Digital News Assistant Producer (12 Month FTC)

TRSS; United States; Remote; USD 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global news provider is looking for a Digital News Assistant Producer to support their team in curating content for major digital media platforms. The ideal candidate will possess strong proficiency in Japanese and a background in journalism, contributing to an innovative and competitive online news landscape.

Benefits

Global career opportunities

On-the-job learning and coaching

Competitive salary packages

Paid volunteering days

Work alongside Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists

Qualifications

• Proficient in reading/writing Japanese and English.
• Experience in a newsroom is a plus.
• Familiarity with uploading content.

Responsibilities

• Curate and upload news articles and multimedia for various platforms.
• Assist in operations of news portal.
• Perform data entry and maintain administrative records.

Skills

News judgement

Proficiency in Japanese

Data analysis

Team player

Education

Background in news and journalism

Tools

MS Excel

Social Media Platforms

Job description

Digital News Assistant Producer (12 Month Fixed-Term Contract)

Thomson Reuters is seeking a Digital News Assistant Producer to contribute to the Reuters Japan online team. You will be responsible for curating Reuters articles in Japanese and Japanese-subtitled Reuters news videos for a third-party news portal service such as Google News Showcase and social networking service handles such as YouTube and TikTok to compete in a highly competitive online news environment.

The successful candidate must have strong news judgement and the technical skills to handle curation and uploading tasks. Proficiency in written Japanese is also a must. You are also expected to work closely with online news team to maximise our audience outreach.

About the Role

In this opportunity as a Digital News Assistant Producer, you will:

• Curating Reuters news stories for our social media and news portal partners.
• Selecting and uploading articles and multimedia for major digital media customers of Reuters and various video platforms.
• Assisting and executing tasks pertaining to operation of jp.reuters.com.
• Data entry, distribution and other tasks as assigned by the Editorial news operation.
• Maintaining and updating administrative records and reports using MS Excel, including tracking metrics, creating spreadsheets, and performing data analysis to support the team's operations
• Additional duties as assigned

About You

You’re a fit for the role of Digital News Assistant Producer if you have the following required qualifications:

• Have a background in news and journalism. Experience in newsroom is a plus
• Proficient in reading/writing Japanese. Ability to read and communicate in English
• Have experience of using various uploaders, and are familiar with SNS
• Be proficient in MS Excel, with the ability to create and manage spreadsheets, track data, and perform basic data analysis
• Be a team player

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What’s in it For You?

At Reuters, our people are our greatest assets. Here are some of the benefits we offer for your personal and professional growth:

• Global Career: As a global company, we can offer a truly international career and progression opportunities.

• Learning & Development: On the job learning and coaching. We also have a dedicated training team focused on the continuous development of our journalists.

• Industry Competitive Benefits: We offer competitive salary packages and market leading benefits including paid volunteering days.

• Perks: Work alongside Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists and a team who provide unmatched, award-winning coverage of the world’s most important stories.

About Reuters

Reuters is the world’s largest multimedia news provider. Founded in 1851, it is committed to the Trust Principles of independence, integrity and freedom from bias. With unmatched coverage in over 16 languages, and reaching billions of people worldwide every day, Reuters provides trusted intelligence that powers humans and machines to make smart decisions. It supplies business, financial, national and international news to professionals via desktop terminals, the world's media organizations, industry events and directly to consumers.

About Thomson Reuters

Thomson Reuters informs the way forward by bringing together the trusted content and technology that people and organizations need to make the right decisions. We serve professionals across legal, tax, accounting, compliance, government, and media. Our products combine highly specialized software and insights to empower professionals with the data, intelligence, and solutions needed to make informed decisions, and to help institutions in their pursuit of justice, truth, and transparency. Reuters, part of Thomson Reuters, is a world leading provider of trusted journalism and news.

We are powered by the talents of 26,000 employees across more than 70 countries, where everyone has a chance to contribute and grow professionally in flexible work environments. At a time when objectivity, accuracy, fairness, and transparency are under attack, we consider it our duty to pursue them. Sound exciting? Join us and help shape the industries that move society forward.

As a global business, we rely on the unique backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences of all employees to deliver on our business goals. To ensure we can do that, we seek talented, qualified employees in all our operations around the world regardless of race, color, sex/gender, including pregnancy, gender identity and expression, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, disability, age, marital status, citizen status, veteran status, or any other protected classification under applicable law. Thomson Reuters is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer providing a drug-free workplace.

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