Digital Content Prod./ Assignment Desk Editor

Job Description

Digital Content Prod./ Assignment Desk Editor - WOIO/WOIO

About WOIO/WUAB:

WOIO-WUAB is the CBS and CW Affiliates in Cleveland, Ohio, as well as WTCL, the only Telemundo station in the Cleveland DMA. We produce 69.5 hours of live, local news, weather, and sports every week and deliver content on a 24/7 basis on our digital platforms on WOIO and 5+ hours of news on WTCL.

WOIO TV CBS 19, the CW 43 and WTCL Telemundo Cleveland are the affiliates serving Cleveland and Northeast Ohio. The stations that are ''First, Fair, and Everywhere'', produce over 70 hours of news every week. We are the market's leader with our First Alert Weather - having won the most accurate weather in Cleveland for over 19 years! We carry Browns Football, NFL, March Madness, NCAA BB, NCAA FB, the PGA, LIV Golf, World Cup Soccer, and the number one network in the nation with CBS on WOIO. We are proud to be one of the highest-rated CW affiliates in the country with WUAB. WTCL -Telemundo Cleveland is the first local affiliate, broadcasting 2 daily newscasts in Spanish. Our digital products offer top-rated weather, news, and multiple digital products to reach quality customers. We also produce original content with our OTT offerings to the Greater Cleveland communities.

Job Summary/Description:

WOIO-WUAB TV (Gray Media Cleveland), is looking for an experienced journalist to join our Digital Content Producer/Assignment Desk Team.

Your responsibilities will include (but not be limited to) the following:
- This team member will have strong news judgment with skills in leadership and organization.
- A successful candidate will be responsible for writing/producing compelling and visually appealing content for digital and on-air platforms.
- This person must be a strong, punchy writer with impeccable news judgment.
- Candidate must understand the importance and the process of a quick digital response to breaking news stories and corresponding strategies with social media and SEO.
- Candidate will perform Assignment Desk duties such as monitoring news wires/police radios, maintaining phone lists of sources, and tracking upcoming events.
- This team member will generate/provide story ideas, research as necessary, and direct videographers and/or reporters in newsgathering, with an emphasis on urgency, immediacy, breaking news, and weather.

Qualifications/Requirements:
- Strong verbal/written communication skills and knowledge of AP Style required.
- Bilingual journalism skills a plus.
- College degree in journalism or related field preferred.
- Ability to work well under pressure and well with a diverse group of people.
- Must be able to handle a wide variety of variables, including short deadlines, shifting schedules, and shifting from one platform to another.
- Other duties as assigned by news management.
- Qualified applicants, apply online (Gray Careers) and attach your resume and link to your work.

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)

WOIO/WUAB-TV/Gray Television, Inc. is a drug-free company

Gray Television encourages all new employees to be fully vaccinated against the coronavirus virus prior by the first workday.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-g44pe7-216-73-216-0-42 in your application.