Content creator

About the role

KGET in Bakersfield is looking for an experienced, imaginative producer to lead our streaming news platform. The ideal candidate will have experience with traditional broadcast news, a creative understanding of the potential of streaming television and the ability to bring that understanding to fruition.

Download the app and go to KGET+ to see what we have now. We want to build that streaming channel into an institution equal to our legacy No. 1 broadcast channel. We’re looking for someone who can routinely envision the streaming potential of broadcast stories and then shepherd those stories – and those reporters – onto our CTV platform.

Responsibilities

• Producing shows and content, being an expert in the technical aspects of creating episodes and getting them into the app, and helping promote KGET+ and its shows across platforms.
• Curating and aggregating a steady stream of interesting content packaged and promoted to generate engagement and repeat site visitation.
• Familiarization of all available Nexstar streaming shows; Recognizing which would be of greatest interest to our particular audience; Balancing local and Nexstar content into a 24/7 schedule that draws the biggest audience.
• Monitoring all forms of media (print, TV, digital, blogs and social) and being the quickest to report breaking news stories and be on the hunt for exclusive and or trending content that will grow engagement and drive loyal, local traffic.
• Understanding different ways to tell a story, particularly producing short videos and choosing great photos.
• Building positive working relationships with newsroom staff and management, working collaboratively on enterprise content, and creating opportunities to market web content on broadcast.
• Training station members in streaming studio operations
• Overseeing the streaming studios production calendar
• Working with engineering on issues / needs for streaming studios
• Assisting the News Director in hiring, as needed.
• Ability to work flexible hours, as needed.
• Additional tasks as needed

Qualifications and Skills

The successful candidate also will be able to conceptualize and execute ideas for original streaming programming. He or she will be able to combine several broadcast stories into a single CTV show.

Pay

Pay range: $20 - $23.50 per hour, depending on experience