Meteorologist
KDVR
Denver, CO
Are you an experienced meteorologist hungry for an opportunity to get creative and produce and anchor weather-related content, programs, and broadcasts on a variety of digital platforms in one of the nation's fastest growing cities?
Do you have a knack for producing some of the most engaging digital content in your market and think you could bring it to Denver and help us produce weather-related content that could benefit viewers across the state?
Do you love urgency, inconvenient and severe weather, and are you prepared to keep Coloradans up to date with the latest weather information every day?
KDVR Fox 31 in Denver and KWGN/Colorado's Own Channel 2 has an immediate opening for an experienced Digital First Meteorologist to cover Colorado's diverse and ever-changing weather conditions on digital platforms. This is an extremely rare opportunity in a great city with an excellent quality of life.
We are looking for a Meteorologist who is passionate about weather. You will be producing content for digital platforms first, with segment appearances on-air for FOX31 and Channel 2. You will also get some on-air fill-in opportunities.
The successful candidate must know how to make the forecast presentable and interesting and love to produce weather in different ways.
An ideal candidate can write multiple engaging web articles each day to drive pageviews and find ways to separate key aspects of the forecast into multiple headlines, especially as inconvenient and severe weather is approaching. You should be able to make creative graphics that can stop people from scrolling through app and social feeds and get them to click through to an article.
We're looking for someone who can come up with ideas for weather programming that would appeal to Coloradoans living all over the state. You should be a self-starter that is able to produce and anchor extended LIVE streaming digital coverage from our soon-to-be-built digital studio and/or manage the station's digital platforms during severe weather events.
Knowledge of mountain meteorology and Colorado a big plus.
Requirements
• Write multiple articles for website/app each day
• Create original video content for live and on-demand viewing on digital, social, and broadcast
• Produce unique, original graphics for all platforms
• Actively involved in pitching, developing and producing special weather-related digital content that would appeal to viewers across the state of Colorado
• Produce and anchor extended LIVE streaming coverage during severe weather
• Help manage weather content on digital platforms on a daily basis, and especially during severe weather events
• Contribute to partner radio stations
• Other duties as assigned
• Be able to craft stories for online and on-air presentation.
• Be able to produce weathercasts for occasional on-air fill-in duties.
• Live field reporting, occasionally from our EXCLUSIVE Weather BEAST!
Examples of your work we want to see:
• Reel with a weathercast
• Video content produced -- digital and social
• Unique, original weather graphics created for all platforms
• Multiple web articles, both forecasts and other weather-related content
• Links to your station-branded social media pages
Qualifications
• College degree in Meteorology, Atmospheric Science or related field of study preferred
• Certified Broadcast designation from AMS and/or NWA preferred
• Ideal candidate will be familiar with WSI Max technology
• Minimum 3 years' experience as a Broadcast Meteorologist a must
• Strong writing skills and a complete understanding of AP Style
• Experience with Wordpress or a similar CMS
• Knowledge of SEO best practices is a plus
• Proficient in creating content for - and managing - social media platforms, including Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram
• Experience with OBS streaming software is a plus
• Must be able to work with a high degree of accuracy and have the ability to solve problems quickly
• Must be able to work a flexible schedule including nights, holidays, weekends & ON CALL shifts
• Must be able to work under deadlines and have the ability to multi-task
• Must have unrestricted authorization to work in the United States
Salary range $58,000-$65,000
Jobcode: Reference SBJ-rewo41-44-200-145-114-42 in your application.
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