Digital Producer - Freelance in Boston, MA, USA

JOB TYPE:

• Temporary / Per Diem / Freelance

JOB SCHEDULE:

• Part-Time

JOB LOCATION:

• Boston, MA

ABOUT US:
CBS Television Stations consists of 29 owned-and-operated stations, including 16 that are part of the CBS Television Network, eight affiliates of The CW Network, three independent stations and two MyNetworkTV affiliates. Among its stations are WCBS-TV and WLNY-TV (New York), KCBS-TV and KCAL-TV (Los Angeles), WBBM-TV (Chicago), KYW-TV and WPSG-TV (Philadelphia), KTVT-TV and KTXA-TV (Dallas-Ft. Worth), KPIX-TV and KBCW-TV (San Francisco), WBZ-TV and WSBK-TV (Boston), WUPA-TV (Atlanta), WWJ-TV and WKBD-TV (Detroit), KSTW-TV (Seattle), WTOG-TV (Tampa-St. Petersburg), WCCO-TV (Minneapolis), KCNC-TV (Denver), WFOR-TV and WBFS-TV (Miami), KOVR-TV and KMAX-TV (Sacramento), KDKA-TV and WPCW-TV (Pittsburgh), WJZ-TV (Baltimore), as well as WCCO-TV’s satellite stations KCCO-TV (Alexandria, Minn.) and KCCW-TV (Walker, Minn.).

DESCRIPTION:
CBSBoston Digital Producers are expected to apply the below concepts in the following parts of their job:

• Work with WBZ-TV newsroom to produce compelling multi-media news experiences for the digital consumer. This is an editorial position with a heavy emphasis on news writing.

• Recognize and produce compelling video content into multimedia posts for CBS Boston.

• Clear communication, teamwork, and attention to detail are essential.

• Execute effective, company compliant messaging on Social Media, text and email platforms

• Program website section fronts to engage digital consumers.

• Make sure all daily content production is optimized using SEO strategies

• Track daily digital analytics and respond accordingly.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• CBS Boston is seeking an experienced, part-time digital media producer to work with our fast-paced news team. This is an editorial position. The ideal candidate has unwavering news judgment, strong news writing and copy editing background.
• Candidates must be detail oriented and work well under pressure to meet demanding deadlines.
• Prior experience in a newspaper, online, radio or television newsroom is a must.
• This job requires a flexible schedule and includes working weekends and evenings.
• CBS Boston digital media producers must possess a thorough understanding of online audience habits and audience acquisition strategies, including but not limited to:
• How to use SEO strategies in building headlines, stories, multimedia posts, etc.
• How to produce compelling social media posts with strong engagement rates.
• Strong digital headline writing
• Successful execution of visual strategies to program compelling modules and section fronts.
• Understanding of basic web analytics and how to apply them

EEO STATEMENT:
Equal Opportunity Employer Minorities/Women/Veterans/Disabled

Are you looking to pay or is this a collaboration?
Pay to hire someone

Is this ongoing work or a one off job?
Ongoing work

How would you prefer to pay?
Day rate

What’s your day rate budget range? (USD)
$250-350 (Industry average)

Do you have an estimate of the job or project length?
A few months

Are you a company or individual hiring?
Company

Do you have internal sign off on the hire?
Yes

Do you need to hire for a specific city, country or place?
Yes, they need to be at a location (give location in job title)

When do you want to have the freelancer secured by?
2-3 weeks

What is most important for this job?
Quality

Twine can guarantee 3 relevant freelancers for an upfront fee of $650/£500. Would you like to know more?
No

How many freelancers do you want to contact you?
4-5

Do you have a job specification or creative brief?
Yes (please enter this in the description)

Does the freelancer need insurance?
Yes

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You contacted me