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Digital Content Producer

U.S. Bankruptcy Court - District of CT, New Haven, CT, United States


The Digital Content Producer is responsible for updating the local website by curating high-performing content - everything from quick-hit local stories to breaking news and enterprise reports. This role will work on building a loyal local audience by being responsive to traffic patterns and audience interest while serving as a steward of our brands. This role may include working early mornings, nights, and/or weekends.

Position Responsibilities

Monitor all forms of media (print, TV, digital, blogs and social), as well as internal tools, and be quick to report breaking news stories and always on the hunt for exclusive and or trending content that will grow engagement and drive loyal, local traffic

Curate and aggregate a steady stream of interesting content that is packaged and promoted in a way that generates engagement and repeat site visitation

Excellent at writing headlines that grow audience and engagement

Prioritize packaging content that grows page views per visitor and time on site, using headline testing, metric tools and observed patterns to guide decision making

Understand different ways to tell a story, particularly producing short videos and choosing great photos and graphics

Craft and send app alerts and email alerts

Clip videos from broadcasts to be published in articles

Evaluate website traffic trends to make decisions on both daily content needs and longer-term content curation that will grow local audience

Build positive working relationships with newsroom staff and management, work collaboratively on enterprise content, and create opportunities to market web content on broadcast

Promote and distribute news content on social media and contribute to management of station-branded social accounts

Flexibility to perform additional duties

Skill/Experience Requirements

2 years of experience in digital content and journalism

Ability to be fast and first at breaking news; experience in a newsroom a plus

Clever headline writer that gets readers to click

Strong multi-tasking abilities

Organized, technical problem solver and quick decision maker

Ability to quickly learn new things and adapt to change

Capable of researching, interviewing and writing original news articles

Knowledge of SEO best practices and AP Style

Understands social media’s importance in reporting stories and delivering traffic

Enjoys working in teams and has excellent interpersonal skills

Strong communicator

Schedule flexibility

Responds well to feedback

Regularly meets measurements of success

Understands goals and regularly works towards achieving them

Proficiency in MS Office; HTML, CSS, Photoshop and Adobe Premiere experience a plus

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