Digital Producer

Overview

Common Wealth Beacon — 11 Beacon St, Suite 500, Boston, Massachusetts 02108, United States. Web: (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below)./

Common Wealth Beacon is an award-winning non-partisan news organization covering statewide politics and policy in Massachusetts. It seeks a self-starting, proactive digital producer to support editorial and audience development work. This role is pivotal as the newsroom looks to expand reach across Massachusetts and engage new audiences. Candidates should have strong organizational skills, the ability to manage multiple projects, work quickly on deadline, be fluent in today’s social media environment, and uphold the highest editorial standards.

Digital Producer — Job  |

Location:

Boston, MA 02108 |

Employment Type:

Full time | Salary: 60,000–70,000 USD per year | Posted: 02.17.2026

• Working closely with the audience development strategist to shape, execute, and update our audience development plan
• Creating video, audio and other content for social media feeds
• Producing events in support of Common Wealth Beacon’s editorial calendar
• Writing explainers, short-form fact checks, and other articles as needed
• Assisting with production of our newsletters – the Daily Download, The Saturday Send, the (Re)
  Publisher, and Common Wealth Voices, and brainstorming other newsletter offerings to develop new audiences
• Working with editors to hone headlines, subheads and other display copy
• Updating our homepage and pulling wire copy
• Assisting the Director of Development to implement advertising campaigns and job board postings across the website, newsletters and other relevant platforms
• Tracking analytics to help better promote stories

• 2–3 years of digital production experience in a newsroom
• 2–3 years of experience editing and producing photo and video content for websites and social channels
• 2–3 years of experience with SEO techniques, keyword research, and headline writing
• Experience with content management systems (e.g., Newspack) and familiarity with analytics platforms such as Google Analytics, Chartbeat and Parsely
• Excellent copywriting and editing skills
• Excellent organizational and communication skills

The salary range for this position is $60,000–$70,000 per year. MassINC provides a full benefits package including health care with HRA, dental insurance, 401K with company match, FSA and DCA, unlimited vacation, generous parental leave, and 13 paid holidays throughout the year.

Common Wealth Beacon is currently a hybrid office based in Boston. This role is expected to work in-person 3 days a week and attend in-person events as necessary.

Please submit a cover letter, resume, and 3–5 content samples to MassINC COO, Maeve Duggan (mduggan). If possible, content samples should include writing and video samples. Applications will be considered on a rolling basis.

We are committed to advancing equitable access to opportunities and resources at Common Wealth Beacon and to addressing barriers and structural systems that perpetuate inequity. We encourage robust debate, shaped by a wide range of lived experiences and informed opinions. We believe diversity and inclusion are essential to our mission and encourage candidates of all backgrounds to apply.

Common Wealth Beacon’s mission is to contribute to a more inclusive and vibrant civic culture that makes government more responsive and effective by providing rigorous coverage of important issues affecting life in Massachusetts. Common Wealth Beacon is published by MassINC. MassINC’s mission is to make Massachusetts a place of civic vitality and inclusive economic opportunity by providing residents with nonpartisan research, reporting, analysis, and civic engagement necessary to understand policy choices, inform decision making, and hold the government accountable.

MassINC is also home to the MassINC Polling Group, a for-profit subsidiary.

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