Fox Television Stations is hiring : Multimedia Producer in Chicago

Overview

Fox TV Stations owns and operates 29 full power broadcast television stations in the U.S. These include stations located in 14 of the top 15 largest designated market areas, or DMAs, and duopolies in 11 DMAs, including the three largest DMAs (New York, Los Angeles and Chicago). Of these stations, 18 are affiliated with the FOX Network. In addition to distributing sports, entertainment and syndicated content, our television stations collectively produce approximately 1,200 hours of local news every week. These stations leverage viewer, distributor and advertiser demand for the FOX Network’s national content.

Job Description

FOX Chicago is seeking a Multimedia Producer to own the lifecycle of our Creative Services Department's digital video production projects and contribute to the Station's digital audience engagement marketing strategy. The Multimedia Producer will be responsible for planning, producing, editing, and optimizing digital shows, documentaries, and segments for our connected TV (CTV app), website, YouTube, TikTok, and other social media platforms. You may direct a live show on Digital or shoot and edit a documentary. You will play a significant role in our digital audience engagement, helping to grow our brand and promote various shows and on-air content.

Do you love creating compelling talent on social media and staying on the cusp of emerging trends? When it comes to data, you are excited to spot trends and use it to improve the digital content and brand experience to grow the audience.

The Multimedia Producer works with the Creative Department and the FOX Chicago Digital Team to produce a variety of content and campaigns, ranging from digital and social content promoting the Station’s talent, brand, and products to producing daily live shows, specials and monthly shows for CTV. This position reports to the FOX Chicago VP, Programming & Development. The role requires a creative self-starter with deep understanding of digital and social media content marketing and longform video production with a knack for tracking and analyzing audience data to adjust and execute strategies, keeping audience engagement, brand pillars, and an exceptional user experience top of mind.

Primary responsibilities

• Work with Creative Department, Audience Development Manager, Digital content producers, talent and production teams to plan and execute digital audience engagement and promotional campaigns.
• Pitch, storyboard, shoot, produce, edit, and optimize long form video for CTV app FOX Local / CTV; local specials, shows, documentaries, and segments for YouTube; plan, produce, edit, and post short form or graphic-based social media content for brand and show promotion campaigns for TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, and Facebook Reels.
• Act as a steward and advocate for the FOX Chicago brand and audience across all platforms.
• Program the FOX LOCAL / CTV stream schedule and interface with the user experience in mind.
• Produce shows that may simulcast on Digital and Linear.
• Work with Audience Development Manager to analyze data for audience engagement, audience experience, and measure video content and campaign KPI success across platforms.
• Contribute to digital news and video producer daily duties as needed and provide linear promotional support occasionally.

Skills

Qualifications

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with applicable law.

Pursuant to state and local pay disclosure requirements, the pay rate / range for this role, with final offer amount dependent on education, skills, experience, and location is $80,000.00-88,000.00 annually. This role is also eligible for various benefits, including medical / dental / vision, insurance, a 401(k) plan, paid time off, and other benefits in accordance with applicable plan documents. Benefits for Union represented employees will be in accordance with the applicable collective bargaining agreement.

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