Digital Producer, Morning

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Requisition ID: 1040

Salary Range: $60,108.00 To $70,715.00 Annually

Job Title:    Digital Producer, Morning

Department:  Content

Reports To:  News Editor

Classification: Regular Full-Time

FLSA Status: Salary Exempt

Work Location:  Based in a Vermont Public Studio Location (Colchester, Montpelier, Upper Valley)

Cellular Phone Reimbursement Eligible: Yes

Prepared Date: July 2025

Application Deadline:

Complete applications are due by Friday, October 17th, 2025.

Application Process:

Applications must be accompanied by a resume, cover letter and 2-3 samples of writing that demonstrate your skills in broadcast or digital journalism. 

(These can be a newscast script, a digital article, a social media post, a video script, etc. If you were not the primary writer, but served in a supporting role, please tell us the nature of your role.)

Applications missing any of these requirements will be considered incomplete and thus not reviewed.

Summary 

The Digital Producer is a journalist who is part of a team of reporters, producers and editors working to inform, educate, and entertain through public service journalism and enlightening content rooted in Vermont. This role is highly collaborative, working with others to create, adapt and enhance stories for digital spaces. The Digital Producer is also innovative, trying new techniques to help Vermont Public increase the reach, usefulness and accessibility of its stories. On a given day, someone in this role might prepare a daily or feature story for online publication, repackage a broadcast segment into an explainer web post or TikTok (or both); make photographs, infographics and other visuals; and write and edit web, social media and newsletter copy using AP style (plus come up with compelling headlines). Strong news judgment, a commitment to journalistic ethics and attention to detail are keys to success in this role.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities 

• Produce the local content – digital news, audio newscasts and daily newsletter – for Vermont Public’s morning audience

• Prepare online stories for publication, including copy editing for AP and house style, ensuring strong visuals, optimizing for digital platforms and reviewing for search engine optimization

• Convert existing broadcast stories into digital products, or existing longform digital stories into alternative presentations, in collaboration with reporters and editors 

• Monitor third-party content partners to pull in stories that would serve Vermont Public’s digital audiences

• Help create short newscast items for Morning Edition

• Help create and publish The Frequency morning newsletter

• Collaborate with reporters, producers, editors, illustrators, translators and web developers/designers to deepen Vermont Public’s storytelling through digital tools like strong visuals, interactive tools, databases, infographics, videos and maps

• Coordinate with Vermont Public’s social media team to enhance our content’s online reach

• Experiment with emerging technology, digital platforms and accessibility tools to develop best practices that can be adapted throughout the newsroom

• Act as a champion for the organization’s online audiences

• Use metrics to monitor the performance of Vermont Public content online

• Report multiplatform stories, as assigned 

• Ensure that journalistic standards and ethics are upheld

• Participate in station fundraising activities as needed

• Involved in ongoing professional development for the benefit of Vermont Public 

• Other duties, as assigned

EXCELLENCE IN THIS ORGANIZATION 

• A high level of commitment and dedication to the mission of the organization and public media.

• Ability to cultivate and develop inclusive and equitable working relationships with co-workers and audience, supporting and enhancing a culture of belonging.

• Preserving confidentiality appropriately.

• Serving as an excellent ambassador for the organization, both formally and informally. Helping audience and potential audience members, donors, and potential donors connect with the organization.

• Facilitating excellent communications across departments, among employees, and with the public. Fostering open and candid relationships with Vermont Public audience and donors. Managing conflict constructively.

• Demonstrating a commitment to the continuous improvement of the organization’s ability to fulfill its mission and vision. 

• Demonstrating and encouraging creativity and enthusiasm for this work.

• Expressing consistent, high-performance expectations for themselves, their department, the leadership, and the organization itself.

• Developing a broad understanding of the organization’s departments, programs, and services to assist donors, collaborate effectively with peers, ensure respectful communication and teamwork among departments.

Supervisory Responsibilities: None

Position Requirements:

Education and Experience

Minimum four years of journalism experience with exceptional writing, copy editing and organizational skills. Demonstrated experience in digital media (i.e. web, YouTube, social media). Strong organizational, communications (written and verbal), and interpersonal skills required. Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively. Ability to work under strict deadlines and pressure, ability to break news as it emerges.

Working Conditions

Work is normally performed in a climate-controlled office environment with moderate noise levels (computers, telephones, etc.).  No known environmental hazards are encountered in the normal performance of job duties. 

Physical Demands

Work involves standing and walking for brief periods, bending, and filing, but most duties are from a seated position. There is potential for eyestrain from reading detailed materials on a computer screen. Deadlines, workloads during peak periods, and changing priorities may cause increased stress levels. Work requires finger dexterity and eye-hand coordination to operate computer keyboards at a moderate skill level. 

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Please note: This is not an all-encompassing statement of this position’s responsibilities. While it attempts to be comprehensive, new responsibilities may be assigned to this position at any time.

Vermont Public is a proud equal-opportunity employer. We work diligently to recruit a broad pool of candidates and to hire and promote qualified individuals whose personal experiences, characteristics, and talents reasonably reflect the diversity of the communities served by Vermont Public. Our equal employment opportunities apply to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training. We encourage applications from women, minority groups, veterans, and people with disabilities.

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