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via KQED - JazzHR posted_at: 23 days agoschedule_type: Full-time
As American society grows more divided and isolated, the civic discourse and community conversation of local call-in radio shows becomes even more unusual and increasingly important. And yet, for shows like KQED’s Forum, we haven’t yet figured out how to translate that civic dialogue and conversation into the digital world. This digital community producer position is a newly-created role at KQED... that will help us experiment, explore and build As American society grows more divided and isolated, the civic discourse and community conversation of local call-in radio shows becomes even more unusual and increasingly important. And yet, for shows like KQED’s Forum, we haven’t yet figured out how to translate that civic dialogue and conversation into the digital world.

This digital community producer position is a newly-created role at KQED... that will help us experiment, explore and build the Forum community in the non-radio world. This producer is leading this effort at Forum and KQED over the next two years, pioneering how to make this happen, specifically in emerging social platforms such as Discord, Mastodon, Signal or using text messaging.

A strong candidate will have experience and skill participating, moderating and leading digital community forums, particularly Discord. (This experience could be personal or professional). That experience will be critical because we expect this producer to engage users by hosting regular moderated discussions that jump off of topics and discussions in the broadcast. This producer’s mandate will be to start small and iterate.

This producer could also work with key partners and will help develop new strategies and growth for podcast, on-demand and digital audiences to participate in this civic dialogue.

The producer will be a full member of the Forum team, and will assist in producing individual Forum shows that have a digital growth, and like all other Forum staff, this producer will be a key and critical decision maker on the show and responsible for planning and developing the program’s topics, sources and issue research.

KQED envisions a public media organization with a culture that centers on human dignity, equity, and belonging. This will enable us to better serve and reflect the Bay Area through diverse and inclusive storytelling.

We value the contributions of marginalized people in society — including Black, Indigenous, and all people of color, people with disabilities, and LGBTQIA+ people — and we believe that these communities must be centered in the work we do, and we strongly encourage members of these communities to apply.

This position is a two year contract.

Salary Range: $80,000-$100,000 annually

The mission that drives us:

KQED provide citizens of Northern California with a community-supported alternative to commercial media. We provide citizens with the knowledge they need to make informed decisions; convene community dialogue; bring the arts to everyone and engage audiences to share their stories. We help students and teachers thrive in 21st-century classrooms, and take people of all ages on journeys of exploration- exposing them to new people, places and ideas.

This role will work hybrid between working in KQED's newly renovated headquarters and working remotely. KQED requires employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19.

Salary Information:

Essential Functions:
• Manages and facilitates or builds conversations on Discord and other digital community platforms.
• Develops and produces shows based on online conversations to on-air discussions and vice versa.
• Plans and develops on-air and digital program content including selecting guests.
• Pre-interviews news sources and prepares background information and other editorial material for conversation and show production.
• Participates in special coverage and online activities with other KQED news staff.
• Helps coordinate Forum promotional events with appropriate KQED staff

Knowledge/Experience Required:
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• At least one year experience in a similar role in a newsroom or news environment, bilingual newsroom preferred
• Experience and skills in participating and managing Discord or other online community forums
• Experience writing and editing quickly and accurately in English
• Proven collaboration skills — which are essential in working with fellow KQED staffers across departments and with partner organizations
• Experience navigating the front and back end of a content management system
• Familiarity with social media and engagement platforms
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Ability to stay focused, organized and proactive
• Familiarity with AP style
• Experience with copy editing multimedia content such as graphics, interactives or videos

Knowledge/Experience Desired:
• Working knowledge of a range of significant public affairs issues and subjects such as government and politics, the economy, education, health, immigration, legal affairs, the environment and cultural community life. Demonstrated interest in literature and the arts preferred
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via Girlboss Jobs posted_at: 29 days agoschedule_type: Full-time
KQED News is looking for someone who’s passionate about shaping stories and sharing solutions about climate change for digital audiences. California’s 40 million residents are living with droughts, floods and wildfires, but the state is also leading the world in developing solutions for our warming planet. You’ll be part of one of the largest science and environment journalism units in Northern... California working with top reporters in the KQED News is looking for someone who’s passionate about shaping stories and sharing solutions about climate change for digital audiences.

California’s 40 million residents are living with droughts, floods and wildfires, but the state is also leading the world in developing solutions for our warming planet. You’ll be part of one of the largest science and environment journalism units in Northern... California working with top reporters in the industry, who are laser-focused on the issue.

This is a web editor role, but we know that web informs social media and social visuals (and vice versa), so any experience you have in those spaces is a plus. KQED has a wealth of climate science expertise – what we need is someone who can deliver the digital expertise through sharp writing, accuracy, SEO skills, but is also connected to the concerns of younger generations who have been the most passionate about climate change.

This editor will work closely with our senior climate editor and report to the managing editor of digital news. They will also edit health and science coverage and local news as needed.

The ideal candidate should also be communicative, collaborative and extremely organized, and able to prioritize under time constraints with grace and accuracy. They should be well accustomed to working in fast-paced environments.

This editor will coordinate and edit science news, including short-form, quick-turn stories done on a daily or weekly basis, longer topical features, as well as, ambitious journalism projects, per the discretion of the editor’s supervisor. Other duties include bulletproofing stories with data and shaping interactive elements.

The ideal candidate excels at writing engaging and effective display copy such as headlines, sub-headlines, summaries and captions.

KQED envisions a public media organization with a culture that centers on human dignity, equity, and belonging. This will enable us to better serve and reflect the Bay Area through diverse and inclusive storytelling.

We value the contributions of marginalized people in society — including Black, Indigenous, and all people of color, people with disabilities, and LGBTQIA+ people — and we believe that these communities must be centered in the work we do, and we strongly encourage members of these communities to apply.

The mission that drives us:

KQED provides citizens of Northern California with a community-supported alternative to commercial media. We provide citizens with the knowledge they need to make informed decisions; convene community dialogue; bring the arts to everyone and engage audiences to share their stories. We help students and teachers thrive in 21st-century classrooms, and take people of all ages on journeys of exploration- exposing them to new people, places and ideas.

This role is a hybrid one. You will be working in KQED's newly renovated headquarters and working remotely. KQED requires employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19.

Salary Information: $80,448-$100,560 Annually

Essential Functions:
• Takes editing assignments and direction from Supervising Senior Editor, News & Newscasts, and Managing Editor, Digital; Senior Editor, Climate and Health team; and Supervising Senior Editor of Race and Equity.
• Pitches stories, assigns and delivers edits in a timely manner to meet digital needs as determined by team leaders.
• Helps to write or edit highly effective headlines, excerpts and copy that is accurate, compelling, engaging and SEO friendly.
• Fact-checks with reporter — or editor — and sources as needed.
• Ensures text is consistent with KQED style guidelines.
• Provides production support and expertise for stories on KQED.org and KQED.org/science.
• Oversees and/or project manages series and projects, and their producers.
• Offers topical expertise and editing guidance to all editors in the newsroom as it pertains to stories in production.
• Offers topical expertise and editing guidance to reporters on these topic areas.
• Edits text and photo content for the web, mobile and social media, ensuring that articles make sequential and logical sense, and ensuring accuracy of images and captions
• Communicates clearly with reporters, editors and staff.
• Works with audience engagement and platforms teams to develop platform-specific content

Knowledge/Experience Required:
• Excellent writing and editing and story organization skills; science news judgment; and organizational skills to work in briskly paced, multi-platform news operation.
• Ability to edit in variety of publishing platforms and mediums (web, mobile, photography, video)
• Thorough knowledge of journalistic principles, ethics and standards.
• Thorough knowledge of copyright laws.
• Strong communications and reporting skills.
• Demonstrated ability to work well with both experienced and newer reporters.
• Demonstrated ability to center people from marginalized communities in stories.
• Ability to excel under intense deadline pressure.
• Experience with investigative, enterprise or data stories and projects; climate, health or science content; basic HTML; social media tools and platforms to maximize reach and impact.
• Familiarity with Adobe Creative Suite.
• Proven capacity to identify opportunities for stories of high relevance to audiences.
• Familiarity with and interest in optimizing language for social media and engagement platforms.
• Ability to provide science and health expertise inside KQED and in the broader community.
• Ability to work collaboratively with radio and audio teams.

Knowledge/Experience Desired:
• Working knowledge of the 9-county Bay Area and California preferred.
• Working knowledge of a range of significant regional and state-wide public affairs subjects such as government and politics, the economy, education, health, immigration, legal affairs, the environment, transportation, and the arts preferred.
• Experience working in a demographically diverse news environment is strongly desired.
• Non-english language skills are a plus.

Non-Essential Functions:
• Reports stories and conducts interviews. Conducts and oversees research for story assignment, development and production.
• Assumes other duties as assigned.
• On occasion, fills in for other producers or editors.
• Represents KQED at events.

If you’re interested in this job but don’t feel like you meet all of the qualifications, please consider applying and tell us more about yourself
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via KQED - JazzHR schedule_type: Full-time
KQED News is looking for someone who’s passionate about shaping stories and sharing solutions about climate change for digital audiences. California’s 40 million residents are living with droughts, floods and wildfires, but the state is also leading the world in developing solutions for our warming planet. You’ll be part of one of the largest science and environment journalism units in Northern... California working with top reporters in the KQED News is looking for someone who’s passionate about shaping stories and sharing solutions about climate change for digital audiences.

California’s 40 million residents are living with droughts, floods and wildfires, but the state is also leading the world in developing solutions for our warming planet. You’ll be part of one of the largest science and environment journalism units in Northern... California working with top reporters in the industry, who are laser-focused on the issue.

This is a web editor role, but we know that web informs social media and social visuals (and vice versa), so any experience you have in those spaces is a plus. KQED has a wealth of climate science expertise – what we need is someone who can deliver the digital expertise through sharp writing, accuracy, SEO skills, but is also connected to the concerns of younger generations who have been the most passionate about climate change.

This editor will work closely with our senior climate editor and report to the managing editor of digital news. They will also edit health and science coverage and local news as needed.

The ideal candidate should also be communicative, collaborative and extremely organized, and able to prioritize under time constraints with grace and accuracy. They should be well accustomed to working in fast-paced environments.

This editor will coordinate and edit science news, including short-form, quick-turn stories done on a daily or weekly basis, longer topical features, as well as, ambitious journalism projects, per the discretion of the editor’s supervisor. Other duties include bulletproofing stories with data and shaping interactive elements.

The ideal candidate excels at writing engaging and effective display copy such as headlines, sub-headlines, summaries and captions.

KQED envisions a public media organization with a culture that centers on human dignity, equity, and belonging. This will enable us to better serve and reflect the Bay Area through diverse and inclusive storytelling.

We value the contributions of marginalized people in society — including Black, Indigenous, and all people of color, people with disabilities, and LGBTQIA+ people — and we believe that these communities must be centered in the work we do, and we strongly encourage members of these communities to apply.

The mission that drives us:

KQED provides citizens of Northern California with a community-supported alternative to commercial media. We provide citizens with the knowledge they need to make informed decisions; convene community dialogue; bring the arts to everyone and engage audiences to share their stories. We help students and teachers thrive in 21st-century classrooms, and take people of all ages on journeys of exploration- exposing them to new people, places and ideas.

This role is a hybrid one. You will be working in KQED's newly renovated headquarters and working remotely. KQED requires employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19.

Salary Information: $80,448-$100,560 Annually

Essential Functions:
• Takes editing assignments and direction from Supervising Senior Editor, News & Newscasts, and Managing Editor, Digital; Senior Editor, Climate and Health team; and Supervising Senior Editor of Race and Equity.
• Pitches stories, assigns and delivers edits in a timely manner to meet digital needs as determined by team leaders.
• Helps to write or edit highly effective headlines, excerpts and copy that is accurate, compelling, engaging and SEO friendly.
• Fact-checks with reporter — or editor — and sources as needed.
• Ensures text is consistent with KQED style guidelines.
• Provides production support and expertise for stories on KQED.org and KQED.org/science.
• Oversees and/or project manages series and projects, and their producers.
• Offers topical expertise and editing guidance to all editors in the newsroom as it pertains to stories in production.
• Offers topical expertise and editing guidance to reporters on these topic areas.
• Edits text and photo content for the web, mobile and social media, ensuring that articles make sequential and logical sense, and ensuring accuracy of images and captions
• Communicates clearly with reporters, editors and staff.
• Works with audience engagement and platforms teams to develop platform-specific content

Knowledge/Experience Required:
• Excellent writing and editing and story organization skills; science news judgment; and organizational skills to work in briskly paced, multi-platform news operation.
• Ability to edit in variety of publishing platforms and mediums (web, mobile, photography, video)
• Thorough knowledge of journalistic principles, ethics and standards.
• Thorough knowledge of copyright laws.
• Strong communications and reporting skills.
• Demonstrated ability to work well with both experienced and newer reporters.
• Demonstrated ability to center people from marginalized communities in stories.
• Ability to excel under intense deadline pressure.
• Experience with investigative, enterprise or data stories and projects; climate, health or science content; basic HTML; social media tools and platforms to maximize reach and impact.
• Familiarity with Adobe Creative Suite.
• Proven capacity to identify opportunities for stories of high relevance to audiences.
• Familiarity with and interest in optimizing language for social media and engagement platforms.
• Ability to provide science and health expertise inside KQED and in the broader community.
• Ability to work collaboratively with radio and audio teams.

Knowledge/Experience Desired:
• Working knowledge of the 9-county Bay Area and California preferred.
• Working knowledge of a range of significant regional and state-wide public affairs subjects such as government and politics, the economy, education, health, immigration, legal affairs, the environment, transportation, and the arts preferred.
• Experience working in a demographically diverse news environment is strongly desired.
• Non-english language skills are a plus.

Non-Essential Functions:
• Reports stories and conducts interviews. Conducts and oversees research for story assignment, development and production.
• Assumes other duties as assigned.
• On occasion, fills in for other producers or editors.
• Represents KQED at events.

If you’re interested in this job but don’t feel like you meet all of the qualifications, please consider applying and tell us more about yourself
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via KQED - JazzHR posted_at: 23 days agoschedule_type: Full-time
A photo editor would work with photographers, editors, reporters, and the visual team to bolster KQED’s high-impact visual journalism and related content. The photo editor would foster exceptional photo and video storytelling both within news stories and on various engagement platforms while also coaching visual journalists. This editor manages a small team and is critical in delivering content... for many stories so will be relied upon to take A photo editor would work with photographers, editors, reporters, and the visual team to bolster KQED’s high-impact visual journalism and related content. The photo editor would foster exceptional photo and video storytelling both within news stories and on various engagement platforms while also coaching visual journalists. This editor manages a small team and is critical in delivering content... for many stories so will be relied upon to take photos and go out on assignment, as well. In addition, they would help ensure that KQED delivers high-quality, sophisticatedly sequenced images on multiple platforms.

One essential qualification for this position would be someone with experience thinking about what it means to choose specific photos, who we are representing in the selection, and what the implications are for a photo choice. This position would lead internal conversations on ethical issues regarding imagery and guide the newsroom on ethics policies.

KQED envisions a public media organization with a culture that centers on human dignity, equity, and belonging. This will enable us to better serve and reflect the Bay Area through diverse and inclusive storytelling.

We value the contributions of marginalized people in society — including Black, Indigenous, and all people of color, people with disabilities, and LGBTQIA+ people — and we believe that these communities must be centered in the work we do, and we strongly encourage members of these communities to apply.

The mission that drives us:

KQED provides citizens of Northern California with a community-supported alternative to commercial media. We provide citizens with the knowledge they need to make informed decisions; convene community dialogue; bring the arts to everyone and engage audiences to share their stories. We help students and teachers thrive in 21st-century classrooms, and take people of all ages on journeys of exploration- exposing them to new people, places and ideas.

This role will work hybrid between working in KQED's newly renovated headquarters and working remotely. KQED requires employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19.

Salary Range: $94,000-$118,000 Annually

Essential Functions:
• Coordinates with reporters and editors across KQED to ensure accurate and engaging photo (or video) coverage of assignments
• Photographs assignments, as needed
• Manages the KQED News photographer, and KQED News’s visual internship program
• Works with the photographer, Digital News Assignment Editor, and other stakeholders across various KQED departments to finalize photo and custom illustration requests
• Ensures the quality and accuracy of our photos and captions
• NewsImage administrator, train staff and create and update staff logins
• Acts as liaison between photographers, editors, reporters and sources to coordinate and schedule photoshoots
• Identifies and advises editors of possible feature photos or photo essays, both on KQED.org or standalone items on engagement platforms
• Pitches visual essays for projects and breaking news
• Helps direct and coordinate photographers for breaking news and in disaster zones
• Photo edits images from photographers in the field for breaking news events
• Coordinates with social media team to create engaging visual posts
• Works with freelancers to assign and manage assignments
• Manage freelance photo budget across KQED
• Manage licensing requests
• Edits photos in Adobe Lightroom/Photoshop as needed

Knowledge/Experience Required:
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• At least one year experience in a similar role in a newsroom or news environment, bilingual newsroom preferred
• Proven collaboration skills — which are essential in working with fellow KQED staffers across departments and with partner organizations
• Experience navigating the front and back end of a content management system
• Ability to work on their own and as part of a team
• Ability to stay focused, organized and proactive
• Familiarity with AP style
• Experience with copy editing multimedia content such as graphics, interactives or videos
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via KQED - JazzHR posted_at: 23 days agoschedule_type: Full-time
KQED is expanding its capacity to do in-depth audience-serving journalism. This audience engagement reporter will be on the frontlines of our ongoing mission to inform and engage our audiences, as well as a key player on the digital news team. They will be part of a team that pursues ongoing coverage of issues that matter most to Bay Area residents in the nine counties and beyond. And this... reporter will leverage ways to invite audiences to contribute KQED is expanding its capacity to do in-depth audience-serving journalism. This audience engagement reporter will be on the frontlines of our ongoing mission to inform and engage our audiences, as well as a key player on the digital news team. They will be part of a team that pursues ongoing coverage of issues that matter most to Bay Area residents in the nine counties and beyond. And this... reporter will leverage ways to invite audiences to contribute and respond to, as well as to engage and interact with our journalism.

The ideal candidate has superb writing skills and can deliver helpful information to digital audiences in a timely manner. They are expected to write 3-5 text stories for KQED.org every week including same-day stories and explanatory guides. They are proficient in using various tools to discover and gauge audience interests and curiosity – and using them to distinguish the balance between trending topics and community needs. This includes web analytics, SEO, social media listening and other audience insights.They navigate social media and digital platforms professionally and with ease. They are comfortable working across departments within the news division and have working familiarity with digital media tools for audio and video editing.

This position will play a critical role in the KQED newsroom. As a reporter devoted to audience-focused listening and reporting, this person will spend their time reporting and collaborating with other digital journalists and engagement specialists to produce ongoing coverage as well as special projects. This reporting and resulting stories will be multimedia and multi-platform.

KQED envisions a public media organization with a culture that centers on human dignity, equity, and belonging. This will enable us to better serve and reflect the Bay Area through diverse and inclusive storytelling.

We value the contributions of marginalized people in society — including Black, Indigenous, and all people of color, people with disabilities, and LGBTQIA+ people — and we believe that these communities must be centered in the work we do, and we strongly encourage members of these communities to apply.

The mission that drives us:

KQED provides citizens of Northern California with a community-supported alternative to commercial media. We provide citizens with the knowledge they need to make informed decisions; convene community dialogue; bring the arts to everyone and engage audiences to share their stories. We help students and teachers thrive in 21st-century classrooms, and take people of all ages on journeys of exploration- exposing them to new people, places and ideas.

This role will work hybrid between working in KQED's newly renovated headquarters and working remotely. KQED requires employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19.

Salary Range: $76,000-$95,000 annually

Essential Functions:
• Collaboratively reports, produces and executes audience-focused journalism projects
• Identifies and reports out stories of strong interest to current and future KQED audiences
• Thinks critically and creatively about how KQED tells stories across platforms and generates original reporting across mediums
• Works with newsroom colleagues to generate and implement new ideas for audience reporting work
• Works with teams across the organization to build audience engagement and participation
• Work as part of a team that produces the newsroom’s daily email newsletter
• Helps to produce and edit as a part of the Digital news desk as needed
• Steps in for daily social media engagement work as-needed — especially in breaking news situations — to produce/schedule content for Twitter, Facebook, Instagram
• Acts as an ear-on-the-ground within communities KQED has not historically involved or served with pitches, story ideas, and community-based reporting on a variety of digital platforms (web, social and/or text)

Knowledge/Experience Required:
• Excellent writing, reporting, engagement and product skills required
• Proven capacity to identify opportunities for stories of high relevance to KQED audiences
• Experience reporting and writing quickly and accurately
• Experience using social media and search tools and platforms to maximize reach and impact
• Demonstrated interest in identifying and deploying cutting-edge engagement and audience development ideas
• Journalism experience, either locally or nationally, especially involving stories that are human-centric or involve marginalized communities.
• Ability to stay focused, organized and proactive. You’ll be working with a number of journalists or staffers across the organization, potentially dealing with several different editors.
• Adept at recognizing trends and conversations on social media and other online platforms. We want to understand what conversations are happening —or could happen — around topics, and turn that insight into actionable items.

Knowledge/Experience Desired:
• Non-English language skills (fluency in Spanish, Mandarin, or other languages with large California speaking populations) desired.
• Ability to edit multimedia content.
• Familiarity with video content.
• Familiarity with a range of significant regional and state-wide public affairs issues and subjects such as government and politics, the economy, education, health, immigration, legal affairs and the environment.
• Experience working in a demographically diverse news environment.

Non-Essential Functions:
• On occasion, fills in for other producers
• Represents KQED at events
• Other duties, as assigned

If you’re interested in this job but don’t feel like you meet all of the qualifications, please consider applying and tell us more about yourself
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via Girlboss Jobs posted_at: 29 days agoschedule_type: Full-time
This role is a key part of the Marketing Team at KQED. Reporting to the Executive Director of Brand and Audience Development, the role is both a strategist and a hands-on doer who’ll ensure an optimized KQED presence across KQED platforms, advertising platforms and paid and organic channels. This role will plan and execute marketing initiatives working closely with audience teams (audience... development, audience intelligence, creative, communications) This role is a key part of the Marketing Team at KQED. Reporting to the Executive Director of Brand and Audience Development, the role is both a strategist and a hands-on doer who’ll ensure an optimized KQED presence across KQED platforms, advertising platforms and paid and organic channels. This role will plan and execute marketing initiatives working closely with audience teams (audience... development, audience intelligence, creative, communications) and content teams (digital video, live events, podcasts, news, arts, food) to grow diverse audiences, increase digital engagement and build brand loyalty. The role oversees a team of two including a marketing intern and a performance marketing manager.

KQED envisions a public media organization with a culture that centers on human dignity, equity, and belonging. This will enable us to better serve and reflect the Bay Area through diverse and inclusive storytelling.

We value the contributions of marginalized people in society — including Black, Indigenous, and all people of color, people with disabilities, and LGBTQIA+ people — and we believe that these communities must be centered in the work we do, and we strongly encourage members of these communities to apply.

The mission that drives us:

KQED provides citizens of Northern California with a community-supported alternative to commercial media. We provide citizens with the knowledge they need to make informed decisions; convene community dialogue; bring the arts to everyone and engage audiences to share their stories. We help students and teachers thrive in 21st-century classrooms, and take people of all ages on journeys of exploration- exposing them to new people, places and ideas.

This role will work hybrid between working in KQED's newly renovated headquarters and working remotely. KQED requires employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19.

Salary Range: $99,300-$124,300 Annually

Essential Functions:
• Set strategic and operational plans for the marketing team, including objectives, success metrics, resources, budget, and prioritization of initiatives to maximize impact.
• Plan and execute KQED marketing campaigns and promotions for target audiences.
• Write effective marketing copy for a variety of channels, including ads, promotional emails, blog posts, newsletters and Heritage Month programming.
• * Manage marketing trade agreements and internal cross promotion activities and inventory, including banners on KQED.org and radio cross-promotion schedule and scripts.
• Manage one marketing intern and one performance marketing manager who oversees the organization’s ads and marketing functions to ensure the growth and health of KQED’s audiences, content offerings and brand.
• Collaborate with content teams to provide marketing expertise that successfully amplifies and translates their content to key audiences.
• Work with stakeholders in Membership and Development to identify, test and survey audience segments for deeper engagement and donor journeys.
• Consider and center diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility in marketing operations and initiatives.
• Drive innovation across marketing, remaining up-to-date on new technologies, platforms and best practices to apply and scale.
• Partner with the Audience Intelligence and Audience Development teams to deepen audience understanding and connection, and comprehensively track, measure, and report results of initiatives.
• Work with partners, vendors and consultants in the Bay Area and across the media industry in product development, cross-promotion and collaborations.

Other Job Functions: Additional marketing efforts as needed.

Knowledge/Experience Required:
• 6+ plus years of marketing experience in the public relations, advertising, agency, public media, news or entertainment industry
• Strong digital marketing skills and command of digital advertising platforms, including Google Ads, Google Display, YouTube, Spotify and Google Analytics
• Strong writing and editing skills; ability to write and edit copy for a variety of marketing channels and collateral
• A successful history of owning, developing, and communicating long-term vision and goals that drive strategies for growing awareness, market reach, and engagement across a portfolio of marketing channels
• Demonstrated experience both developing and executing marketing strategy
• Proven ability to build and deploy robust multi-channel digital plans with demonstrated growth and success.
• Comfort with ambiguity and successfully juggling multiple assignments at once with tight deadlines.
• Exceptional prioritization, problem-solving, and project management skills
• Superior communication skills with demonstrated ability to navigate a complex organization and generate enthusiasm and adoption of ideas and plans.
• Direct people management experience.
• Experience with workflow apps and software such as Google Docs, Asana, AirTable and/or Slack
• A deep interest in and appreciation for the public media mission

Knowledge/Experience Desired
• A sharp eye for design and aesthetics
• Passion for understanding audience behavior and tendencies across media types and platforms
• Operate from a place of empathy and compassion for audience members, colleagues, fans and consumers
• Interest in figuring out how marketing from the for-profit world can work within the nonprofit framework
• Have mad love for the Bay
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via Girlboss Jobs schedule_type: Full-time
We’re looking for a general assignment radio journalist who is passionate about local reporting, has institutional knowledge of the nine-county Bay Area and centers the voices of people affected by regional news. This person should be able to satisfy daily deadlines and respond quickly to breaking developments in filing several newscast items a day. Our GA reporters collaborate with other parts... of KQED’s newsroom and file short and long radio We’re looking for a general assignment radio journalist who is passionate about local reporting, has institutional knowledge of the nine-county Bay Area and centers the voices of people affected by regional news. This person should be able to satisfy daily deadlines and respond quickly to breaking developments in filing several newscast items a day. Our GA reporters collaborate with other parts... of KQED’s newsroom and file short and long radio items as well as digital pieces.

This job is between 24 and 32 hours per week for six months.

Salary range information will be provided to applicants who are contacted for an interview

The successful candidate will be required to join The Screen Actors Guild - American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA).

This role will work hybrid between working in KQED's newly renovated headquarters and working remotely. KQED requires employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19.

One of our core values at KQED is that we are better together, and that we commit to learning, growth, and holding ourselves accountable. We value the contributions of marginalized people in society — including Black, Indigenous, and all people of color, people with disabilities, and LGBTQIA+ people — and we believe that these communities must be centered in the work we do, and we strongly encourage members of these communities to apply.

Essential Functions:
• Researches, writes and reports stories from the studio and in the field for radio broadcast and other digital distribution technologies.
• Produces and delivers variety of editorial content- audio, scripts, text stories, blog posts, photographs, video, databases and other content- for radio broadcast, web, mobile and social media platforms.
• Monitors news developments in the Bay Area and works with the Newscast editors on daily coverage.

Other Job Functions:
• Covers local communities, local governments and the region’s private sector
• Pitches Bay Area stories that focus on the region’s affordability crisis, criminal justice and racial injustice.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Knowledge / Experience Required:
• Two years minimum experience as broadcast, print and/or online journalist, including news reporting, editing and production. Three years of journalist experience a plus.
• Excellent skills in news writing.
• Knowledge of the major issues in the Bay Area and/or the capacity to gain them.
• Thorough knowledge of journalistic principles, ethics and standards.
• Knowledge of sound editing and radio production techniques.
• High proficiency of on-air voicing skills.
• Ability to interview and communicate with a variety of individuals.
• Ability to work under deadline pressures.
• Ability to work in a collaborative environment.

Let us tell you more about our benefits:

Whether you’re single, married, have children, are in a domestic partnership or anything in between, we have you covered. Employees at KQED enjoy a family-friendly workplace offering paid time off, paid holidays, paid parental leave, family medical leave benefits, comprehensive health/vision/dental and commuter benefits as well as a 403(b) plan. KQED encourages diversity, openness and offers training to support personal and professional development. In addition, we are proud to offer Employee Resource Groups, wellness programs as well as free KQED membership.

The mission that drives us:

KQED is for everyone who wants to be more.

Our television, radio, digital media, and educational services change lives for the better and help individuals and communities achieve their full potential.

KQED serves the people of Northern California with a community-supported alternative to commercial media.

We provide people with the knowledge they need to make informed decisions; convene community dialogue; bring the arts to everyone and engage audiences to share their stories. We help students and teachers thrive in 21st-century classrooms, and take people of all ages on journeys of exploration- exposing them to new people, places and ideas.

We celebrate diversity, embrace innovation, value lifelong learning and partner with those who share our passion for public services
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Reports to President and Chief Executive Officer For almost 70 years, KQED, the public broadcasting affiliate for Northern California, has provided listeners with the knowledge and perspective they need to be informed about their region and the world around them. This nationally renowned media organization has pioneered programming and has developed the careers of some of the world’s most... innovative and respected journalists and content creators. Reports to President and Chief Executive Officer

For almost 70 years, KQED, the public broadcasting affiliate for Northern California, has provided listeners with the knowledge and perspective they need to be informed about their region and the world around them. This nationally renowned media organization has pioneered programming and has developed the careers of some of the world’s most... innovative and respected journalists and content creators. KQED helps students and teachers thrive in 21st century classrooms, and takes people of all ages on journeys of exploration—exposing them to new people, places and ideas.

KQED seeks a Chief DEI Officer to be an organizational leader, a thought partner, an influencer, and an agent of change. The Chief DEI Officer will be responsible for planning and leading an organization-wide strategy to operationalize and embed principles of diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging (DEIB) at KQED.

KQED has exclusively retained The 360 Group of San Francisco to assist with this search. Please visit https://the360group.us/KQED_CDEIO_PD.pdf to review the complete position description, which includes detailed application instructions. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis; earlier applicants may receive priority consideration. To be considered, The 360 Group encourages all interested candidates to submit their applications promptly. DO NOT APPLY ON INDEED. Please apply at https://the360group.us/portal

Let us tell you more about our benefits:

Whether you’re single, married, have children, are in a domestic partnership or anything in between, we have you covered. Employees at KQED enjoy a family-friendly workplace offering paid time off, paid holidays, paid parental leave, family medical leave benefits, comprehensive health/vision/dental and commuter benefits as well as a 403(b) plan. KQED encourages diversity, openness and offers training to support personal and professional development. In addition, we are proud to offer Employee Resource Groups, wellness programs as well as free KQED membership. Salary information will be provided to applicants who are contacted for an interview

The mission that drives us:
• KQED is for everyone who wants to be more.
• Our television, radio, digital media, and educational services change lives for the better and help individuals and communities achieve their full potential.
• KQED serves the people of Northern California with a community-supported alternative to commercial media.
• We provide people with the knowledge they need to make informed decisions; convene community dialogue; bring the arts to everyone and engage audiences to share their stories. We help students and teachers thrive in 21st-century classrooms, and take people of all ages on journeys of exploration- exposing them to new people, places and ideas
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KQED News is looking for a full-time Digital Editor. This editor works with many different players in the newsroom and assists in all aspects of online production. The ideal candidate will be skilled at writing engaging and effective display copy such as headlines, sub-headlines, summaries and captions... Duties include helping to edit daily stories and longer-form features; assisting in enforcing an in-house style guide; growing familiarity with KQED News is looking for a full-time Digital Editor.

This editor works with many different players in the newsroom and assists in all aspects of online production. The ideal candidate will be skilled at writing engaging and effective display copy such as headlines, sub-headlines, summaries and captions...

Duties include helping to edit daily stories and longer-form features; assisting in enforcing an in-house style guide; growing familiarity with KQED content, stories and voice; patrolling news content on the website and other digital platforms regularly for accuracy and consistency issues.

An associate editor helps edit news content and fact-checking across digital platforms with preference given to candidates who have experience working with data and/or on enterprise or investigative projects. This editor will help edit news stories and content for KQED.org, engagement platforms and anywhere else text could possibly live online.

The ideal candidate should also be communicative, collaborative, extremely organized, and able to prioritize under time constraints with grace and accuracy. They should be well accustomed to working for fast-paced publications and should want to thrive in an environment where flexibility and continuous learning are encouraged.

This role will work hybrid between working in KQED's newly renovated headquarters (https://www.kqed.org/campaign21) and working remotely. KQED requires employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19.

KQED envisions a public media organization with a culture that centers on human dignity, equity, and belonging. This will enable us to better serve and reflect the Bay Area through diverse and inclusive storytelling.

We value the contributions of marginalized people in society including Black, Indigenous, and all people of color, people with disabilities, and LGBTQIA+ people and we believe that these communities must be centered in the work we do, and we strongly encourage members of these communities to apply.

The mission that drives us:

KQED provide citizens of Northern California with a community-supported alternative to commercial media. We provide citizens with the knowledge they need to make informed decisions; convene community dialogue; bring the arts to everyone and engage audiences to share their stories. We help students and teachers thrive in 21st-century classrooms, and take people of all ages on journeys of exploration- exposing them to new people, places and ideas.

Salary Range $91,688.00-$114,000 yearly

Essential Functions:
• Assesses editing needs quickly and addresses them efficiently
• Makes sure articles make sequential and logical sense
• Fact-checks with author and sources as needed
• Ensures text is consistent with KQED style guidelines
• Ensures that images and captions are correct
• Writes or edits highly effective headlines and excerpts that are accurate, compelling, engaging and SEO friendly

Knowledge/Experience Required:
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• At least one year experience in a similar role in a newsroom or news environment, bilingual newsroom preferred
• Experience writing and editing quickly and accurately in English
• Familiarity with AP style
• Experience with copy editing multimedia content such as graphics, interactives or videos
• Proven collaboration skills which are essential in working with fellow KQED staffers across departments and with partner organizations
• Experience with or a desire to develop a newsroom style guide with internal stakeholders that acknowledges social and historical shifts and adaptations of language
• Experience navigating the front and back end of a content management system
• Familiarity with social media and engagement platforms
• Ability to work on their own and as part of a team
• Ability to stay focused, organized and proactive

Knowledge/Experience Desired:
• Expert-level written and spoken fluency in Spanish
• Copy editing experience at a Spanish-language media company or newsroom
• Familiarity with Real Academia Espa ola rules for grammar in Spanish
• Experience writing and editing quickly and accurately in both English and Spanish
• Experience with basic HTML
• Familiarity with Adobe Creative Suite
• Experience using social media tools and platforms to maximize reach and impact
• Proven capacity to identify opportunities for stories of high relevance to audiences
• Familiarity with and interest in optimizing language for social media and engagement platforms

Non-Essential Functions:
• On occasion, fills in for other producers or editors.
• Represents KQED at events.
• Other duties, as assigned.

If you re interested in this job but don t feel like you meet all of the qualifications, please consider applying and tell us more about yourself.

Let us tell you more about our benefits:

Whether you re single, married, have children, are in a domestic partnership or anything in between, we have you covered. Employees at KQED enjoy a family-friendly workplace offering paid time off, paid holidays, paid parental leave, family medical leave benefits, comprehensive health/vision/dental and commuter benefits as well as a 403(b) plan. KQED encourages diversity, openness and offers training to support personal and professional development. In addition, we are proud to offer Employee Resource Groups, wellness programs as well as free KQED membership.

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KQED is looking for an experienced Social Media Manager to join the Audience Development team. Reporting to the Digital Engagement Director, the Social Media Manager will play a key role in building and driving an optimized social media strategy for KQED’s flagship accounts. The role works closely with team members across Content, Membership, MarComm, and Creative, to execute strategic campaigns... build an audience-first content experience, and KQED is looking for an experienced Social Media Manager to join the Audience Development team. Reporting to the Digital Engagement Director, the Social Media Manager will play a key role in building and driving an optimized social media strategy for KQED’s flagship accounts. The role works closely with team members across Content, Membership, MarComm, and Creative, to execute strategic campaigns... build an audience-first content experience, and help execute day-to-day posting on social media. The right candidate is a blend of creative-thinker and data-driven strategist who can channel an audience-centric mindset into everything ranging from day-to-day tasks to larger, cross-functional campaigns.

Salary range information will be provided to applicants who are contacted for an interview

One of our core values at KQED is that we are better together, and that we commit to learning, growth, and holding ourselves accountable. We value the contributions of marginalized people in society — including Black, Indigenous, and all people of color, people with disabilities, and LGBTQIA+ people — and we believe that these communities must be centered in the work we do, and we strongly encourage members of these communities to apply.

This role will work hybrid between working in KQED's newly renovated headquarters and working remotely. KQED requires employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19,

Essential Functions:
• Support the development and implementation of a cross-platform social strategy and content program for KQED’s flagship accounts
• Work with Social Media Associate to manage content calendar and execute day-to-day posting across all major social platforms
• Work cross-functionally with members from Content, Membership, MarComm, and Creative to strategically promote content and initiatives on social
• Track social performance metrics and analyze trends on an ongoing basis, elevating insights to Audience Development and relevant stakeholders
• Create visual assets in Canva and film casual video for distribution on social
• Collaborate with Design to create custom assets for special projects and campaigns
• Create social toolkits for campaigns and disseminate amongst key stakeholders
• Collaborate with Audience Development team to better consider and center diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility in KQED’s social media approach
• Set up and manage paid ads on an as-needed basis with direction from Digital Engagement Director
• Support community engagement and moderation across KQED’s flagship social accounts
• Work with Social Media Associate and Digital Engagement Director to develop reports that analyze the performance of our social program, paid ads, and campaigns
• Capture KQED’s brand voice in social copy and ensure consistency across social channels
• Research competitive landscape and tune into social trends to identify opportunities for KQED to grow engagement and followers, optimize strategy, and better establish best practices

Required Knowledge / Experience:
• 3 - 5 years experience in social media marketing
• Excellent writing and communication skills
• Demonstrated history tracking social analytics and distilling them into actionable takeaways
• Experience with social media management tools e.g. Sprout Social, Hootsuite, Buffer, Later
• Detail oriented with the ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment
• Demonstrated history managing multi-layered projects across various cross-functional teams
• Be adept at balancing a creative approach with a data-driven mindset
• Experience collaborating with a range of stakeholders on various projects
• Project management experience from concept to completion

Desired Knowledge / Experience:
• Basic Photoshop skills
• Experience working for a digital publisher, public media, or nonprofit organization
• Experience creating and managing paid social ads
• Interest in the evolving social media landscape
• Experience navigating and leveraging insights from Google Analytics
• Possess a proactive approach in looking for opportunities where the team/business can improve whether it be efficiency, measurement or collaboration

Let us tell you more about our benefits:

Whether you’re single, married, have children, are in a domestic partnership or anything in between, we have you covered. Employees at KQED enjoy a family-friendly workplace offering paid time off, paid holidays, paid parental leave, family medical leave benefits, comprehensive health/vision/dental and commuter benefits as well as a 403(b) plan. KQED encourages diversity, openness and offers training to support personal and professional development. In addition, we are proud to offer Employee Resource Groups, wellness programs as well as free KQED membership.

The mission that drives us:

KQED is for everyone who wants to be more.

Our television, radio, digital media, and educational services change lives for the better and help individuals and communities achieve their full potential.

KQED serves the people of Northern California with a community-supported alternative to commercial media.

We provide people with the knowledge they need to make informed decisions; convene community dialogue; bring the arts to everyone and engage audiences to share their stories. We help students and teachers thrive in 21st-century classrooms, and take people of all ages on journeys of exploration- exposing them to new people, places and ideas
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