Senior Audience Producer: Growth, Analytics & Engagement

Hearst Magazines; Norwalk (CT); On-site; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Disability insurance

Life insurance

401(k) with company matching

Three weeks vacation

Mobile phone reimbursement

Paid training opportunities

Flexible spending account

Parental leave

Employee assistance program

Health savings account

Job summary

Hearst Connecticut Media Group in Norwalk, CT, is seeking a Senior Audience Producer to guide coverage with editors, analytics, and audience insights. The role focuses on engaging local readers, driving subscriptions and return visits across platforms, including live events and special content opportunities.

The ideal candidate will analyze metrics, steer coverage decisions, and collaborate with topic teams on recurring series and projects.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in journalism, English, communications or related field.
• Strong editorial judgment in a deadline-driven news environment.
• Ability to optimize stories for site, social, newsletters and search.
• Experience editing short and mid-form video, photos and audio in Canva, Photoshop or Premiere.
• Excellent writing, editing and verbal communication skills.
• Highly organized and detail-oriented with a proven ability to juggle multiple tasks.
• Ability to work a flexible schedule for breaking news and special content opportunities, including nights and weekends.

Responsibilities

• Works collaboratively with editors, reporters, photographers and other audience team members to ensure our journalism engages, retains and converts local readers into subscribers
• Demonstrates a high comfort level with analyzing and interpreting metrics and explaining what they mean to inform coverage decisions over the short- and long-term
• Uses topic-area knowledge to identify story ideas and help deliver recurring content series and annual special projects
• Communicates effectively across departments during breaking and planned news events to alert users to key story developments across platforms

Skills

Editorial judgment

Deadline-driven

Story optimization

Video editing

Writing

Organization

Flexibility

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in journalism, English, communications or related field

Tools

Canva

Photoshop

Premiere

Job description

Hearst Connecticut Media Group in Norwalk, CT, is seeking a Senior Audience Producer to guide coverage with editors, analytics, and audience insights. The role focuses on engaging local readers, driving subscriptions and return visits across platforms, including live events and special content opportunities.

The ideal candidate will analyze metrics, steer coverage decisions, and collaborate with topic teams on recurring series and projects.