Digital Content Producer

KRQE Media Group in Albuquerque, NM is seeking a creative, digitally savvy Digital Content Producer to join our award-winning newsroom team. This is an exciting opportunity for a journalist who thrives in a fast-paced environment and is passionate about delivering compelling local news across digital platforms.

The Digital Content Producer is responsible for updating the KRQE website, curating high-performing content, crafting strong SEO headlines, and helping to report news - everything from quick-hit local stories to breaking news and enterprise reports. This role plays a vital part in building and growing a loyal local audience by responding to traffic trends, audience interests, and emerging news stories while serving as a trusted steward of the KRQE brand.

The ideal candidate is a strong storyteller with excellent news judgment, a passion for digital innovation, and the ability to thrive under deadline pressure while collaborating with a talented and supportive newsroom team dedicated to serving communities throughout New Mexico.

• Monitor all forms of media (print, TV, digital, blogs and social) and be quick to report breaking news stories and always on the hunt for exclusive and or trending content that will grow engagement and drive loyal, local traffic
• Excellent at writing headlines that grow audience and engagement
• Prioritize packaging content that grows page views per visitor and time on site, using headline testing, metric tools and observed patterns to guide decision making
• Curate and aggregate a steady stream of interesting content that is packaged and promoted in a way that generates engagement and repeat site visitation
• Understand different ways to tell a story, particularly producing short videos and choosing great photos
• Evaluate website traffic trends to make decisions on both daily content needs and longer-term content curation that will grow local audience
• Build positive working relationships with newsroom staff and management, work collaboratively on enterprise content, and creating opportunities to market web content on broadcast
• Promote and distribute news content on social media
• Performs other duties as assigned

Skills/Experience:

• Minimum of two years of experience in digital content and journalism
• Capable of researching, interviewing, and writing original news articles
• Clever headline writer that gets readers to click
• Strong multi-tasking abilities
• Organized, technical problem solver and quick decision maker
• Knowledge of SEO best practices and AP Style
• Enjoys working in teams and has excellent interpersonal skills
• Ease with/ability to learn new technology independently and quickly
• Strong communicator
• Some schedule flexibility (nights, weekends)
• Regularly meets measurements of success
• Strong understanding of Google Analytics and proficiency in Microsoft Office required; experience with Chartbeat, HTML, CSS, and Photoshop preferred.

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