Courier Journal Digital Producer/Planner Exempt (Louisville Guild)

Title: Courier Journal Digital Producer/Planner Exempt (Louisville Guild)

Location: Louisville, KY, USA

The Courier Journal/courier-journal.com, the leading news and information provider in Kentucky and part of the USA TODAY NETWORK, seeks an experienced digital producer who will be part of a team that helps manage the newspaper's digital content across a number of platforms to ensure our content is compelling and engaging for our audience. This person will be part of the team that plays a critical role in our goals to be urgent each day with news and information that is relevant and timely for our audience.

The successful candidate will have experience with audience metrics and the ability to write clear, accurate copy and social posts using AP style. Candidates must be detail-oriented and work well under pressure to meet demanding deadlines, as well as demonstrate an understanding of audience metrics and SEO with the goal of growing the audience.  

The candidate must demonstrate strong news judgment to manage the website’s fronts, send alerts, write daily newsletters and serve as quality control on its content. The ideal candidate will be a strong collaborator who can work closely with reporters, content coaches and newsroom leadership.    

The Courier Journal was awarded a 2020 Pulitzer Prize for its breaking news coverage. It’s a high-performing newsroom focused on meeting the demands of an engaged readership. Louisville has some of the highest-profile coverage opportunities in the country: national championship-caliber college basketball teams; SEC and ACC football; and the world-famous Kentucky Derby. Our coverage is built on digital storytelling and mobile consumption, which includes real-time reporting, smart analysis, video, deep storytelling and social engagement.   

Responsibilities:   

Edit, produce and publish content, optimizing for SEO and digital best practices.   

Edit sensitive content for clarity, fairness, legal issues, spelling, grammar, punctuation and style.   

Work with reporters and editors on projects to produce in-depth story packages. 

Create engaging social media posts on all relevant platforms, editing video or creating graphics as needed.  

Use metrics to determine traffic patterns and make changes tied to the data. Familiarity with Parse.ly and Google Analytics products is a plus.   

Manage courier-journal.com home pages, programming desktop and mobile, and send alerts to engage a loyal audience.   

Manage workflow to meet deadlines.   

Requirements:   

Bachelor's degree in communications, journalism or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.   

1-3 years of experience working for a daily news organization.   

Excellent news judgment.   

Top-notch writing, editing and headline-writing skills.   

Excellent communication skills.   

Proven experience with advanced storytelling techniques on multiple platforms.   

Effective communicator; able to get along with diverse personalities.   

Able to multitask and excel under intense deadline pressure in a rapidly changing industry.   

Ability to act calmly and decisively in complex breaking news situations.   

Able to work early mornings, nights or weekends.   

Application Instructions: 

We are eager to learn more about you and how you fit this role. When you apply, don’t limit your upload to a resume; show us what you’ve done. To do so, put together a single document file that includes the following, in this order:

 

Your resume – one to two pages.

A cover letter that outlines how you would approach the job.

Links to 3-6 online samples of your work. Show us what you’ve produced or had a hand in that best reflects what you can do in your desired role.

 

It is important that these items be assembled into a single document and uploaded in PDF format. Completing these steps will ensure that your application receives the highest consideration.

 

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