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Regional Digital Director
Lee Enterprises
Helena, MT, United States
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Position at Billings Gazette
The Billings Gazette is looking for an experienced digital journalist to lead operations for six Lee Enterprises properties in Montana. The Lee Montana sites are the leading digital providers in the communities and for the users they serve.
This management position will play an important role in shaping digital growth, working with all departments (news, sales, etc.) to ensure the best digital experience for readers and advertisers. The digital director will also work with our parent corporation to implement digital initiatives.
The ideal candidate is a proven leader who can guide our newsrooms and sales teams on growing and serving our digital audiences. He or she has strong communication skills and excels in a fast-paced environment with overlapping short- and long-term deadlines.
Responsibilities:
• Set and execute local digital strategy to achieve audience and business goals.
• Oversee the management and functionality of our websites, apps and social media platforms.
• Manage a seven-person statewide digital team.
• Work with newsrooms on digital content strategy.
• Partner with sales teams on efforts to grow digital revenue.
• Ensure training and development for staff on digital tools, best practices and expectations.
• Develop and execute innovative ways to tells stories across digital platforms.
Requirements:
• A bachelor’s degree and relevant work history. Experience managing people is preferred.
• Working knowledge of HTML.
• Experience with web and social media analytics, including Google Analytics, Facebook Insights and Twitter analytics.
• Experience with established and emerging social media platforms, as well as email marketing.
• Understanding of and experience applying SEO best practices to web content.
• Strong writing and communication skills.
• Knowledge of content management systems and newsroom workflows.
• Experience with video, audio and image editing tools is a plus
We offer an excellent benefits package, including medical, dental, vision, paid holidays and a generous time off policy. We are an equal opportunity employer. You can see our Web site at www.billingsgazette.com and learn more about our company at www.lee.net
The Billings Gazette is a division of Lee Enterprises, a leading media organization providing local news, and information, and a major platform for advertising, in its markets, with 46 daily newspapers, rapidly growing digital products and nearly 300 specialty publications in 22 states. For more information about Lee, visit www.lee.net.
Please apply online at www.billingsgazette.com/workhere