Executive Producer, Digital

2 Months ago • 5 Years + • Editorial

Job Summary

Job Description

The Digital Executive Producer at WTVD oversees the creation and distribution of news content across all digital platforms. Responsibilities include leading a team of digital journalists, driving editorial and strategic decision-making based on audience insights, developing workflows for 24/7 content delivery across various platforms, dominating breaking news coverage, and mentoring the team in digital content creation. The role requires a minimum of five years of experience in audience development/news and strong communication skills. The successful candidate will be responsible for creating accountability for results and optimizing storytelling for each screen.
Must have:
  • 5+ years experience in audience development/news
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Team leadership
  • Content creation for digital platforms
  • Breaking news coverage
Good to have:
  • Experience editing a news website
  • College degree

Job Details

Job Summary:

Department/Group Overview:

Disney Entertainments eight-owned ABC stations are multiplatform leaders in local news and information. The only local news station with three downtown newsrooms (Raleigh/Fayetteville/Durham), ABC11 Eyewitness News provides 45.5 hours of local news every week, serving more than 1 million households in a 23-county area in North Carolina and Virginia. Eyewitness News also provides news, weather and sports information 24 hours a day on ABC11.com, the ABC11 mobile news app and the new connected TV app.

The Digital EP oversees a team of digital journalists to ensure our content creation aligns to the Station’s overall brand and journalistic standards to optimize audience reach.

 

Job Summary:

The Digital Executive Producer is responsible for overseeing the creation and distribution of news content across all digital platforms, including Station website, mobile apps, and social media.

Responsibilities and Duties of the Role:

  • Use insights to drive editorial and strategic decision making for the digital team and the newsroom as a whole and create accountability for the results

  • Assist in leading our newsroom to develop workflows that deliver our content 24/7 across current and future platforms with storytelling that is optimized for each screen

  • Dominating breaking news with speed and accuracy, owning the big story, and growing new opportunities in our multi-media environment

  • Coach and mentor the news team in best practices for writing and producing content for digital and social platforms

Required Education, Experience/Skills/Training:

  • Minimum five years' experience in audience development/news

  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills

  • Team leader who interacts in a positive, ethical, empathetic and productive way with other employees and the general public

  • Flexible and available to work various shifts as needed, including weekends and holidays

Preferred Requirements:

  • Previous experience as an editor of a news website

Basic Education:

  • High school diploma or equivalent

Preferred Education:

  • College Degree

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