Gray Media - DIGITAL CONTENT PRODUCER WAVE

Digital Producer is needed in Louisville, United States.

Client: Gray Media

Location: Louisville, KY

Job Description

WAVE in Louisville, KY has an opening for an Assignment Editor/Digital Producer to join our award-winning newsroom.

Duties/Responsibilities include (but are not limited to):

• Writing and producing content for WAVE’s website, apps, streaming platforms, and social pages
• Monitoring scanners, maintaining phone lists, keeping files/records of upcoming news events
• Mining social media accounts for news content
• Writing stories for various digital and social platforms
• Knowledge of push alert and social media strategy to recruit viewers
• Generate and pitch story ideas and research as necessary
• Direct Photojournalists and reporters to gather/produce news

Qualifications/Requirements

• Strong verbal/written communications skills and knowledge of AP Style required
• College degree in Journalism preferred
• Ability to work well under pressure
• Ability to work well on your own or with a team
• Must be able to handle a wide variety of variables, including short deadlines, shifting schedules
• Other duties as assigned by news management
• This position will involve working weekends and some holidays as needed, news management

About Gray Media

Gray Media, or Gray, is a multimedia company headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, formally known as Gray Television, Inc. The company is the nation’s largest owner of top-rated local television stations and digital assets serving 113 television markets that collectively reach approximately 36 percent of US television households.

About WAVE

WAVE is the first television station to sign on in Kentucky and Southern Indiana and has a rich history of being the area’s most trusted source for local news, weather, and sports. WAVE is known across the country for its award-winning journalism and breakthrough investigations.