have unrestricted work authorization to work in the United States
• Must have ability to work any of a 24x7 shift

Desired Characteristics
• Knowledge of San Diego city and regions
• Proficient in social media platforms, such as Snapchat, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, etc.
• Proficient with Adobe Photoshop Elements and Edius
• Demonstrated knowledge of AP Style writing and guidelines
• Excellent news instincts with the ability to react decisively to breaking news; combined with the ability to write succinctly
• Ability to work 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 and locations, ensuring digital formats that are 100% accurate without typos or errors
• Flexible, with a willingness to undertake shift work associated with working for a 24/7 news operation
• Experience working with social media, marketing products using social networking sites or creating content that lives on such sites
• Brings a positive attitude and consistently fosters an encouraging and collaborative environment among colleagues
• Ability to use data visualization as storytelling tool a plus
• Experience with INews, Clickability, Social Flow, and Dalet systems

Additional Requirements
• Required On-Site: This position is required to be performed full-time from an NBCUniversal designated worksite.