HEARST BUSINESS COMMUNICATIONS, INC
Web Producer (Media)
Are you ready to tell the stories of the innovative, quirky, progressive, woke, and wild nuances of life in Seattle to the region and the world?
We are a small website with a mighty reach. Our stories are shared on MSN, SFGATE, and across the entire Hearst platforms of Chron.com, MySA.com, and more.
We produce digital-only content, from engaging headlines that get people to our stories, to a visual experience on the site. We recognize that people are visual and photos are key, that video is a great tool for understanding something, and that our words are the glue that holds it all together.
If you can spot a story that feels authentic to the Pacific Northwest, and write about it in a listicle format, in a fresh, witty, sometimes snarky voice, while respecting objective journalism, legal issues, and copyrights, you may be perfect for this role.
If you post to Facebook, Twitter, Instagram for work, know how to live stream anything, and also how to speak in a brand voice to different audiences, you may be perfect for this role.
If you can bust out breaking news quickly and accurately, while simultaneously monitoring trends on Tweetdeck, editing a video on your phone, and chatting with your boss via Slack -- and do it all with a smile – you may be perfect for this role.
We are looking for a vibrant, intelligent, and energetic writer/homepage curator to work a schedule that includes weekends and/or nights, curating and creating content for SeattlePI. The ideal candidate will proactively self-assign stories that are on the verge of going viral; an idea generator with strong social roots. She or he should be able to create two or three stories a day while managing the flow of content from the rest of the team onto the homepage, and keeping a steady stream of Facebook posts for that content as well.
Specific Responsibilities Include: