Sr Digital Content Producer

Job Description

Sr Digital Content Producer, KSTU

KSTU, The E.W. Scripps Company FOX affiliate in Salt Lake City, UT, is looking for a Senior Digital Content Producer to join our team. The Sr. Digital Content Producer will organize, write and update content on digital platforms with a focus on all Scripps local news websites, mobile apps, and social media platforms. This role specializes in niche medium such as video or data visualization.

WHAT YOU'LL DO:
• Write, edit, publish and manage content on multiple digital platforms, including the station's local website, mobile and social networks.
• Deliver compelling content using current production and web-delivery tools.
• Optimize the user experience by being attentive to live web metrics and user experience best practices.
• May catalogue and organize archived content.
• Create content that is aligned with and enhances the brand; enhance content with outside links, maps, slideshows.
• Apply Search Engine Optimization (SEO) best practices to every piece of content.
• May update and interact with fans/followers on social media.
• Coordinate with editorial and technical staff to facilitate the migration of multimedia content to new media platforms, including video, audio, still photos and graphics.
• 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.
• Work with other departments, including sales and marketing and as needed for on-site and/or station initiatives that require content integration.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

WHAT YOU'LL NEED:
• BS/BA in related discipline preferred or equivalent years of experience
• Generally 5+ years of experience in related field preferred

WHAT YOU''LL BRING:
• Must be 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 knowledge of how to FTP/publish web content
• Must be creative, have good people skills and be able to handle deadline pressure and multi-tasking
• Must have knowledge and experience with still-image photography using digital cameras/handheld video cameras
• 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

If you are a current Scripps employee, please do not apply on this site. Please access our internal career site at Worklife > My Info > View Open Positions at Scripps.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-dy0e20-3-140-195-20-42 in your application.