Digital Content Producer

KCRA 3, the news leader in Sacramento and a Hearst Television station, is looking for a full-time Digital Content Producer. You must be an excellent storyteller with a passion for creativity. Breaking news and dynamic weather are important in Northern California and our digital producer must know how to maximize our content and create compelling videos. You will report to the Digital Content Manager.

Responsibilities

• Write/edit and publish breaking news and weather, daily news, sports and feature stories for our station website, app and social media platforms
• Write compelling headlines and craft push notifications, including for breaking news and severe weather
• Edit dynamic and engaging video for digital and social platforms
• Work with Reporters and Assignment Editors to ensure content is posted quickly and accurately
• Work with Producers, Assignment Editors and Managers to ensure promotion of content across all platforms
• Develop interactive multimedia and data visualizations for daily news and special projects
• Manage livestreams of news events and developing stories
• Contribute ideas to help grow our station's multiplatform reach

Requirements

• At least two years of experience in a professional television newsroom or digital publishing environment
• Strong news and editorial judgment
• Excellent AP writing skills
• Knowledge of video editing
• Experience with social media best practices
• Flexibility to work different shifts, including nights, weekends and holidays
• Proficiency in photo editing and creating social graphics
• Related military experience will be considered
• Bilingual experience is a plus

Salary

The estimated base salary range for this role is between $55,000 and $65,000. The actual base pay offered is dependent upon many factors, such as transferable skills, work experience, business needs, market demands and conditions, including geographic location where the work will be performed, and other factors permitted by law. The base pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future.

Values in Action

At Hearst Television we tell stories every day. Stories about people of all cultures, backgrounds, perspectives, and identities. That's why, behind the scenes, we believe in being an organization as diverse and varied as the audience we reach, ensuring that the content we create is more compassionate, and more representative of the Northern California communities we serve.

Benefits

Hearst's benefit programs are modern, flexible and designed to focus on you. As a Hearst employee, you and your spouse or partner or dependents would have access to the following benefits.

• Medical | Dental | Vision
• 401(k) matching
• Emotional Wellness Support
• Paid Time Off
• Paid Parental Leave
• LGBTQ+ Health Services
• Additional benefits to meet your and your family's needs

About Us

Hearst Television (HTV) owns and operates 33 television and two radio stations serving 26 media markets across 39 states reaching over 21 million U.S. television households. HTV is recognized as one of the industry's premier broadcasting companies and has been honored with numerous awards for distinguished journalism, industry innovation, and community service.

Every career with Hearst Television is like a story. How it develops, where it takes you, the milestones you reach along the way – you’ve got a lot to look forward to as your unique career story unfolds. Hearst Television, a subsidiary of Hearst, owns and operates local television and radio stations serving nearly three dozen U.S. cities, reaching 24 million U.S. television households. Through its partnership with nearly all major networks, Hearst Television distributes national content across more than 120 video channels, including programming from ABC, NBC, CBS, CW, MY Net, MeTV, This TV, Estrella, and more. Hearst Television is recognized as one of the industry's premier companies. It has been honored with numerous awards for distinguished journalism and industry innovation, including the Walter Cronkite Award for political journalism, the national Edward R. Murrow Award, the DuPont-Columbia Award, and the George Foster Peabody Award.