#624 Newsfluencer

Wwaytv3; North Carolina; On-site; USD 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

WWAY-TV, LLC in the Cape Fear region seeks a Newsfluencer, a digital-first, field-based storyteller who discovers, explains, and shares stories from southeastern North Carolina. You will be the visible, curious presence on social media, at local events, and in everyday community life.

You will create original short-form video, live streams, interviews, explainers, photos, and behind-the-scenes coverage, meeting people where they are—on their phones and in their neighborhoods—and you will work to

Qualifications

• Proven presentation, communication, and social media content creation skills.

Responsibilities

• Create original short-form video, live streams, interviews, explainers, photos, web content, and behind-the-scenes coverage across platforms.
• Work to WWAY's newsroom standards, verify information before sharing, and feed story leads to WWAY's broadcast, digital streaming, and social media platforms.

Skills

Presentation skills

Communication

Social media content creation

Job description

JOB TITLE: Newsfluencer
JOB REFERRAL: #624

WWAY is hiring a community-connected Cape Fear Newsfluencer, a first-of-its-kind social media content creator and influencer who discovers, explains, and shares stories from people across southeastern North Carolina. This is a digital-first, field-based storytelling job for someone who loves the Cape Fear. You'll be WWAY's visible, approachable, and always curious presence on social media platforms, at local events, and ineveryday community life. You will create original short-form video, live streams, interviews, explainers, photos, web content, and behind-the-scenescoverage that meets people where they are, on their phones and in their neighborhoods. It's just not an influencer job. You will work to WWAY's newsroom standards, use strong editorial judgment, verify information before sharing it, and help feed story leads to WWAY's broadcast, digital streaming, and social media platforms.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Proven presentation, communication, and social media content creation skills.
• Experience telling stories on social media, digital content broadcasts, radio, marketing, PR, tourism, entertainment, community organizing, or event promotion.
• Journalism experience, including writing, shooting, editing, and producing web stories for a news and information organization.
• Familiarity with mobile journalism equipment and workflows such as ENPS.
• Ability to host livestreams, conduct on-camera interviews, or cover and report on live events.
• Ideate, enterprise, deliver, and engage audiences with compelling short-form stories and information.

NO TELEPHONE CALLS PLEASE. We utilize DMV and criminal background checks as a condition of employment.

It is the policy of WWAY-TV, LLC that employment shall be based on merit, qualification, and competence. Employment practice shall not be influenced or affected by virtue of an applicant's or an employee's race, age, sex, religion, color, national origin, or disability. We encourage women and minorities to apply.