Digital Content Producer Job at Colorado Broadcasters in Denver

KDVR FOX31 in Denver and Colorado’s Very Own Channel 2 KWGN have an immediate opening for a full-time digital producer in our newsroom.

Position Summary

This role is responsible for updating the local website, 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.

Position Responsibilities

• Monitor all forms of media (print, TV, digital, blogs, and social), as well as internal tools, and be quick to report breaking news stories and always on the hunt for exclusive and trending content that will grow engagement and drive loyal, local traffic.
• Curate and aggregate a steady stream of interesting content that is packaged and promoted in a way that generates engagement and repeat site visitation.
• Excellent at writing headlines that grow audience and engagement.
• Prioritize packaging content that grows page views per visitor and time on site, using headline testing, metric tools, and observed patterns to guide decision making.
• Understand different ways to tell a story, particularly producing short videos and choosing great photos and graphics.
• Craft and send app alerts, desktop notifications, and email alerts.
• Clip videos from broadcasts, create and edit videos to be published in articles.
• Evaluate website traffic trends to make decisions on both daily content needs and longer-term content curation that will grow the local audience.
• Build positive working relationships with newsroom staff and management, work collaboratively on enterprise content, and create opportunities to market web content on broadcast.
• Promote and distribute news content on social media and contribute to the management of station-branded social accounts.
• Flexibility to perform additional duties.

Skill/Experience Requirements

• 2 years of experience in digital content and journalism.
• Ability to be fast and first at breaking news on the web; experience with severe weather coverage is a plus.
• Clever headline writer that gets readers to click.
• Organized, technical problem solver, and quick decision maker.
• Ability to quickly learn new things and adapt to change.
• Capable of researching, interviewing, and writing original news articles.
• Knowledge of SEO best practices and AP Style.
• Understands social media’s importance in reporting stories and delivering traffic.
• Enjoys working in teams and has excellent interpersonal skills.
• Schedule flexibility.
• Responds well to feedback.
• Regularly meets measurements of success.
• Understands goals and regularly works towards achieving them.
• Strong understanding of Google Analytics; Chartbeat experience a plus.
• Proficiency in MS Office; HTML, CSS, Photoshop, and Adobe Premiere experience a plus.

Education Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree.

Salary Range: $25 -- $28.50/hour -- Based on Experience

KDVR/KWGN is an equal opportunity employer that seeks diversity in our workforce. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply.

KDVR.KWGN values the contribution of its employees. We recognize their efforts by offering a competitive compensation plan and an array of benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, 401(K), and more. We are committed to a drug and alcohol-free workplace. Any job offer is conditional upon satisfactorily completing a background and DMV check.

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