Part-Time Digital Content Producer, KIVI

Come to a place where you can combine city life with amazing outdoor adventures, all while kicking off your journalism career! KIVI, The E.W. Scripps ABC affiliate in Boise, Idaho is looking for a Part-Time Digital Content Producer to organize, write, and update content on digital platforms with a primary focus on local websites, mobile apps, and social media platforms. The Digital Content Producer will create compelling content that is aligned with, and enhances, the station's and/or Scripps brand.

WHAT YOU'LL DO:

• Write and edit content including headlines, short news alerts and teases, enhancing content with outside links, maps, slideshows.
• Publish and manage content on multiple digital platforms, including the station's local website, mobile and social networks using current production and web-delivery tools.
• Produce digital video when assigned.
• Assist in online coverage of major news events, breaking news and severe weather to ensure high quality, consistent community coverage online.
• Build out special sections and site features to enhance coverage and increase user engagement.
• Update and interact with fans/followers on social media.
• Co-produce weekend newscasts and act as a fill-in news producer as needed.
• Anchor/host content for digital platforms as assigned.
• Coordinate with editorial and technical staff to facilitate the migration of multimedia content to new media platforms, including video, audio, still photos and graphics.
• Work with other departments, including sales and marketing, as needed on site and/or station initiatives that require content integration.
• Optimize the user experience by tracking live web metrics and user experience best practices.
• Apply Search Engine Optimization (SEO) best practices to every piece of content.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

WHAT YOU'LL NEED:

• BS/BA in related discipline preferred or equivalent years of experience.

WHAT YOU'LL BRING:

• Skilled with content management systems, hypertext markup language (HTML), audio editing, image editing, cascading style sheets (CSS) and social networking
• Must have a strong desire to focus on web-based content
• Must have basic HTML formatting skills and working knowledge file transfer protocol (FTP)/publishing web content
• Must be creative, have good people skills and be able to handle deadline pressure and multi-tasking
• Knowledge and experience with still-image photography using digital cameras/handheld video cameras is a plus
• Must have working knowledge of how to use and update social media platforms
• Must have photo editing skills with ability to manipulate, crop, enhance images as needed for publishing on website
• Basic video editing skills a plus