Digital Content Producer

About TEGNA

TEGNA Inc. (NYSE: TGNA) is an innovative media company that serves the greater good of our communities. Across platforms, TEGNA tells empowering stories, conducts impactful investigations and delivers innovative marketing solutions. With 64 television stations in 51 U.S. markets, TEGNA is the largest owner of top 4 network affiliates in the top 25 markets among independent station groups, reaching approximately 39 percent of all television households nationwide. TEGNA also owns leading multicast networks True Crime Network and Quest. TEGNA Marketing Solutions (TMS) offers innovative solutions to help businesses reach consumers across television, digital and over-the-top (OTT) platforms, including Premion, TEGNA’s OTT advertising service. For more information, visit www.TEGNA.com.

 

WGRZ, the TEGNA-owned NBC affiliate in Buffalo, NY, is looking for a Digital Content Producer to join our growing team. The ideal candidate loves news and working on the cutting edge of streaming, digital, and social media. This position will produce original and engaging content for all WGRZ platforms that will reach our customers whenever and wherever they are, on whatever device they are using at the time. This person will also manage content produced by others, including copy editing, for our various desktop/mobile/social outlets. The candidate will also assign and support field crews.

The successful candidate is innovative and will help expand our OTT experience (WGRZ+) to bring must-see news and weather content into our viewers’ homes. Qualified candidates will have experience posting stories to digital-mobile-social platforms, working knowledge of online CMS software, video and photo-editing skills and the ability to work a flexible schedule. More important, the person we hire will want to win.

Responsibilities: 

• Program our 24/7 OTT stream (WGRZ+) with newscasts, breaking news and weather, extended interviews, original content as well as archival material with overall goal to increase minutes watched and create loyal users
• Produce audience first, engaging content through digital articles, videos, photo galleries, social media, push alerts, live streams and interactive elements
• Focus on accuracy and balance in articles and social content through editing and working with reporters.
• Report news as it happens online (strong breaking news skills) and generate web traffic through application of advanced social media skills
• Review and respond to news releases, news tips, emails, and user-generated content to identify unique, local, and engaging content
• Social listening: monitor social media for breaking news, find interesting stories, track trends and report findings to newsroom
• Participate in editorial meetings and conversations, including pitching stories; Work with news and digital departments to optimize existing content
• Use digital and social metrics to inform editorial decisions and increase time spent on platforms
• Coordinate interviews for both streaming and linear
• Answering phones, listening to police scanners, gathering information for producers
• Tuning in live shots and taking in feeds

Requirements: 

• Two years’ experience working as a digital content producer with streaming experience preferred
• Experience with Edius or similar non-linear editing software and graphic production skills
• Understanding and interest in digital/video metrics and analytics
• Strong communication, writing, editing, and proofreading skills
• Ability to prioritize and manage requests from various sources with an ability to work well with varied personalities within deadlines
• Outstanding interpersonal, organizational, and time-management skills

Benefits: 

TEGNA offers comprehensive benefits designed to safeguard the physical, mental and financial health of our employees and their families. TEGNA offers two medical plan options for full and part-time employees through Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas, as well as access to dental and eye care coverage; fertility, surrogacy and adoption assistance; disability and life insurance.

Our 401(k) program offers full, part-time and temporary employees the opportunity to contribute 1% - 80% of their pay on a pre-tax basis to TEGNA’s 401(k). Contributions made up to the first 4% of pay are eligible for a 100% match from the company and are 100% vested from day one.

Regardless of participation in TEGNA medical plans, ALL employees and their eligible family members receive nine free virtual doctor’s appointments with a physician through Teladoc, and 12 free annual therapy sessions with a licensed clinician through Spring Health.

TEGNA offers a generous Paid Time Off (PTO) benefit as well as nine paid holidays per year. 

* Some jobs are covered by a collective bargaining agreement and thus some or all of the benefits described herein may not apply. For example, some newsroom bargaining unit employees receive health and retirement benefits under plans administered by the union.

EEO statement:

TEGNA Inc. is a proud equal opportunity employer. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, hiring and developing individuals from diverse backgrounds and experiences to add to our collaborative culture. We value and consider applications from all qualified candidates without regard to actual or perceived race, color, religion, national origin, sex, gender, age, marital status, personal appearance, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, family responsibilities, disability, medical condition, enrollment in college or vocational school, political affiliation, military or veteran status, citizenship status, genetic information, or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law. TEGNA will reasonably accommodate qualified individuals with disabilities in accordance with applicable law. If you are in need of an accommodation in order to submit your application, please email askhr@tegna.com 

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