Digital Audience and News Producer

Maine Public; Portland (ME); On-site; USD 33,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare

Retirement plan

Paid time off

Dental and vision insurance

Job summary

Maine Public in downtown Portland, Maine is seeking a full-time Digital Audience and News Producer to join our newsroom. You will write original news content and produce interactive content for mainepublic.org, social media, and newsletters.

The role combines editorial and technical work, reviews platform usage and analytics to boost audience engagement, and covers breaking news across the 24-hour cycle. The hourly rate starts at about $29.40 with comprehensive benefits.

Qualifications

• Writes original news content
• Creates and produces interactive content
• Edits and prepares colleagues' work for digital platforms
• Reviews platform usage and analytics to improve audience engagement

Responsibilities

• Deliver high-impact news across multiple platforms (mainepublic.org, social media, newsletters)
• Write and produce digital content with emphasis on photos, video, audio, polls and infographics
• Support colleagues by editing and preparing their work for digital platforms
• Monitor analytics to improve audience engagement and size

Job description

Maine Public is seeking a full-time Digital Audience and News Producer to join our newsroom in downtown Portland, Maine!

With an emphasis on photos, video, audio, polls, and infographics, the person in this role helps deliver compelling and high-impact news across multiple platforms, including for mainepublic.org, social media, and newsletters. Involving editorial and technical work, the Digital Audience and News Producer writes original news content, creates and produces interactive content, and supports colleagues by editing and preparing their work for digital platforms. While remaining focused on the audience experience, this position reviews platform usage and analytics regularly and uses those metrics to improve audience engagement and size.

With NPR, PBS, and other partners we strive to be the standard bearer for high-integrity journalism and programming. Candidates must be comfortable working in a deadline-driven and fast-paced environment. The successful candidate must work well both in a team environment and independently, and demonstrate a love of public broadcasting.

This position primarily works in a newsroom Monday through Friday; the ability to react to, produce and post breaking news across the 24-hour news cycle is a core requirement.

The starting hourly rate is approx. $29.40 plus a comprehensive benefits package including healthcare, retirement, paid time off, dental, vision, and other supplemental benefits.

We are a non-profit, community-supported public media organization and the sole provider of statewide (and beyond!) public broadcasting coverage. As one of only seven statewide PBS/NPR joint licensees in the country, Maine Public operates 14 radio frequencies (with construction permits for seven more!), five free over-the-air television signals, three television translators, and 26 links of microwave to connect it all together.

We are also the backbone of Maine's Emergency Broadcast System. We broadcast a mix of local and national programming, educational programs, news and public affairs shows, documentaries, and arts and cultural programs. With NPR, PBS, and other partners we strive to be the standard bearer for high-integrity journalism and programming.

Every day Maine Public connects the people of Maine and our region to each other and to the world through the open exchange of information, ideas, and cultural content.

Maine Public believes that equity, diversity, and inclusion drive our success and we welcome and encourage candidates from all identities, backgrounds, and abilities to apply. As an equal opportunity employer, we are committed to building inclusive and innovative work environments with employees who reflect our communities. Therefore, we provide employment opportunities to all qualified applicants and encourage applications from all individuals without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, military status or military service record, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. We're committed to creating a dynamic work environment that values diversity and inclusion.

Maine Public is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, Maine Public will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. If a reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact the Human Resources Department: [e-mail], 1-800-884-1717.