News Producer/Planner

CherryRoad; National (MD); Remote; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A media company is seeking a detail-oriented Producer/Planner to create impactful publication plans for local journalism. This role demands strategic collaboration with local editors and reporters to maximize audience reach through various platforms. Candidates should possess strong news judgment and be adept in execution and planning for audience growth.

Qualifications

• Detail-oriented and innovative individual required.
• Expertise in ensuring high-impact local journalism reaches maximum audience.
• Ability to work strategically with editors and reporters.

Responsibilities

• Create and adjust publication plans for local journalism.
• Ensure content is delivered to the right audience on various platforms.
• Make independent decisions on content presentation.

Skills

Detail-oriented

Innovative thinking

Expertise in local journalism

Strong news judgment

Strategic partnership with editors

Job description

Overview

We are seeking a detail-oriented and innovative Producer/Planner to join our team at CherryRoad Media. This role requires expertise in ensuring high-impact local journalism reaches its maximum audience, helping to support community newspapers and grow and retain subscription bases for our publications. Producer/Planners are strategic partners and the architects of overall publication plans for our journalism to maximize audience and subscription growth. The Producer/Planner ensures that the right content is published and delivered to the right audience in the right way on the right platforms at the right time, both in advance planning and execution. Working with editorial to create plans, adjust plans in real time and help advise on reporting holes or opportunities is key. The Producer/Planner specializing in News is a strategic partner for local editors and reporters within the newsrooms they are assigned. Each Producer/Planner is assigned to multiple newsrooms, based on site size and geographic location. The Producer/Planner-News will have or hone strong news judgment toward promoting stories on our native platforms, search, social and in print. Editors trust their Producer/Planner partner to make independent decisions about how and where content is presented.

Qualifications

From the text: detail-oriented and innovative; expertise in ensuring high-impact local journalism reaches maximum audience; strategic partnership with editors and reporters; strong news judgment; ability to work with multiple newsrooms; built for planning and execution across platforms.

Equal Opportunity

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability/vets