Digital News Engagement Lead

Nexstar Media Group, Inc.; New York (NY); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

PIX11 in New York is seeking a full-time Executive Producer, Digital to lead the digital team, update the local website, curate high-performing content, and craft homepage layouts driven by data.

You will report news from quick local stories to breaking, building a loyal local audience while stewarding the PIX11 brand and collaborating with the newsroom.

We value strong writers, data familiarity, SEO, and the ability to work nights or weekends as needed.

Qualifications

• 2 years of experience in digital content and journalism.
• Capable of researching, interviewing, and writing original news articles.
• Clever headline writer that gets readers to click.
• Strong multi-tasking abilities.
• Organized, technical problem solver and quick decision maker.
• Knowledge of SEO best practices and AP Style.
• Enjoys working in teams and has excellent interpersonal skills.
• Some schedule flexibility (nights, weekends).
• Strong communicator.
• Regularly meets measurements of success.
• Strong understanding of Google Analytics; Chartbeat experience a plus.
• Proficiency in MS Office; HTML, CSS and Photoshop experience a plus.

Responsibilities

• Monitor all forms of media (print, TV, digital, blogs and social) and be quick to report breaking news stories and always on the hunt for exclusive and or trending content that will grow engagement and drive loyal, local traffic
• Excellent at writing headlines that grow audience and engagement
• Prioritize packaging content that grows page views per visitor and time on site, using headline testing, metric tools and observed patterns to guide decision making
• Curate and aggregate a steady stream of interesting content that is packaged and promoted in a way that generates engagement and repeat site visitation
• Understand different ways to tell a story, particularly producing short videos and choosing great photos
• Evaluate website traffic trends to make decisions on both daily content needs and longer-term content curation that will grow local audience
• Build positive working relationships with newsroom staff and management, work collaboratively on enterprise content, and creating opportunities to market web content on broadcast
• Promote and distribute news content on social media

Skills

Digital journalism

Headline writing

Google Analytics

SEO best practices

Strong communicator

Team collaboration

Time management

Tools

HTML/CSS

Photoshop

Job description

PIX11 in New York is seeking a full-time Executive Producer, Digital to lead the digital team, update the local website, curate high-performing content, and craft homepage layouts driven by data.

You will report news from quick local stories to breaking, building a loyal local audience while stewarding the PIX11 brand and collaborating with the newsroom.

We value strong writers, data familiarity, SEO, and the ability to work nights or weekends as needed.