Multiplatform Producer- Sports

Summary of Position

The Multiplatform Producer-Sports specializes in programming content for the sports homepage and the high school sports homepage and other digital platforms, with responsibility for helping to assist with or oversee key projects. The role requires strong news judgment, advanced headline-writing skills and an ability to take appropriate action on metrics data.

Essential Duties & Functions

Oversee the sports and high school sports homepages. This includes:

• Place local and enterprise stories on the page, utilizing news judgment, metrics and feedback from supervisors to create a compelling, comprehensive report that reflects Newsday’s journalism standards.
• Work with sports, photo and video editors to help get content online and troubleshoot problems with traditional posts and alternative storytelling.
• Constantly monitor the page to improve headlines and teasers for readability/accuracy/sense, improve photo crops with homepage view in mind and ensure that content is up to date.
• Look for technical/UX glitches and typographical errors. Check ledes, cutlines and graphic elements to ensure there are no misspellings or inaccurate descriptions and that Newsday digital style is followed.
• Monitor Parse.ly to see which stories are performing well and adjust story play and headlines accordingly, using good editorial judgment and awareness of Newsday’s brand. Alert assigning editors to particularly well-performing content so they can consider ways to update or supplement that coverage.
• Stay up to date with topline findings on Metrics for News and metrics reports to help inform decision-making. As needed, analyze data to identify trends and share actionable insights with newsroom editors and reporters to help grow and diversify Newsday’s audience.

Help promote Newsday’s content. This includes:

• Write push and email alerts for high-interest stories over team segments, including local community alerts. Work with supervisors and desk editors to execute.
• Assist with social media posts. Alert social team of breaking news.
• Build out homepage and special pages in stage/ahead of time to be ready for breaking news events or big stories that are embargoed.
• Review mobile and email alerts and flag for appropriate other editors.
• Oversee production of special projects, such as Top 100 lists and All-Long Island teams.

Essential Job Knowledge & Skills

• An understanding of journalism ethics, standards and AP style.
• Expertise or familiarity with standard metrics and SEO programs such as Parse.ly, Metrics for News and Adobe. Advanced Excel/spreadsheet management skills is a plus.
• Ability to shape journalistically sound insights from raw metrics data.
• Collaborative mindset focused on building a rapport with others on a cross-functional team.
• Willingness to multi-task on quick-turnaround assignments and long-term projects, pivoting as the team’s priorities shift.
• Ability to work a flexible and varied schedule to include weekends, nights and holidays.

Compensation

• The hourly base rate range for this role is $34.51 - $37.51 , commensurate with experience.
• This position is represented by the Graphics Communication Conference, PPPWU

Physical Requirements

• Prolonged computer work/sedentary
• Employees are generally required to work in the office a minimum of three (3) days per week.
• Ability to work a flexible and varied schedule to include weekends, holidays and extended hours as needed to support business needs

Newsday Media Group is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants and incumbents are selected, placed, trained, compensated and promoted without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital or veteran status, or disability or other classifications protected by applicable law.  In addition, Newsday Media Group provides a reasonable accommodation for applicants/incumbents with disabilities. Please advise Human Resources if you require a reasonable accommodation.