Job Details
Digital Video Producer
Digital Video Producer
Summary
WKRG-TV News 5, the Nexstar CBS television affiliate in Mobile/Pensacola, seeks a Digital Video Producer to join our news team. The Digital Video Producer is a key member of our digital team. This role involves live and edited video production and distribution using various platforms and techniques.
Category
Digital Media
Editor
Live Event / On Location Services
Producers
Social Media
Video Editor
Video Producer
Location
Mobile, Alabama Area
Time Period
Full Time
Posted Date
Oct 24, 2023
Start Date
N/A
End Date
N/A
Job Description
WKRG-TV News 5, the Nexstar CBS television affiliate in Mobile/Pensacola, seeks a Digital Video Producer to join our news team.
The Digital Video Producer is a key member of our digital team. This role involves live and edited video production and distribution using various platforms and techniques.
The DVP also authors and curates accurate, high-performing stories and posts (including elements of text / photos / graphics / etc.), gathers information for news reports, and crafts engaging website pages & other digital products.
The DVP utilizes metrics and real-time data to maximize hourly audience and build long-term brand loyalty.
The Digital Video Producer is a key member of our digital team. This role involves live and edited video production and distribution using various platforms and techniques.
The DVP also authors and curates accurate, high-performing stories and posts (including elements of text / photos / graphics / etc.), gathers information for news reports, and crafts engaging website pages & other digital products.
The DVP utilizes metrics and real-time data to maximize hourly audience and build long-term brand loyalty.
- Produce digital original video news stories, including various versions for social media
- Help with live streaming of wkrg.com programs, breaking news, and special coverage
- Train, mentor, and support station staff with video projects and creative digital storytelling
- Author strong copy with correct grammar, punctuation, editorial style, and formatting to generate engagement and repeat site visitation
- Write powerful headlines
- Research/gather/analyze information and elements to produce accurate, complete, in-depth, relevant, and fair stories for publication
- Promote and distribute news content on social media
- Monitor social media accounts and respond to viewer questions and comments
- Quickly adjust workflow to prioritize breaking news and severe weather coverage
- Ensure that all content produced meets company standards for journalistic integrity, timeliness, and production quality
- Cooperate and communicate clearly, directly, and regularly with news & production teammates and other station departments
- Produce special projects and other duties as assigned
Requirements & Skills:
Experience, Skills, Education
Experience, Skills, Education
- Experience in journalism, digital content, and social media preferred
- Ninja-level mastery of AP style
- Strong journalistic storytelling skills a big plus
- Write accurately, clearly, and cleverly to motivate readers to click
- Deadline conscious with strong time management skills
- Organized, technical problem solver
- Ease with/ability to learn new technology independently and quickly
- Strong communicator
- Enjoys working in teams and has excellent interpersonal skills
- Regularly and dependably meets KPIs
- Schedule flexibility
Required & Preferred Capabilities:
- Strong capabilities as a visual storyteller
- Strong news judgment and high journalistic integrity
- Strong awareness of news and current events
- Ability to meet deadlines, prioritize assignments, and make sound editorial decisions in real-time
- Excellent communication skills, both oral and written
- Fluency in English
- Strong, candid knowledge of self & capabilities and display the willingness & ability to take action to learn, improve, and grow
- Professional savvy and collegial demeanor when interacting with colleagues and members of the public
- Work well under pressure --- ability to handle breaking news and last-minute changes with aplomb
- Bachelor’s degree in Journalism, Media, Creative Writing, English, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and work-related experience
- Flexibility to work any shift
Technical Skills:
- Superior video editing skills
- Mastery of Adobe Premiere Pro required & Adobe Photoshop experience a plus
- Mastery of AP writing style to author digital, social, and on-air content
- WordPress experience a plus
- HTML CSS experience a plus
- Google Analytics experience a plus
- Chartbeat experience a plus
- Proficient in MS Office
- Proficiency with computers, telephones, copiers, scanners, fax machines and other office equipment
- Valid driver’s license required for hire. A clean driving record is required and must be maintained to be able to safely & confidently operate company motor vehicles.
Physical Demands & Work Environment:
The Digital News Producer must be able to stand, sit, reach, conduct telephone conversations, use electronic mail, write letters and memos, conduct face-to-face discussions with individuals or groups, make decisions without supervision, make decisions that impact the results of co-workers, and occasionally work outdoors with various weather conditions and indoors in environmentally controlled conditions.
The Digital News Producer must be able to stand, sit, reach, conduct telephone conversations, use electronic mail, write letters and memos, conduct face-to-face discussions with individuals or groups, make decisions without supervision, make decisions that impact the results of co-workers, and occasionally work outdoors with various weather conditions and indoors in environmentally controlled conditions.
Job Type
Full Time
Weekly Limit
N/A
Shift
Day, Evening
Attached Files
N/A