Social Media Manager / Digital producer
The Gazette is looking for a highly creative, self-starting individual who can also collaborate well in a team environment and be our Social Media Manager while also handling digital producer duties. Gazette Media, located in beautiful downtown Colorado Springs, Colorado, is seeking someone who thrives on change and is passionate about digital journalism. We want to deliver news of the Pikes Peak region, Colorado and beyond by adding value, context and timeliness. We also want to lead the continuing conversations in our growing city, which earlier this year was cited as the top destination for millennial in the U.S. in a Brookings Institution study. You'll lead our audience engagement efforts and will be a key part of story delivery, working with reporters and editors to maximize stories before they are published online.
Together with the rest of our digital team, you'll share content with readers at the best time and on the best platform.
Responsibilities:
- Lead us in following best practices for use of images and headlines that have greatest reach in various social media.
- Be involved in developing overall strategy while leading experiments in our lab environment.
You have:
- A minimum of 1 to 2 years of digital journalism and/or social media experience. Reporting experience is preferred.
- Strong news judgment.
- SEO experience.
- Desire for continued learning and not afraid of challenges outside your knowledge base.
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, high-volume and deadline-driven environment.
- Strong knowledge of all mainstream and other growing social channels such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Snapchat, etc.
- Experience with video editing is a plus.
We have: The Gazette offers competitive pay and a comprehensive benefit package that includes medical, dental, vision, critical illness and accident insurance, life insurance, disability insurance, a 401k plan, identify theft, legal, pet insurance and paid holidays, vacation, sick, personal and volunteer time.
Why us?
Love where you work with a career at the Colorado Springs Gazette. A workplace should be more than just a means to making a living. At the Colorado Springs Gazette we believe in making a difference. We believe in being the best at providing news, information, subject matter expertise and services that enrich the lives of subscribers and advertisers helping make our community a better place to live, work and conduct business.
Internally, we believe in ideas, collaboration, and promoting a fun and engaging work environment. Together, our team works hard every day to support our community and bring results to our clients. We employ a diverse group of talented people and offer our employees an exceptional benefits package.
Working at the Gazette means that you'll be working for a reputable media company that's been around for more than 100 years. We are a two time Pulitzer Prize winner, the premier source of news and information for Colorado Spring and the Pikes Peak Region and the second largest circulation newspaper in Colorado. You'll learn from some of the best professionals in the state and most importantly, you'll work for a company that values our community and strives to make it a better place to live, work and raise a family.