Digital Content Producer Job at Nexstar Media Group in City of Rochester
Nexstar Media Group, City of Rochester, NY, United States
Overview
WROC/RochesterFirst is hiring a DigitalContent Producer to join our award-winning team. With the credibility and strength of our 75-year trusted brand, WROC/RochesterFirst is Rochester, NY’s universal local source for news, weather, and information across all platforms.
Rochester, NY, ranked as the nation’s second most affordable housing market, offers an exceptional quality of life—with outstanding dining, lively entertainment, scenic parks and golf courses, and a friendly, welcoming community.
Responsibilities
Create website articles, multimedia stories, original native videos, and more for our station’s digital platforms.
Assist with content gathering, video editing, web posting, producing live digital programming, social media monitoring, and related tasks in the evolving digital media landscape.
Work in the newsroom writing, aggregating, and publishing news stories, videos, and multimedia elements to our station’s digital platforms.
Post updates and content to our station’s website and social media handles.
Determine a story’s emphasis, length, format, and organize material accordingly.
Create engaging stories, videos, and imagery specific to platforms for our viewers.
Optimize on-air assets for our various digital platforms.
Gathers information through research, interviews, experience, or attendance of events.
Ensure that all content meets station standards for integrity and production quality.
Perform other duties as assigned.
Bachelor's degree in journalism and newsroom experience preferred.
Qualifications
Strong writing and editing skills, with attention to detail and knowledge of AP style.
Proficiency in web content management systems.
Must be able to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced environment.
Knowledge of online news journalism and best practices.
Basic clipping and editing of video for digital delivery.
Advanced experience with Instagram, TikTok, and other short-video platforms preferred.
Compensation & Benefits
Compensation $15.50-$17/hour commensurate with applicant’s experience and skill level.
WROC/RochesterFirst, Nexstar Media Inc. offers excellent benefits including paid vacations, holidays, sick leave, and personal days, health insurance plans, Health Savings and Flexible Spending Accounts, 401K Retirement Plan, paid parental leave, dental, vision, Teladoc, behavioral health services, prescription drug coverage, life insurance plans, paid short term disability, and many more benefit options. Compensation package will be based on experience.
About Nexstar Media Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: NXST) is a leading diversified media company that produces and distributes engaging local and national news, sports and entertainment content across its television and digital platforms, including more than 310,000 hours of programming produced annually by its business units. Nexstar owns America’s largest local television broadcasting group comprised of top network affiliates, with 200 owned or partner stations in 116 U.S. markets reaching 220 million people. Nexstar’s national television properties include The CW, America’s fifth major broadcast network, NewsNation, our national news network providing “News for All America,” popular entertainment multicast networks Antenna TV and Rewind TV, and a 31.3% ownership stake in TV Food Network. The Company’s portfolio of digital assets, including its local TV station websites, The Hill and NewsNationNow.com, are collectively a Top 10 U.S. digital news and information property. For more information, please visit nexstar.tv.
EEO Statement: All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by local, state, or federal laws, rules, or regulations.