Job Details
Audience Producer
Summary
The Audience Producer would join a team that oversees, manages and creates content for the eight daily news sites and their social accounts.
Category
Producers
Location
Connecticut
Time Period
Full Time
Posted Date
May 16, 2022
Start Date
N/A
End Date
N/A
Job Description
Audience Producer
Hearst Connecticut Media Group’s journalists cover communities in Fairfield and New Haven Counties and beyond, serving readers across platforms, including our sites, app, newsletters, social media accounts and more for eight daily and 13 weekly newspapers.
We’re looking for an enterprising, audience-focused and collaborative Audience Producer to join Hearst Connecticut Media Group’s team at a time when we’re growing digital subscriptions.
The Audience Producer would join a team that oversees, manages and creates content for the eight daily news sites and their social accounts. Producers curate and package stories from multiple sources, including the editorial staff, wires and more, and publish that content across platforms.
Duties and responsibilities:
Hearst Connecticut Media Group’s journalists cover communities in Fairfield and New Haven Counties and beyond, serving readers across platforms, including our sites, app, newsletters, social media accounts and more for eight daily and 13 weekly newspapers.
We’re looking for an enterprising, audience-focused and collaborative Audience Producer to join Hearst Connecticut Media Group’s team at a time when we’re growing digital subscriptions.
The Audience Producer would join a team that oversees, manages and creates content for the eight daily news sites and their social accounts. Producers curate and package stories from multiple sources, including the editorial staff, wires and more, and publish that content across platforms.
Duties and responsibilities:
- Works collaboratively with editors, reporters, photographers and other audience team members to curate, package and elevate stories and headlines across platforms that engage and retain local readers
- Understands best practices for social media and audience engagement and implements that knowledge when posting on behalf of our news organizations
- Identifies stories of high local interest and shares them across platforms quickly and accurately
- Communicates effectively across departments during breaking and planned news events to alert readers to key story developments via newsletters, mobile alerts, social posts and more
- Uses strong editorial judgment to create and curate engaging content, combing local and non-local online news resources for relevant stories, photos, videos and more for our readers
- Demonstrates a high comfort level with analyzing and interpreting metrics and uses them to inform coverage decisions in real-time and the long-term
Qualifications:
- Excellent writing, editing and verbal communication skills
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in journalism, English, communications or related field preferred
- Experience in a news environment preferred
- Demonstrated success working in a deadline-driven environment
- Highly organized and detail-oriented with a proven ability to effectively juggle multiple tasks
- Ability to speak a second language like Spanish a plus
Job Type
Full Time
Weekly Limit
N/A
Shift
Day
Attached Files
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