Lee Enterprises is hiring: Multi media Producer in Davenport
Lee Enterprises is looking for a multimedia producer who’s passionate about local sports, community news and digital storytelling to join Lee’s Strategic Content Support team. As a producer focused on locating and curating public information and sports-related video provided by partners, you’ll serve as a key resource for an initiative spanning across 70+ markets. Key tasks: Anticipate and execute opportunities to drive local audience and revenue with local sports video and hyperlocal news and information in all formats. Create, edit, select and distribute video packages for multiple digital platforms and digital brands. Mine public sources of community information for reusable content that can drive audience engagement and revenue. Curate the best for further enhancement and promotion. Collaborate with our central sales team and local newsroom editors to leverage all available resources. This work requires both technical and analytical skills, plus flexibility and capability to work across disciplines: news, sales and marketing. You should be comfortable working independently, contributing to group projects and collaborating across teams – while balancing frequent deadlines and priorities that can shift rapidly with new developments. What skills are we looking for? This role requires previous experience in a newsroom, media studio or sports marketing production role. Broad and deep knowledge of local sources of information is a must. Database and/or content management system experience required. Experience in social media management and content analytics tools will be pluses. Please include a resume and cover letter that details relevant successes in video production and/or local information gathering and delivery. What is the pay range? This salaried position has an expected annualized pay range of $40,000 to $60,000. Actual salary may vary based on factors such as employee location, education, experience and other factors permitted by law. The listed salary range is just one component of Lee’s total compensation and benefits package. Where would you work? This is a remote position. Location in or near a Lee market is strongly preferred, but we will consider candidates anywhere in the continental United States. We will provide you with a laptop, monitors, keyboard and mouse for your home office. What about travel? If you live near a Lee location, you may be asked to meet in person periodically. Otherwise, you may be asked to attend one or two team-related meetings in person per year. Why Join Us? Lee Enterprises offers competitive wages in a dynamic, interesting work environment with career growth opportunities. We offer an extensive benefit program that can be personalized to your needs. Our benefit program includes medical, dental, vision, short and long-term disability, company provided life insurance and supplemental life insurance. In addition, we offer a 401K retirement plan with company match. We also offer generous paid time off to allow the flexibility to balance personal life and work. This includes paid parental leave for new parents. Lee Enterprises is a major subscription and advertising platform and a leading provider of local news and information, with daily newspapers, rapidly growing digital products and nearly 350 weekly and specialty publications serving 72 markets in 25 states. Our core commitment is to provide valuable, intensely local news and information to the communities we serve. Lee Enterprises is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to attracting and retaining a workforce whose diversity reflects the communities we serve. Lee embraces change, and we recognize that we must create and maintain a culture of fervent inclusion. For more information about Lee, check us out at We are focused on building a diverse and inclusive workforce. If you are excited about this role but do not meet 100% of the qualifications above, we encourage you to apply.
