Albuquerque Biz First seeks digital producer

Albuquerque Business First, the business news leader in central New Mexico, is hiring a digital producer. We’re looking for someone who will thrive in our breaking-news culture and who has demonstrated content experience in an online environment.

This person will craft timely and compelling content that drives reader interaction, with an emphasis on video, and extend the Business Journal brand in the digital space. The digital producer is expected to curate, report and write posts as well as produce interactive features, galleries and video. The digital producer will also be a key contributor to our social media feeds. In addition, this person will upload weekly files to bizjournals.com and curate our People on the Move and Calendar sections.

This is a part-time position. We’re looking for someone who can be a key contributor in our newsroom for 25 hours a week.

DESIRED EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS

· Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience

· 2-3 years experience in online news operation

· Strong headline writing and copy-editing skills

· Video production experience

· Familiarity with AP Style

· SEO experience

· Demonstrated use of databases to build interactive elements and features

· Data entry for content management systems

· HTML skills

· Excel and/or spreadsheet tools and management

To apply, email resume, cover letter with salary requirements and three to five published clips to Editor-in-Chief Rachel Sams at rsams@bizjournals.com. No phone calls please.