VP, Engaged Journalism & Community Impact

Rocky Mountain Public Broadcasting Network, Inc.; Denver (CO); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Rocky Mountain Public Media seeks a Vice President, Engaged Journalism to center community listening and audience insight in journalism across broadcast, streaming, social, newsletters, and live events.

The role leads three teams and reports to the Chief Experience Officer, guiding editorial vision and audience growth while collaborating with product, technology, membership and marketing.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in journalism including 5+ years in senior leadership.
• Proven success growing audiences in a complex, multiplatform newsroom.
• Experience managing multidisciplinary teams across audience, engagement, social and digital publishing.
• Strong editorial judgment with reporting and editing skills.
• Ability to surface stories from audience conversations and community input.
• Experience using analytics and social listening to guide decisions.

Responsibilities

• Develop and lead a unified engagement journalism strategy across platforms.
• Lead KUNC News, RMPBS News and Civic Engagement teams with a unified structure.
• Partner with leadership to shape platform plans for breaking news and special projects.
• Build and mentor a high-performing team and foster experimentation.
• Set editorial vision and ensure collaboration while respecting newsroom independence.
• Direct statewide coverage strategy and decide collaboration vs. separate coverage.
• Oversee budgets and resource allocation in partnership with leadership.

Skills

Audience strategy

Leadership

Editorial judgment

Analytics

Multiplatform publishing

Community engagement

Tools

Analytics tools

Social listening tools

Job description

Rocky Mountain Public Media seeks a Vice President, Engaged Journalism to center community listening and audience insight in journalism across broadcast, streaming, social, newsletters, and live events.

The role leads three teams and reports to the Chief Experience Officer, guiding editorial vision and audience growth while collaborating with product, technology, membership and marketing.