Digital Content Producer/Assignment Desk Editor

Location: East Providence, Rhode Island, United States

Company

hirify.global operates media and digital news platforms.

What you will do

• Research, find, confirm, write, produce, edit, and package news stories for broadcast and digital publication.
• Monitor police scanners, government agencies, wire services, community groups, and social media to track and verify developing stories.
• Make editorial decisions in breaking-news situations and contribute to the newsroom content process.
• Book guests, assign reporters and photographers, and dispatch news crews as an assignment editor.
• Create stories, photos, videos, and other visual content while applying digital audience engagement strategies.
• Push local content to national outlets and Nexstar Digital platforms.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Journalism, Communications, TV/Film, or equivalent experience.
• At least 2 years of experience in digital publishing, television, radio broadcast, or production may substitute for the degree.
• Excellent verbal, written, grammar, analytical, and news judgment skills.
• Knowledge of media production, communication, and content dissemination across written, oral, and visual formats.
• Proficiency with SEO, social media platforms, digital video editing, web technology, television technology, video, and graphics.
• Ability to collaborate with news managers, reporters, anchors, videographers, producers, promotions, and engineering staff.

Culture & Benefits

• Work in a fast-paced, high-stress newsroom with deadline pressures.
• Occasional overtime is required.
• Use state-of-the-art web and television technology.
• Interact with viewers and users by phone and through social media.