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Career opportunity

Multimedia producer

The Winnipeg Free Press is looking for a multimedia producer. If you want to showcase your skills and work on exciting projects that reach over a million people each month, we invite you to apply for this position.

Job Title: Multimedia producer – Part-time, 60-day term

Department: Editorial

Wage Rate:  As per Collective Agreement

Posting Date:  Oct. 24, 2023

Closing Date:  4 p.m. CDT, Oct. 31, 2023

Description of Duties

  • Write and curate news of the day in engaging formats with content tailored to specific platforms.
  • Collaborate with reporters, editors and digital developers to produce compelling, user-friendly journalistic packages for digital platforms using text, images, graphics and video.
  • Initiate and develop ideas for projects in conjunction with supervising editors. Ensure all projects are completed on deadline and meet high standards of accuracy, fairness and comprehensiveness.
  • Gather, verify, organize and publish user-generated content.
  • Monitor social media and actively engage with community on social media platforms for content creation, promotion and audience engagement.
  • Track, interpret and respond to analytics.
  • Take direction and assist colleagues; other general duties as required.

Qualifications

  • Post-secondary journalism accreditation or equivalent daily newspaper experience.
  • Strong news judgment; proven ability to manage fast-moving information.
  • Familiarity digital storytelling tools. Direct experience with WordPress and/or HTML an asset.
  • Proficiency with Twitter, Facebook, Reddit, Instagram, TikTok and other social media platforms.
  • Experience working with data to create visualizations such as maps, charts, graphs and timelines an asset.
  • Able to work a variety of shifts — including evenings, nights, weekends and holidays — under deadline pressure.
  • Able to work both independently and collaboratively. Skilled at multi-tasking, critical thinking and problem solving.
  • Passion for journalism, storytelling and design.

How to apply: We invite you to submit your resume to the attention of Human Resources at resumes@freepress.mb.ca

The Winnipeg Free Press is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workforce. We encourage applications from individuals of diverse backgrounds, abilities and perspectives.

We thank all applicants for their interest, however only candidates under consideration will be contacted.