KQED ? Part-Time: Digital Producer, Weekends ? San Francisco, CA

Job title: Part-Time: Digital Producer, Weekends

Company: KQED

Job description: Under the direction of the Managing Editor, Digital, the digital producer is a multimedia journalist who creates and packages daily news items, feature stories and original content for KQED.org and social media sites like Instagram, Facebook, TikTok and Twitter. At times this journalist will produce audio content.

The digital producer creates unique, shareable content that can stand alone online and across digital platforms. This includes, but is not limited to: original reporting, maps, graphics, photography, art or additional reporting for kqed.org.

The producer reports, creates and manages editorial content on the web, on social media accounts and other channels of content distribution. The ideal candidate is a strong writer and adept at reporting, story selection, headline and other display copy writing, copyediting, photo selection and editing, and audio editing.

This role is part of the KQED digital news team, creating timely news coverage primarily for KQED.org, as well as production of original online features and series.

The producer prepares and formats text, photo and audio content for posting on various KQED platforms, mobile apps, social media platforms and other digital venues. This can include transforming radio scripts / transcripts into text pieces; securing, editing, writing captions for and publishing photographs, including taking photographs; editing, encoding and publishing audio content online; and cross-referencing related editorial material from other KQED departments and content from third-party wire news services.

KQED envisions a public media organization with a culture that centers on human dignity, equity, and belonging. This will enable us to better serve and reflect the Bay Area through diverse and inclusive storytelling.

We value the contributions of marginalized people in society ? including Black, Indigenous, and all people of color, people with disabilities, and LGBTQIA+ people ? and we believe that these communities must be centered in the work we do, and we strongly encourage members of these communities to apply.

The mission that drives us:

KQED provide citizens of Northern California with a community-supported alternative to commercial media. We provide citizens with the knowledge they need to make informed decisions; convene community dialogue; bring the arts to everyone and engage audiences to share their stories. We help students and teachers thrive in 21st-century classrooms, and take people of all ages on journeys of exploration- exposing them to new people, places and ideas.

This role will work hybrid between working in and working remotely. KQED requires employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19.

Salary Information: $48,000-$60,000

Essential Functions: * Create and aggregate compelling multimedia content on a daily basis that informs and engages our audience. Content types include, but are not limited to online pieces, photo essays, native social media stories, audio/video, editorial stories and features.
? Serve as support for content supplied by staff and freelance contributors. This includes writing headlines and text, editing and adding photos, audio and video, copyediting, publishing and fact-checking online content, and contributing reporting.
? Gather audio/video in the field for digital/radio broadcast reporting.
? Develop strong working relationships with relevant KQED News editorial staff and actively participate in creating online elements for special features or packages.
? Act as a source of ideas for new products, services and features for the desktop site and mobile experiences.
? Provides fill-in support when needed for other digital producers, including overseeing KQED News social media accounts, daily stories and their publication schedules on the News blogs and more.
? Provides periodic edit support to Digital News Staff for text stories and online packages.
? Familiar with SEO.
? Provides daily/weekly content suggestions to news editor/teammates.
? Work with internal staff to improve the organization?s skills for creating interactive content (training).
? Assist in managing online interns.
? Identify and track key metrics to help evaluate the traffic growth and usage of specific sections of KQED News.
? Assist in oversight of user-generated content and communities, including online stories, comments and other opportunities for KQED News visitors to share their views and content about the topics we cover.
Non-Essential Functions:* Assumes other duties as assigned.

Knowledge/Experience Required:
? Several years experience reporting or primary news reporting experience.
? At least three years? experience working as an online community manager or maintaining a blog or website.
? Knowledge and practices of social media sites is required.
? Well informed in a wide range of areas, including current events, arts, culture, film, history, science, and public policy.
? Ability to multi-task required.
? Proven ability to build and maintain a wide-range of partnerships.
? Knowledge & experience maintaining databases.
? Experience working with different types of digital media content, including audio and video with the ability to perform simple HTML programming and coding.
? Wide knowledge of Bay Area people, places, partners, and events preferred.
If you?re interested in this job but don?t feel like you meet all of the qualifications, please consider applying and tell us more about yourself.

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Expected salary: $48000 - 60000 per year

Location: San Francisco, CA

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