Producer, Digital Content

KDVR FOX31 and KWGN Channel 2 are seeking a full-time Digital Producer to update their local website, curate high-performing content, and craft data-driven homepage layouts. This role involves reporting news, from quick local stories to breaking news and enterprise reports, focusing on building a loyal local audience by responding to traffic patterns and audience interest. A strong knowledge of social media platforms is essential, and the role may require flexible hours including early mornings, nights, or weekends.

Must Have

• Monitor all forms of media and internal tools to report breaking news and find trending content
• Curate and aggregate interesting content for engagement and repeat site visitation
• Write excellent headlines to grow audience and engagement
• Prioritize content packaging to increase page views per visitor and time on site
• Produce short videos and select photos/graphics for storytelling
• Craft and send app alerts, desktop notifications, and email alerts
• Clip and edit videos from broadcasts for articles
• Evaluate website traffic trends for daily and long-term content decisions
• Build positive relationships with newsroom staff and collaborate on enterprise content
• Promote and distribute news content on social media and manage station-branded accounts

Good to Have

• Experience with severe weather coverage
• Chartbeat experience
• HTML
• CSS
• Photoshop
• Adobe Premiere

Perks & Benefits

• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Life insurance
• 401(K)

Digital Producer

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 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 or 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 local audience
• Build positive working relationships with newsroom staff and management, work collaboratively on enterprise content, and creating opportunities to market web content on broadcast
• Promote and distribute news content on social media and contribute to management of station-braded 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
• Strong multi-tasking abilities
• 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
• Strong communicator
• 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

To Apply

Please visit the Work for Us page at KDVR.com: https://kdvr.com/contact/jobs-at-fox31-denver-kwgn or at the Nexstar Website at:https://nexstar.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/nexstar to complete the application process. To be considered for this job you must apply online. No Calls

** EOE/MINORITIES/FEMALES/VETERANS/DISABLED**

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

About Us

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 disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by local, state, or federal laws, rules, or regulations.