at Nexstar Media Group in Rock Island, Illinois, United States
Job Description
The Digital Content Producer needs the ability to multi-task — balancing multiple stories while creating content for social media. The ideal candidate will think outside-the-box to craft stories with a unique presentation. We’re looking for a writer with a voice: someone who can cut through the clutter and noise.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
+ Develops and leads winning strategy for station content
+ Expert understanding of Facebook, Twitter, and other social media platforms
+ Reviews copy and will correct errors in content, grammar, and punctuation, following prescribed editorial style and formatting guidelines
+ Use our Social Media and Website to build and reinforce brand recognition and drive viewers to television
+ Determines a story’s emphasis, length, and format, and organizes material accordingly
+ Research and analyze background information related to news stories in order to be able to provide complete and accurate information
+ Gathers information about events through research, interviews, experience or attendance at political, news, sports, artistic, social or other functions
+ Pitches on-brand local and trending stories during morning meetings
+ Checks reference materials such as books, news files or public records to obtain relevant facts
+ Shoots and edits content for on-air and digital
+ Produces reports for all platforms
+ Ensures that all content meets company standards for journalistic integrity and production quality
+ Builds and calendars digital campaigns to promote local shows and specials.
+ Writes stories for the web and other digital platforms
+ Performs other duties as assigned
+ Finds new ways to use Social Media and our website to engage with viewers
Requirements & Skills:+ Degree in Journalism; daily newspaper or news site experience required; live, working web samples and/or print pages preferred
+ Proficiency in Associated Press style, Adobe Photoshop and Basic HTML preferred
+ CSS, Flash and other relevant technology skills is a plus
+ Maintain positive work environment through active team participation and cooperation with co-workers in all departments
+ Responds positively to feedback
+ Candidates should have strong grammatical skills with a demonstrated ability to edit and self-edit. Experience writing for an online audience and knowledge of AP style is a plus. The ideal candidate will have familiarity with content management systems and SEO
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Nexstar Media Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: NXST) is a leading diversified media company that produces and distributes engaging local and national news, sports and entertainment content across its television and digital platforms, including more than 310,000 hours of programming produced annually by its business units. Nexstar owns America’s largest local television broadcasting group comprised of top network affiliates, with 200 owned or partner stations in 116 U.S. markets reaching 220 million people. Nexstar’s national television properties include The CW, America’s fifth major broadcast network, NewsNation, our national news network providing “News for All America,” popular entertainment multicast networks Antenna TV and Rewind TV, and a 31.3% ownership stake in TV Food Network. The Company’s portfolio of digital assets, including its local TV station websites, The Hill and NewsNationNow.com, are collectively a Top 10 U.S. digital news and information property. For more information, please visit nexstar.tv. EEO Statement: All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status. To view full details and how to apply, please login or create a Job Seeker account