DESCRIPTION

Are you a sports news fanatic with your finger on the pulse of trending digital content?

Audacy Detroit is looking for a highly motivated, creative and detail-oriented Executive Producer of Video to join our team.

The ideal candidate is a quick-thinking self-starter and resourceful writer who has a way with words and the ability to ignite conversations and create videos in everything from traditional sports to the intersection of sports and culture. You have a sharp instinct of what both passionate and more casual local fans will engage with, balanced with a commitment to content analytics and video production. You thrive in a fast-paced, communication-driven team environment, and multiple content management systems don’t scare you.

You are passionate about sports news and driven to build traffic and audience with unique content marketing. You have a proven track record of growing digital audiences and engagement on websites and social platforms. You are on top of all of the latest local sports news, including identifying social/Google trends and breaking news stories, and are constantly looking for engaging content that is a fit for the brand.

JOB EXPERIENCE

What You'll Do:

Responsible for the stations overall video production
Produce, publish and distribute both original and syndicated stories across all station platforms, focusing on owned and operated properties like web/app/social
Ensure all daily content is optimized for search
Write in a style that is appealing for specific audiences (die-hard vs. casual sports news) — extensive knowledge of the local sports and sports-culture landscape required
Create content that drives audience growth and engagement, while supporting station and sales needs, when needed
Help to plan and execute push alert and newsletter sends for top station & podcast content
Understand reporting systems like Google Analytics and Sprout, and how to use data to drive audience growth
Develop and maintain strong industry contacts to promote the content you create, getting it in front of new audiences, including partner sites
Use editorial sense through content and social to convert readers to digital listeners
Strong communication with local show producers to identify show highlights, big-name guests, and breaking news to turn around content immediately–owning local news as opposed to being scooped.
Work closely with Brand Manager as primary contact on local sports interviews and opportunities
Be an effective communicator (beyond email), and possess the ability to maintain a healthy working relationship in an open environment with all levels of the local/central organization
Help Managing Editor with critical duties such as building communication bridges across the local station network, establishing and sticking to brand/voice, and innovating new content ideas
Work with Ad Sales team on occasion on creation of content for sponsorship packages
Other duties as assigned

REQUIREMENTS

More About You:

Required & Preferred:

A Bachelor’s Degree is required
A minimum of 3-5 years of digital content creation experience (minimum of 1 year people-managing)
Flexibility to work nights/weekends as needed (sports news doesn’t stop at 5 PM)
Experience writing all local sports content, ranging from straight news to passionate opinion and topical/evergreen lists
Must have excellent writing skills and the ability to tell engaging stories
Strong self-editing skills with attention to detail in grammar, punctuation, and design layout
Ability to own the news cycle to make judgments and react instantaneously and independently to key breaking/viral opportunities
Deep-rooted knowledge of a variety of popular sports, with a focus on football, baseball, hockey and basketball
Audio/video editing experience is a must
Strong SEO knowledge and expertise
Photoshop experience is preferred, but not required
Basic MS Office skills are required, as well as how to use/navigate a Content Management System

ADDITIONAL INFO

Audacy, Inc. (NYSE: AUD) is a scaled, multi-platform audio content and entertainment company with the country’s best radio broadcasting group, a leader in virtually every segment of audio, and America’s #1 creator of original, premium audio. Audacy engages over 170 million consumers each month, bringing people together around the news, sports, podcasts and music that matter to them. Learn more at www.audacyinc.com, Facebook (Audacy Corp) and Twitter (@AudacyCorp).

HOW TO APPLY

Please upload resume and apply at https://careers-audacy.icims.com/

https://careers-audacy.icims.com/jobs/5660/executive-producer/job