Digital Media Jobs

A top 10 market television station, located in Houston, TX, is seeking a Digital Media Editor/Designer. The selected candidate must be proficient writing in AP style for print and writing creative search-optimized story headlines. The primary responsibilities will be to publish news and non-news content, mobile and video content, breaking news and weather content, grow our presence on social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter, develop photo slideshows, blogs, and oversee the design and layout for pages within the website. Will also be the lead in special projects such as the development of the Election Database in LEDER for multi-platform distribution.

Interested candidates should have a college degree or equivalent in communications, journalism or digital media preferred; must have web publishing and page layout experience (preferred with Clickability); ability to write in AP style for print; knowledge of website usability; understanding of search engine optimization; mobile and video strategy; ability to push content out to social media, including Facebook, Twitter, and other user generated tools; must be superb in writing search optimized story headlines and be an idea resource for the department; excellent communication and organizational skills; ability to work with minimal supervision as well as with a team; must be able to multi-task and meet deadlines.

This position does require the ability to work a flexible schedule, including nights, weekends, and holidays.