Digital Specialist

Job Description

Fox Television Stations is one of the nation's largest owned-and-operated network broadcast groups, comprising 29 stations in 18 markets and covering over 37% of U.S. television homes. This includes seven duopolies in the top 10 markets: New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Dallas, San Francisco, Washington, D.C. and Houston; as well as duopolies in Minneapolis, Phoenix, Orlando and Seattle.

JOB DESCRIPTION
Fox 5 TV, Washington DC, is seeking an enthusiastic, news savvy and innovative Digital Specialist to coordinate the Station's social media efforts, engage audiences, interact with communities and increase brand awareness online. The Digital Specialist will manage the Station's social media presence and online discussions on relevant sites. This position will work with the web producing team and Digital Content Manager to develop and implement social media strategies for all of the Station's social media pages. The Digital Specialist will also be required to routinely guide/assist and lead Fox 5 staff in growing talent pages by meeting with each individually, and in groups, to incorporate new initiatives. The Digital Specialist will actively engage in online communities and blogs to promote FOX TV DC, fox5dc.com and talent that result in traffic to the station's website. Must have a successful record of accomplishment of establishing and cultivating positive relationships with key online influencers, increasing engagement and frequency of social contacts, and increasing friends, followers and subscribers on all social platforms. The Digital Specialist should show solid news judgment, have experience in AP style news writing, and be able to cut and produce video as needed. Must be able to create and deliver consistent messages across a variety of media platforms. Ideal candidates will have a passion for social media and are able to actively seek out and identify emerging social media and mobile trends, as well as recommend and implement new social media tools, sites and applications. This position will work closely with editorial, promotions/marketing and sales departments to assist with conceptualizing and producing high-profile creative material, and highlight comments and feedback on air when appropriate. Will be required to monitor community pages for appropriate content. Must be able to demonstrate fluency in social media and multimedia platform work. Expert-level online search and trend-tracking ability. The Digital Specialist serves as a social evangelist for the station to embed a social mentality into our culture.
Other duties as deemed appropriate and as assigned. Bachelor's degree required. Minimum 3 years journalism and communications experience preferred. Minimum 3 years' experience in digital newsroom with particular emphasis on editorial judgment and producing social media content. An existing following is strongly preferred. Weekends, holidays, OT and varied hours required.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-g36v39-3-145-166-7-42 in your application.