Producer - News Website

This is a Full Time Job

TooFab, a leading entertainment news website, is looking to hire a Producer to join our team. The ideal candidate is someone who has an established track-record of breaking, writing and producing entertainment news for top-line media outlets. Strong news gathering, interviewing, and writing skills are a requirement. The candidate must have demonstrated expertise in breaking, researching, and writing news items, in addition to being able to identify and pitch stories that fit within our brand.

The candidate must have a firm grasp on SEO best practices and the ability to capitalize on trending topics by developing unique angles for entertainment news stories. Robust communication skills and the ability to flourish in a fast-paced news environment are a necessity. The candidate must be able to take editorial direction and deliver assignments under tight deadlines as well as work independently and enterprise their own stories.

This role requires the ability to produce stories from pitch to publish with a high level of independence. Prior experience with breaking news in real-time required, in addition to fact checking, sourcing, and copyediting.
Experience must include: breaking entertainment and celebrity news stories; producing unique angles and perspectives on trending topics; interviewing celebrities, showrunners, writers and producers. Industry contacts are a must.

Other requirements include: flexibility to work weekends; strong workflow management; prior experience supervising staff writers and copyediting when needed; and a passionate interest in pop culture, celebrity, and entertainment news. Familiarity working with content management systems and Photoshop also required.

Responsibilities:
• Develop, pitch, write and package pop culture news ranging from covering trending topics to producing exclusive stories and interviews.
• Break entertainment news stories.

Requirements:
• 5-7 years (minimum) experience working as an Entertainment Writer / Reporter
• Strong news writing skills
• Experience working in a newsgathering, deadline-driven, digital
• environment
• Strong interview skills
• Experience publishing articles under tight deadlines
• Must be highly knowledgeable about pop culture - from TV to movies to politics
• Experience with web content management systems
• Experience with PhotoShop
• Ability to take editorial direction and function as a part of a news team
• Ability to enterprise news stories


TooFab is an equal opportunity employer