Senior Digital Producer

We're seeking someone who will embrace our efforts to explain L.A. with content that makes complex issues easier to understand.

This is a fast-paced job that requires the ability to make decisions quickly and to move copy - particularly when news breaks - with speed. You should deeply understand web production and have an eye for presentation; creativity is welcome! We're looking for someone who can encourage best practices across the newsroom when it comes to how we execute and present our stories.

This role reports to our managing editor for daily news.

Expected Compensation Range: $110,000 - $125,000 per year . The exact salary rate is determined by experience and education related to the role, organizational compensation structure, and internal equity.

- Edit articles and other published material with text (newsletters, videos, photo captions, graphics, databases) for grammar, syntax, and style, as well as for formatting, SEO and legal review when needed.

- Review video scripts and edits for strong hooks, clarity and engaging calls-to-action.

- Be fluent in the social media sphere to flag story ideas and local trends, including using social listening software to track and report insights.

- Execute organization's strategy to grow a loyal digital audience for our news organization under the direction of the editor, using analytics to provide key insights and guidance.

- Understand and deploy our promise to practice diversity, equity and inclusion in how we assign, report, edit, produce, and distribute our journalism.

- Bachelor's degree in journalism or related field, or equivalent work experience

- Expertise in fact-checking stories for accuracy, context, and proper attribution

- Knowledge and fluency with AP style and usage and willingness and ability to be expert on our newsroom's Dialogue style guide

- Ability to work well in a team setting and multitask in a deadline-driven environment

- Strong news judgment and interest in local and regional news

- Must be able to work shifts of early morning, late evening hours or weekends, as necessary.

- Required to move about in an office environment and sit for extended periods of time.

- May be eligible to work in a hybrid office/remote work arrangement

LAist (LAist 89.3/LAist.com/LAist Studios) is diverse in race, ethnicity, language, culture, social class, national origin, religious and political belief, age, ability, gender, gender identity, and sexual orientation in addition to other markers protected by law.

At LAist, we strive to create an inclusive environment where we all feel pride in who we are and what we do. We are encouraged to show up as we are - always embracing and recognizing that our diversity is what brings us together. Our fundamental commitment to diversity:

- Enriches LAist and provides an atmosphere in which all human potential is valued

- Promotes learning through interactions among people of different backgrounds and many perspectives, and

- Enables the organization to prepare all employees to promote social responsibility, equity, freedom, and productive citizenship in a global society

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.

We are committed to hiring a breadth of diverse professionals and encourage you to apply.