Digital Producer
Listed on 2026-07-28
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Creative Arts/Media
Journalism
Digital Producer
The Arizona Republic / , part of the USA TODAY NETWORK, is searching for a digital producer to join the production desk at The Arizona Republic and in Phoenix, one of the USA TODAY Network's largest news sites and a hub of network coverage in the U.S. Southwest.
A successful candidate should have excellent writing and copy‑editing skills with prior digital news or story packaging experience. Candidates must be detail‑oriented and work well under pressure to meet demanding deadlines, as well as demonstrate an understanding of audience metrics and SEO with the goal of growing the audience.
The candidate must demonstrate strong news judgment to manage the website's fronts, send alerts, write daily newsletters and serve as quality control on its content. The ideal candidate will be a strong collaborator who can work closely with reporters, content coaches and newsroom leadership.
Responsibilities- Edit, produce and publish content, optimizing for SEO and digital best practices.
- Edit sensitive content for clarity, fairness, legal issues, spelling, grammar, punctuation and style.
- Work with reporters and editors on projects to produce in-depth storytelling packaging.
- Use metrics to determine traffic patterns and make changes tied to the data. Familiarity with Parse.ly and Google Analytics products a plus.
- Manage 's home pages, programming desktop and mobile, and send alerts to engage a loyal audience.
- Manage workflow to meet deadlines.
- Bachelor's or master's degree in communications, journalism or related field or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- 1–3 years of experience working for a daily news organization.
- Excellent news judgment.
- Top‑notch writing, editing and headline‑writing skills.
- Excellent communication skills.
- Proven experience with advanced storytelling techniques on multiple platforms.
- Effective communicator; able to get along with diverse personalities.
- Able to multitask and excel under intense deadline pressure in a rapidly changing industry.
- Ability to act calmly and decisively in complex breaking news situations.
- Able to work early morning, night or weekend shifts.
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