What are the responsibilities and job description for the VIRGINIA PRESS ASSN is hiring: Digital Producer – The Virginian-Pilot in Allen position at VIRGINIA PRESS ASSN?
Virginia Media is looking for a dynamic audience engagement editor to join our team in the Norfolk / Virginia Beach area. This person will work at the center of our newsroom to help us accomplish our most important work : connecting audiences with our reporting. The Digital Producer will join a team which collaborates and communicates with newsroom teams to help shape Virginia’s best news coverage. Responsibilities include writing engaging headlines, crafting newsletters, composing social media posts, monitoring news, and keeping up-to-date on the latest news and trends.
This position will require night and weekend hours. Virginia Media works in a hybrid fashion. Candidates should live in Hampton Roads area or be able to move here.
What you will do :
- Work across platforms to engage readers, including writing newsletters and news alerts, as well as programming social media accounts
- Write story headlines, story summaries and cutlines with specific audiences in mind
- Leverage data and analytics tools to make content decisions
- Be a newsroom leader for best practices on digital, social media and audience strategy
- Edit stories and other text for spelling, grammar and Associated Press style
- Monitor and react to breaking news, including writing news stories when necessary
What you will bring :
Please submit the following with your online application : Resume, a cover letter introducing yourself, and 3-5 work samples or links.
We are an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.
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