Digital Content News Producer / Ktvk

Job Description

Digital Content News Producer / Ktvk

About Gray Media:
Gray Media, or Gray, is a multimedia company headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, formally known as Gray Television, Inc. The company is the nation's largest owner of top-rated local television stations and digital assets serving 113 television markets that collectively reach approximately 36 percent of US television households. The portfolio includes 77 markets with the top-rated television station and 100 markets with the first and/or second-highest-rated television station, as well as the largest Telemundo Affiliate group with 43 markets totaling nearly 1.5 million Hispanic TV Households. The company also owns Gray Digital Media, a full-service digital agency offering national and local clients digital marketing strategies with the most advanced digital products and services. Gray's additional media properties include video production companies Raycom Sports, Tupelo Media Group, and PowerNation Studios, and studio production facilities Assembly Atlanta and Third Rail Studios
About KPHOKTVK:
Home to CBS 5, 3TV, and Arizona's Family Sports, Arizona's Family produces more than 100+ hours of local news and programming every week. CBS 5 is Arizona's Most-Watched Television Station, driven by the power of CBS programming and sports, while 3TV is one of the strongest Independent television stations in the country with its highly-rated morning show, Good Morning Arizona. And the reach of Arizona's Family doesn't stop with linear television. Azfamily.com is the market's top performer in local multi-platform unique users. It is also home to Arizona's Family Originals. Our in-house original content production team works on several long-form programs, documentaries, docuseries, and original podcasts, including True Crime Arizona, which is nearing 2 million downloads. Arizona's Family Sports is home to the state's premier sports franchises, including the Arizona Cardinals, Phoenix Suns, Phoenix Mercury, Phoenix Rising, and the Arizona Interscholastic Association high school state championships.
Job Summary/Description:
Arizona's Family is looking for a Digital Content Producer with a passion for innovative online storytelling who embraces change and thrives in a fast-paced environment.
This person must be an avid news consumer and understand what drives users to social media and digital platforms. They're effective working as part of a team and independently. We approach content as a screen-agnostic experience and reach our audience on all platforms, from the web to TikTok, podcasts, and streaming apps.
Digital content producers are leaders in our newsroom. They're engaged in the community and understand what makes a story unique and important. They share enterprise stories and get out of the newsroom to tell them.
Duties/Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
- Produce original and engaging stories that showcase the best of the Arizona's Family brand for all of our digital platforms, including streaming and social media.
- Calmly cover breaking news, weather, and traffic alerts with urgency, accuracy, and context, and deliver on all platforms.
- Copy edit reporter articles for accuracy, spelling, and grammar.
- Collaborate with leadership, reporters, anchors, producers, editors, and photographers to create and optimize daily and planned content.
- Monitor trends and social engagement through Social News Desk, CrowdTangle, Chartbeat, and Google Analytics.
- Understand and prioritize Search Engine Optimization when writing and posting articles.
- Make data-driven decisions to optimize engagement and curate the AZFamily app and homepage.
- Uphold the journalistic integrity of your own work and your peers by exercising sound news judgment and ethics.
- Assist with assignment desk duties as needed.
Qualifications/Requirements:
- Excellent writing, editing, and proofreading skills.
- Ability to communicate effectively across departments and within the digital team.
- 2-4 years' experience producing news content for TV or digital platforms
- An ability to effectively multitask and prioritize tasks to meet numerous deadlines throughout the day
- BA or BS in Journalism/Communications/English or equivalent newsroom experience, previous experience as an assignment editor is a plus
- Flexibility with scheduling and assigned work shifts, including weekends and holidays
- Enjoy a fast-paced environment with a desire to be #1
If you feel you're qualified and want to work with a great group of people, go to https://gray.tv/careers#currentopenings, you may type in the job title, station call letters, or click on ''apply now'', upload your resume, cover letter, and references
(Current employees who are interested in this position can apply through the Gray-TV UltiPro self-service portal)
KPHO/KTVK-TV/Gray Media is a drug-free company

Gray Media encourages all new employees to be fully vaccinated against the coronavirus virus before the first workday.
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Jobcode: Reference SBJ-5bb0x0-216-73-216-71-42 in your application.