Digital Content Producer

KWES, an NBC affiliate in Midland/Odessa, Texas is searching for a creative, and motivated Digital Content Producer to contribute to NewsWest 9’s digital, mobile app, OTT and social media platforms. Do you thrive on digging deeper? Are you laser-focused on accuracy with a keen eye for detail? Can you write the perfect headline? The ideal candidate is a journalist at heart and has an audience-first focus across all screens.

Responsibilities: 

• Write articles, clip videos, post on social media, send push alerts and all other reporting efforts required of digital producers.
• Work with digital leadership to execute web strategies to achieve identified goals.
• Help spearhead breaking news efforts across digital, mobile, streaming, and social platforms.
• Assist with all NewsWest 9 digital, mobile, social, and streaming products, with an emphasis on ensuring quality in content, SEO strategy, story layouts, headline testing, and conversational push alerts, etc.
• Use digital and social analytics to make inform content decisions, in consultation with the senior digital producer.
• Edit content for accuracy and ethical journalism in accordance with NewsWest 9 and AP style guidance.
• Work alongside multi-skilled journalists, reporters, photojournalists and other content creators on production of their content for digital audiences.
• Uphold the NewsWest 9 brand in all you do, from interacting with colleagues to producing content.

Requirements: 

• BA/BS in journalism, communications or related field
• 1 year of experience, college journalism experience will be considered
• Experience in photojournalism, editing and content management systems a plus
• A deep knowledge of AP-style, grammar and punctuation
• Understanding of the tenets of professional journalism
• Understanding of how to use audience analytics tools like Taboola, Google Analytics and Google Data Studio a plus
• Strong social media skills on platforms to include Instagram, and Facebook
• Knowledge of ENPS, Premiere and Photoshop a plus
• Organizational skills and the ability to work under constant time-pressure deadlines
• Ability to calmly handle live, breaking news situations and changing events

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 receive nine free virtual doctor’s appointments with a physician through Teladoc, and 12 annual therapy sessions with a licensed clinician for themselves and each of their family members through Spring Health.

TEGNA’s Paid Time Off (PTO) program begins with 15 days of PTO for full-time employees, and nine paid holidays.