Digital Content Producer
Job Summary/Description:
WVUE is looking for a full-time digital content producer to embrace its growing digital efforts and publish content to all FOX 8 multimedia platforms. Candidate must have an outstanding writing ability, excellent communication skills, and must thrive in a deadline-driven, fast-paced environment. The candidate must also have strong, aggressive journalism skills, including the ability to gather news from a variety of sources to produce enterprise content for WVUE multimedia platforms. Someone with a sense of service who wants to tell stories in a highly ethical, journalistic environment and have a great time doing a tough job.
Duties/Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
- Write and publish news/weather content across all digital platforms (website, CTV app, news app, social media)
- Manage and produce streaming content (live streams, on-demand video)
- Gather and curate user-generated content
- Outstanding writing ability and excellent communication skills
- Thrives in deadline-driven, fast-paced environment
- Strong, aggressive journalism skills
- Ethical storytelling with a sense of service
- Create photo galleries, interactive maps, and infographics
- Edit and clip video for online use
- Monitor streaming performance and optimize for engagement
Qualifications/Requirements:
- 2-3 years of experience producing digital, streaming, and social media content
- BS/BA in Journalism/Communications or equivalent background
- Must be willing to work in New Orleans, LA
- Flexible work hours required, must be willing and able to work a variety of shifts, including but not limited to: mornings, afternoons, evenings, late nights, holidays, weekends, and possible overtime hours.
- If you want to be a part of an award-winning, aggressive newsroom that makes a difference in its community, apply online and attach your resume and links to your work. Pre-employment drug test required. No phone calls, please. EOE-M/F/D/V
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)