Status: Full-TimeLocation: Santa Cruz, CADescriptionLookout Santa Cruz is on the hunt for a element-oriented and artistic Digital Producer & Storyteller to hitch our dynamic workforce. The producer will collaborate with our editorial and income groups to meet Lookout’s mission: the event of a brand new native information and knowledge mannequin for the 2020s that’s viewers-enriching, group-constructing and income-producing. The objective: create the very best-attainable person expertise on website and to assist inform tales in artistic, participating methods which are solely made attainable in a digital panorama.The producer focuses on three key outcomes:Owns upkeep and day by day programming of the Lookout Santa Cruz web site via the Graphene content material administration system, making certain the positioning is functioning easily and is optimized for the very best person expertise. Owns day by day administration of third-get together distributors. Works facet-by-facet with editorial workers to help in manufacturing of knowledge visualizations and the usage of interactive instruments reminiscent of Infogram, Second Street, KnightLab and others to each bolster and distinguish Lookout’s storytelling.Collaborates with the income workforce to construct a excessive-high quality person expertise on content material advertising and marketing tales, civic and advertising and marketing companion pages and interactive modules that dazzle purchasers. This versatile position requires consideration to element and creativity, with a deal with digital storytelling optimized for cell and desktop use. The profitable candidate builds on Lookout’s editorial mission and intention to make use of interactive instruments to do fashionable, explanatory storytelling. We’ll be relying on you to roll up your sleeves to totally advance an entrepreneurial, quick-progress startup setting.What You’ll Be DoingThe Digital Producer & Storyteller’s focus is to make the Lookout Santa Cruz web site sing, making certain the web site and content material is visually dynamic and optimized for a superb digital person expertise.More particularly:Works day by day with the editorial workers and collaborates with correspondents to create information visualizations and information them in the usage of interactive instruments that help within the day by day storytelling through instruments like Infogram, KnightLab, Second Street and extra. Pitches and builds quizzes, story maps, interactive timelines, video games and different participating, interactive content material that helps transcend the headlines and supplies customers with context and depth. Is snug digging into thick information units to distill and show vital context-constructing info in digestible methods to help storytelling. Provides technical help throughout each digital and reside occasions and helps report, clip and add occasion movies to our YouTube channel and on website. Is snug with audio and video enhancing when obligatory. Collaborates with the income workforce to construct a excessive-high quality person expertise on articles, pages and interactive modules to assist showcase Marketing Partners, Civic Partners/Groups and Promoted Content. Aids the Revenue workforce in creating and sending promotional and advertising and marketing supplies to our sturdy mailing record and to segmented audiences. Owns the administration, upkeep, and day by day programming of the Lookout Santa Cruz web site via the Graphene CMS. Duties will embrace however are usually not restricted to constructing pages, sections and promotional modules. Helps handle third-get together distributors together with Lookout’s occasion calendar, actual property modules, publication companies and extra.Helps form Lookout’s product roadmap and evaluates and researches new third-get together companies and know-how companions — maintaining Lookout’s core mission in thoughts. Minimum {qualifications} and experienceA bachelor’s diploma with no less than 3 years of related expertise as a digital producer, net developer or digital storyteller in a information operation or associated subject. A demonstrated means to create quick-flip, excessive-high quality infographics and interactive parts to take conventional storytelling to the following stage. Experience utilizing content material administration programs like Arc, WordPress, WCM, Lakana, or others. Experience managing the backend programs of an internet site and an understanding of coding are a plus. Superior artistic, organizational and communication talents with a deal with Lookout’s mission of reader-first journalism and an optimized person expertise. Benefits and UtilityThe Digital Producer & Producer is a full-time Lookout Local worker. We provide aggressive worker advantages.Lookout Local is an equal alternative employer. All certified candidates will obtain consideration for employment with out regard to race, colour, faith, intercourse, sexual orientation, gender identification, nationwide origin, incapacity or veteran standing.Please apply, with cowl letter, resume to [email protected].
