What are the responsibilities and job description for the Digital Executive Producer position at TVCrossing?
Nexstar Media Inc. has an immediate opening for a Digital Executive Producer who wants to propel a newly formed duopoly's digital presence into a power news player in the Washington, DC DMA (Market # 9).The Digital Executive Producer (EP) is responsible for daily management and training of web producers, web reporters, and social media producers in the local newsroom and across the bureaus. The successful candidate will partner with senior newsroom leadership to oversee and improve the daily packaging of all digital editorial content published and distributed across the WDVM / WDVW sites and media platforms with the goal of increasing user interactivity and traffic particularly in-DMA users. We are looking for an audience expert that understands how to grow distribution platforms to maximize readership. Flexibility to perform various duties and pitch in to ensure these sites are competitive around-the-clock. Ability to jump into the mix and create high-performing content as needed.Washington, DC is the center of the nation's politics, but there is a huge local news landscape beyond the beltway. The region offers a high quality of life with some of the best museums in the country, year-round theaters, concerts, street festivals, and more. The region is also a sports mecca with professional basketball, baseball, football, hockey, soccer, and more. The region is home to National Parks, bike trails, and the district has been widely recognized for its early adoption of high-tech transportation options like e-bikes and e-scooters. Washington, DC also boasts an incredible food scene with more than twenty restaurants receiving Michelin stars in 2021 alone. This is a great place to live, a busy news market, and a great place to grow your career.Position Responsibilities Attends local editorial meetings and serves as a bridge between broadcast and digital in the local newsroom.Trains, coaches, and manages a team of local digital journalists.Excellent at writing buzzy headlines that increase pageviews and packaging content that grows pageviews per visitor and time on site.Works with web producers to assure a steady stream of interesting content is packaged in an interactive way and promoted in a way that generates reader interest.Evaluates website traffic trends in effort to make decisions on both daily content and longer-term content development that will grow in-DMA traffic.Leads team members responsible for planning and implementing special coverage projects (severe weather, breaking news, enterprise digital content databases, and projects).Monitors major news websites, local and state news websites, blogs, and social media for breaking news and trending topics.Promotes news content on social media.Skill / Experience Requirements 5 years of experience gathering or producing news and information with 3 years of experience working primarily on the web.Experience building online databases (investigative, elections, weather, etc.).Organized, technical problem solver and quick decision maker.Enjoys working in teams and has excellent interpersonal skills.Ease with / ability to learn new technology independently and quickly.Ability to take direction and quickly implement new ideas.Comfortable adapting to changes in evolving industry and thrives under pressure.Self-motivated, competitive spirit, and assertive personality with the ability to balance multiple competing projects and priorities.Schedule flexibility (nights, weekends).Strong understanding of Google Analytics; Chartbeat experience a plus.Proficiency in MS Office a must; HTML, CSS, and Photoshop experience a plus.Education Requirements Bachelor's degree.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, including 283,000 hours of original video content each year. Nexstar owns America's largest local broadcasting group comprised of top network affiliates, with 200 owned or partner stations in 116 U.S. markets reaching 212 million people. Nexstar's television assets also include NewsNation, America's fastest-growing national news and entertainment cable network reaching 75 million television homes, 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 The Hill and BestReviews, are collectively a Top 10 U.S. digital news and information property with over 120 million monthly unique users as of December 31, 2021. In addition to delivering exceptional content and service to our communities, Nexstar provides premium multiplatform advertising opportunities at scale for businesses and brands seeking to leverage the strong consumer engagement of our compelling content offering. For more information, please visit.EEO Statement : Equal Opportunity Employer Minorities / Women / Veterans / DisabledCategories Arts / Entertainment / MediaMarketingPosted : 2022-03-01Expires : 2022-03-31#J-18808-Ljbffr
