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Product Manager
The E.W. Scripps Company
Chicago, IL, United States
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Description
Newsy is hiring a Product Manager -- Internal Tools to join our team in Chicago. In this role, you'll be responsible for managing and developing tools used in the conception, production, and publishing of content. Starting with Newsy's proprietary CMS, you'll oversee the development of the systems that Newsy's journalists use to create and distribute their content. If you have experience with CMS/MAM development or you're a whiz with MRSS feeds, this job is for you.
What you'll do:
• Act as a product champion for your products within the company
• Identify product features and enhancements and manage their entire lifecycle from idea conception to post-launch monitoring and improvements
• Work closely with the editorial and sales stakeholders, user experience and technology teams to define detailed key product requirements
• Define product requirements for use by development & QA
• Ensure product definition and product life-cycle roadmap support the business drivers (i.e., revenue, audience, cost savings, strategic value)
• Monitor and analyze how well the product is performing including return on investment, user satisfaction, and reliability
• Partner closely with editorial, sales, marketing, and product development to evolve the digital and television product
• Stay current on trends in data collection and utilization in the media and digital products industry.
• Develop data-driven insights to inform strategy
• Help to drive channel strategies that balance demand generation and engagement objectives with relevant, thoughtful end-to-end customer experiences in order to maximize return on investment
• Contribute new ideas and strategies to keep the presentation of content on the cutting edge in a rapidly evolving medium
• Identify competitive offerings in the market and assess their strengths and weaknesses
• Identify customer segments with strong growth potential, creating the business case and strategy for targeting
• Coordinate cross-functional teams to deliver any necessary changes to the product
• Perform other duties as needed and as directed by Management
What you bring:
Education & Experience/Certifications
◦ Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Journalism and/or MBA from top tier program or equivalent work experience
Skills and Abilities
• Required:
◦ 3-5 years' of product management experience designing, creating and shipping a successful consumer software product(s)
◦ 2-3 years' minimum of product management experience focused on user experience design of web or television applications
◦ Experience working with video files: creation, transcoding, hosting, distribution, playback
◦ A passion for journalism
◦ Ability to motivate others to achieve great things through exceptional interpersonal and written communication skills
◦ You're self-motivated and results-oriented
• Preferred:
◦ Experience planning and executing user research/usability studies
◦ Experience building CMS or MAM products
◦ Familiarity with media applications, especially streaming video
◦ Familiarity with MRSS, Aspera, FTP, and/or Gracenote as content distribution tools
About Newsy:
Newsy is the next-generation national news network that provides "news with the why," built to inform and engage by delivering the top stories across every platform. Its content is available on cable; on over-the-top services including Hulu, Roku, Apple TV, Sling TV, Watchable from Comcast, Pluto TV, Amazon Fire TV and Google Chromecast; and on connected television including Xumo. Newsy is also available via its mobile apps and at newsy.com.
As an equal employment opportunity employer, The E.W. Scripps Company and its affiliates do not discriminate in its employment decisions on the basis on race, sex, sexual orientation, gender, color, religion, age, genetic information, medical condition, disability, marital status, citizenship or national origin, and military membership or veteran status, or on any other basis which would be in violation of any applicable federal, state or local law. Furthermore, the company will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with known disabilities unless doing so would result in an undue hardship for the company.
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