Manager, Digital

Job Description

NBC4 WCMH-TV in Columbus, Ohio has an immediate opening for a Digital Director. The Digital Director sets the vision for our digital-first newsroom and leads the station in accomplishing that vision. The Digital Director leads the digital team that creates and produces the station's digital coverage on all platforms from news to sponsored content, contesting and more. The Digital Director also manages digital projects done by digital and broadcast journalists. We are looking for a newsroom leader who will continue to raise the digital bar for our entire station and inspire the team to reach their goals.
• The Digital Director is responsible for managing the team in charge of producing and organizing the station's website and all mobile platforms. Previous success leading a team of journalists, growing a news website and mobile views/visits is essential, and experience improving performance from KPIs is a must. A strategic vision for continuing to increase NBC4's triple-digit Y2Y video view growth is critical.

Social Media/Audience Engagement experience is also required to lead growth on all social media platforms. We are looking for a person to lead our digital team and drive higher levels of engagement, web traffic, and television viewing from our digital audiences across platforms.

The successful candidate must have knowledge of video desktop editing, basic coding, HTML, CMS, Photoshop and word processing programs.

Develop and lead a digital-first team
• Manage content display across desktop and mobile
• Be a newsroom leader
• Be a fixture in the morning and afternoon editorial meetings
• Strong editorial judgment and journalism ethics
• Reviews copy for correct content, grammar, punctuation, etc.
• Contribute content to relevant events and/or stories as needed
• Assist with special projects planning & execution
• Think strategically about developing the digital audiences and online capacities of newsroom
• Help develop new opportunities to expand news brand and services while utilizing new and emerging technologies
• Assist in managing sales content elements that have strong revenue potential and web user interest
• Live streaming/OBS knowledge
• Work in tandem with News Director and other news managers
• Execute breaking news and weather coverage, including push alerts, social media, email alerts
• Develop and maintain new sections of the websites as news coverage dictates
• Plan for the long-term growth of the sites, sets priorities and plans coverage for major events
• Manage social media, including staff posts and moderation of user comments
• Additional responsibilities as assigned by management

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-r7nwj8-18-222-120-133-42 in your application.