Audience-First Cross-Platform Producer

Nexstar Media; New Haven (CT); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Nexstar Media is seeking a Multi-Platform Producer to craft audience-first storytelling across digital, social, and emerging platforms. This role curates, edits, and distributes content with an emphasis on accuracy, credibility, and audience engagement.

Under managers, you’ll write and edit, produce videos, oversee feeds, and coordinate with newsroom teams. Flexible, full-time, non-union, non-exempt; evenings, weekends, and holidays may be required.

Qualifications

• Experience writing, producing, or publishing content using journalistic standards.
• Proficiency in Associated Press style and Adobe Photoshop and/or Adobe Express
• Strong writing, copy-editing, and headline-writing skills.
• Understanding of digital, streaming, and social media content strategies.
• Ability to learn new technology and applications independently and quickly
• Ability to collaborate and communicate effectively in a team environment.
• Strong news judgment and attention to detail.
• Regularly meets measurements of success.
• Ability to work effectively under deadline pressure.
• Flexibility to work varying shifts, including evenings, weekends, and holidays as needed.

Responsibilities

• Write, edit and produce audience-first, engaging storytelling through digital articles, videos, social media, push alerts, live streams, and interactive elements
• Social listening: monitor social chatter and track trending stories via Chartbeat, Google Trends, and our social media platforms
• Prioritize breaking news and manage multiple assignments in a fast-paced environment
• Produce and/or edit videos for digital platforms
• Ensure all content meets newsroom standards for accuracy, fairness, and credibility
• Execute WTNH strategies that engage and grow audiences across all digital platforms
• Implement best practices on WTNH digital and social media platforms
• Perform duties as an assignment editor, monitoring police scanners, booking guests and assigning reporters and photographers
• Take an active role in discovering and creating news content, including stories, photos, videos, etc.
• Track and confirm stories from all sources, including government agencies, wire services, community groups, and social media
• Work with all newsroom team members on content coverage and digital-broadcast coordination
• Distribute local content to national outlets and other Nexstar Digital platforms across the country
• Other duties as assigned by manager

Skills

Storytelling across platforms

Editorial judgement

Audience engagement

Digital publishing

Social listening

Video production

Tools

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Express

Job description

Nexstar Media is seeking a Multi-Platform Producer to craft audience-first storytelling across digital, social, and emerging platforms. This role curates, edits, and distributes content with an emphasis on accuracy, credibility, and audience engagement.

Under managers, you’ll write and edit, produce videos, oversee feeds, and coordinate with newsroom teams. Flexible, full-time, non-union, non-exempt; evenings, weekends, and holidays may be required.