Nexstar Media Group Inc.
Description:
The digital content manager is responsible for managing and growing brproud.com along with recruiting and coaching a successful web team daily. They will oversee and improve the daily packaging and distribution of all digital daily news and enterprise content across all FOX 44/NBC, 33/brproud.com digital platforms. Their goal is to increase video views, pageviews, and users across all digital audience segments while prioritizing, but not limiting, in-DMA reach. The digital content manager is a strategist that uses data to determine content decision.
The digital content manager has a firm understanding of how to construct story “voice” while avoiding bias and editorialization. They are an AP Style expert that holds published content to the highest quality and journalistic standards.
The digital content manager is a coach that knows how to manage and grow different personality types to meet their highest potential in their professional responsibilities. They are capable and enthusiastic to be a champion for digital best practices across all departments.
The digital content manager will lead a digital culture with long-term goals in mind. They can. strategize from a 30,000ft view and manage from the ground.
Responsibilities:
- Oversees daily operation of digital content team and website, - Train, coach, and manage a team of digital producers and reporters, - Communicates digital data goals and results on a daily basis to digital team and regional team, - Establishes expectations and accountability for digital KPIs, like increasing pagesviews and pages/sessions, - Evaluates website traffic trends to make daily and long-term content decisions, - Assigns and edits stories, photographs, graphics, video, audio, and other news content for digital platforms, - Build relationships across the newsroom to assure we are the first to market with breaking news and enterprise content, - Supervises work to other staff producing news for digital platforms, - Provides journalism requirements in the development of digital content and distribution, - Willing to adjust shift as needed to coach, direct, reports or produce if necessary, - Works with regional digital lead to evaluate goals on at least a weekly basis.Requirements:
Naturally curious personality, Thorough knowledge of journalistic principles, ethics, and standards Excellent news judgement and knowledge in managing online news operations, Organized, technical problem solver to manage briskly paced, multi-platform digital news operation based on data, Expert in SEO best practices and AP Style, - Proficient in Adobe Analytics and Chartbeat, - Excellent communications skills, to effectively navigate the evolving and growing influence of digital across all departments, - Self-motivated, competitive, assertive, and capable of working independently and under pressure, - Working knowledge of a range of significant regional and state-wide public affairs issues, - Ease with learning and seeking out new technology in a fast-evolving industry, - Experience in building digital news teams and news operations is a plus. Experience: - 3 years of experience in an online operation with strong news or editorial focus preferred, - B.A. in journalism, communication, marketing: equivalent experience may substituteContact:
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