CBS News and Stations hiring Digital Content Producer, CBS Minneapolis (WCCO) in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States | LinkedIn (2024)

CBS is looking for a phenomenal Digital Content Producer to work on our web sites, YouTube pages, local 24-hour streaming channels, and other digital outlets, leading and creating content for audiences in the Twin Cities and Detroit markets. The digital content producer will be based in Minnesota, and work with a digital team to optimize written content and headlines, and create and organize live and on-demand video content for mobile, desktop and OTT platforms. The digital content producer also will work in coordination with news managers, television line producers, reporters and others to create and publish written content, conduct interviews, and edit and publish video on demand, while enhancing search engine optimization (SEO) and shareability of all content.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited, to:

• Writing content regularly for Twin Cities and Detroit local editions of CBSNews.com
• Tracking news and events; coordinating coverage with managers and other digital producers
• Constantly updating and managing news stories on all platforms, and producing breaking news and other updates purposefully
• Writing effective, optimized, and memorable headlines, stories, scripts, and segments
• Creating and publishing digital content to meet strategic content goals
• Working with managers and the entire digital team to develop and produce special digital content, applying the resources and storytelling of newsrooms in Minnesota and Detroit
• Overseeing content on our streaming services CBS News Minnesota and CBS News Detroit by building show rundowns and segments, and editing video and scripts whenever needed
• Conducting interviews in the field or over web camera, shooting video, producing stories, and editing video for audiences on digital and social media platforms
• Other duties as assigned

Required qualifications:

• 2+ years of experience as a digital content news producer or show producer in cable, broadcast or digital content work environment
• Demonstrated success operating in a fast-paced work environment
• Ability to work under tight deadlines to write headlines and edit video for live digital broadcasts
• Thorough knowledge of social media and the competitive digital news environment
• Expertise in AP style and writing
• Prior experience with editing systems such as Edius/Stratus, Final Cut, Adobe Premiere required
• Prior experience with iNews, and Crispin Rapid Play preferred
• A producer in this role will regularly work four 10-hour shifts on Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Monday. This schedule will change in the event of breaking news or to help cover shifts when other staff members are off.
• Understanding of SEO

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.

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