Digital Content Producer

WBBH-TV, the NBC affiliate in Fort Myers, FL, is seeking a versatile full-time Digital Content Producer to develop and manage content for our website, mobile applications, and social media platforms. The ideal candidate will be an exceptional storyteller with strong editing skills, capable of creating compelling content under tight deadlines. A solid understanding of SEO is essential to enhance our digital presence and drive organic traffic. Given the significance of breaking news and weather in our region, our digital producers must effectively leverage these elements while managing their daily responsibilities. This position reports directly to the Digital Content Manager.

Responsibilities

• Write/edit and publish breaking news and weather, daily news, sports and feature stories to our station website and social media platforms.
• Write compelling headlines; especially for mobile and social media and carefully create mobile push notifications for breaking news/severe weather
• Work with Reporters. Producers and Assignment Editors to ensure content is posted accurately and in a timely manner
• Work with Producers, Assignment Editors and Managers to ensure cross promotion of content across all platforms
• Develop multimedia special projects and lead your own digital projects
• Manage live streams of newscasts and breaking news
• Contribute ideas to help grow our station's digital platforms

Requirements

• 1-3 years of experience in a professional television newsroom or web-publishing environment
• Compelling news and editorial judgment
• Excellent AP writing skills
• Working knowledge of Search Engine Optimization (SEO) best practices
• Basic knowledge of video editing
• Experience with social media best practices
• Flexibility to work different shifts (including nights and weekends), holidays on short notice or to cover a 24-hour news cycle of breaking news.
• Work well in an environment with frequent interruptions
• Proficiency in Photoshop
• Must be highly organized due to the volume of incoming information
• Must be able to answer phone calls from the public and handle in a polite manner
• Related military experience will be considered
• In-person attendance is required

Diversity Statement

At Hearst Television we tell stories every day. Stories about people of all cultures, backgrounds, perspectives, and identities. That's why, behind the scenes, we believe in being an organization as diverse and varied as the audience we reach, ensuring that the content we create is more compassionate, and more representative of the communities we serve.

Benefits

Hearst's benefit programs are modern, flexible and designed to focus on you. As a Hearst employee, you and your spouse or partner or dependents would have access to the following benefits.

• Medical | Dental | Vision
• 401(k) matching
• Emotional Wellness Support
• Paid Time Off
• Paid Parental Leave
• LGBTQ+ Health Services
• Additional benefits to meet your and your family's needs

Every career with Hearst Television is like a story. How it develops, where it takes you, the milestones you reach along the way – you’ve got a lot to look forward to as your unique career story unfolds.

Hearst Television, a subsidiary of Hearst, owns and operates local television and radio stations serving 26 media markets across 39 states reaching over 21 million U.S. television households. Through its partnership with nearly all of the major networks, Hearst Television distributes national content over nearly 70 video channels including programming from ABC, NBC, CBS, CW, MY Net, MeTV, This TV, Estrella and more.

Hearst Television is recognized as one of the industry's premier companies. It has been honored with numerous awards for distinguished journalism and industry innovation, including the Walter Cronkite Award for political journalism, the national Edward R. Murrow Award, the DuPont-Columbia Award and the George Foster Peabody Award.