Digital Media, Content Producer

WNYC FM & AM are America’s most listened to public radio stations, heard by more than 1.1 million listeners each week in the New York Region. From popular local programs such as The Brian Lehrer Show, The Leonard Lopate Show, and Soundcheck to the award-winning national series On the Media, Studio 360, and Radio Lab, WNYC offers a unique service in the nation’s most competitive and dynamic radio market. WNYC produces significant cultural reporting and music, concert and festival programs as rich and diverse as the city itself. In addition to broadcasting news from NPR and the BBC, WNYC also maintains an award-winning local news department focused on investigative journalism and community issues.

WNYC airs 24 hours a day, 365 days a year on FM 93.9, AM 820, and www.wnyc.org, where listeners can access the stations’ cutting edge podcasting technology and online programming on WNYC2, our HD and internet radio. As an employer, WNYC offers a unique professional opportunity to work alongside a tremendously creative staff, a passionate audience and an unparalleled product.

WNYC seeks a Content Producer for WNYC.org and other WNYC websites.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
• Produce and maintain content on WNYC.org website
• Design and production of graphics and digital media
• Production of recurring and occasional online features on wnyc.org
• Work with Director of Digital Media and Digital Media staff, Show producers and other stakeholders to determine online coverage priorities
• Participate in digital media department quality assurance process
• Contribute to ongoing digital media department strategic planning process
• Maintain awareness of industry trends and competitive landscape: design, content, user interfaces, information architecture of public broadcasting and other media/news and information websites

Qualifications:
• Strong web production skills: CSS, Semantically valid XHTML mark-up, JavaScript required
• Able to manage multiple priorities and to satisfy the demands of associates with competing needs required
• Excellent communication and diplomacy skills required
• Ability to work in a team environment, building and maintaining relationships with people in and outside the organization required
• Proven ability to meet deadlines, with accuracy and attention to detail required
• Ability to work in a dynamic, changing environment required
• Bachelors degree or equivalent required
• Minimum 3 years experience in Internet/New Media production and design required
• Graphics Production: Photoshop required
• News writing, reporting and/or copy editing experience strongly preferred
• Experience with Content Management Systems preferred
• Interest and expertise in UI and usability; familiarity and/or interest in Web 2.0 trends and technologies, such as Social Networking, Tagging, Blogs, RSS, Ajax strongly preferred
• Production/design of digital media: Flash, Audio, Video preferred
• Experience with scripting languages (i.e., PHP) and dynamic database-driven websites preferred
• Must be able to read, write, speak, use a telephone, personal computer, and other office equipment and work in an office environment

To Apply:
To apply for this opportunity, please e-mail a cover letter, salary requirements and resume (attached as a Word document) to jobs@wnyc.org with “Digital Media Content Producer” written in the subject line. WNYC must receive all information requested in order to consider your candidacy.
Qualified candidates only please. No calls. No agencies.
Candidates selected for interview will be contacted.
WNYC IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER.