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CBS WFOR Miami seeks a dynmaic creative Digital Producer that will manage the station’s 24-7 stream and other digital platforms, including website, online app and social media channels. As our Digital Producer your time will be spent creating original content that will resonate with our digital audience which includes actively seeking out content that will be embraced and shared with our social followers. The other time is spent working with reporters and repurposing on-air content for online pasting along with providing context and other digital elements that will inform and educate our online audience. If you like to work independently, with minimal direction while also collaborating with everyone in the newsroom to produce a robust digital presence, then we are looking for you. Please note the shift will include weekend and evening hours.

Come join our growing amazing newsroom team!

Responsibilites:
Write, edit and post news stories using AP Style from a variety of sources, including news releases, live video sources, web curation, original reporting, network news partners, social media and wire services, with an emphasis on creating/posting online and enterprise news quickly and accurately to CBSMiami.com users and our social media platforms
Embrace unique and compelling ways to present content using text, video, photos and interactive elements
Be a strong storyteller who gets Facebook, Crowd Tangle, Instagram and can pick up stories from social listening along with an innate ability to find and write viral stories for those platforms
Help manage the CBSMiami.com OTT stream when needed using a proprietary content management system
Conceive and create images for stories and photo galleries when needed that can help tell a story for the online audience
Have a firm grasp of SEO and apply it when crafting headlines, online stories and other digital content
Perform other duties as needed and directed

Preferred Education, Experience, and Certification Requirements:
Bachelors Degree in Journalism, Communications or digital media or other related field
A mastery of AP style, a basic understanding of television and digital production and a minimum of 2 years’ experience in a breaking news environment; writing test may be required
2-4 years of experience in a newsroom with a significant digital operation
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Ability to use Google Analytics, Chartbeat and/or other real-time analytics to guide site programming and content creation decisions
Experience with content management systems, HTML, image creation/editing, social media platforms
Must be able to work all shifts, including days, nights, weekend and holidays
Create/manage digital content that is engaging and resonates with users
Must be a self-starter who can generate compelling story ideas with no or minimal supervision
Have a solid appreciation of video and what video-on-demand clips will prompt our users to watch
Must be excellent at time management and project management
The ability to learn new things and embrace new workflows based on industry changes
Multi-task every day and sometimes under intense pressure to post quickly and accurately
Remain calm under pressure and be able to write several stories a day as well as the ability to craft longer form stories
Ability to work well with others and take direction for assignment completion

CBS News and Stations, brings together the power of CBS News, 28 owned television stations in 17 major U.S. markets, the CBS News Streaming Network, CBS News Streaming local platforms, local websites and cbsnews.com, under one umbrella. CBS News and Stations is home to the nation’s #1 news program 60 MINUTES, the CBS News Streaming Network, the first 24/7 digital streaming news network, the award-winning broadcasts CBS MORNINGS, CBS SATURDAY MORNING, the CBS EVENING NEWS WITH NORAH O’DONNELL, CBS SUNDAY MORNING, CBS WEEKEND EVENING NEWS, 48 HOURS and FACE THE NATION WITH MARGARET BRENNAN. CBS News and Stations provides news and information for the CBS Television Network, CBSNews.com, CBS News Radio and podcasts, Paramount +, all digital platforms, and the CBS News Streaming Network, the premier 24/7 anchored streaming news service that is available free to everyone with access to the internet. The CBS News Streaming Network is the destination for breaking news, live events, original reporting and storytelling, and programs from CBS News and Stations’ top anchors and correspondents working locally, nationally and around the globe. CBS News’ streaming services, across national and local, amassed more than 1.01 billion streams in 2021. Launched in November 2014 as CBSN, the CBS News Streaming Network is available on 30 digital platforms and apps, as well as CBSNews.com and Paramount+. The service is available live in 91 countries. CBS News and Stations is dedicated to providing the highest quality journalism under standards it pioneered and continues to set in today’s digital age. CBS News earns more prestigious journalism awards than any other broadcast news division.

Paramount is an equal opportunity employer (EOE) including disability/vet.

At Paramount, the spirit of inclusion feeds into everything that we do, on-screen and off. From the programming and movies we create to employee benefits/programs and social impact outreach initiatives, we believe that opportunity, access, resources and rewards should be available to and for the benefit of all. Paramount is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, religion, creed, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship status, marital status, disability, gender identity, gender expression, and Veteran status.

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