Content Producer (Houston, TX)

Description:

Join a company that truly impacts others!

Hope Media Group is a multi-brand ministry. Every story we share, every event we host, and every song we play is done to engage people to love Jesus, serve others, and spread Hope.

Hope Media Group the home of KSBJ, WayFM, Vida Unida and NGEN radio.

We invite you to apply and become a part of our growing ministry to Love Jesus, Serve Others, and Spread Hope. Our team describes our environment as fun, encouraging, collaborative, engaging, caring, family oriented, and friendly. We would love for you to join us and be part of what God is doing in our ministry!

Job Summary

Tapping into the power of digital content, the Digital Content Producer contributes to the development, distribution and strategic efforts of creating messaging to connect people more deeply to God through Hope Media Group’s brands and platforms. They work cross-functionally to ensure flawless execution of various content creation, curation and distribution efforts. They are primarily responsible for writing blogs, updating web content, producing photo and video shoots, and coaching on-air talent to be stronger content creators for our family of brands (Hope Nation, KSBJ, WayFM, NGEN, Vida Unida Radio, etc.) They collaborate with other content producers, our video producers, graphic designers, and social media producers to present our fun and meaningful content to encourage others to love Jesus, serve others, and spread Hope. The Digital Content Producer collaborates with the team to discover innovative ways to tell stories through digital content through the entire content creation process from pre-production, production, post-production, and content distribution on web, email, SMS, etc.

Essential Functions

Blog/Copy Writing:

• Create compelling, relevant blogs that are both fun and meaningful for our audiences of Hope Media Group brands and platforms.
• Assisting on-air talent to author their own blog pieces, coaching them on best channeling strategies and SEO best-practices
• Be our in-house headline expert, crafting titles that will motivate people to click and engage with our content.
• Collaborate with our graphic designer to make inviting and effective featured images and thumbnails.

Production:

• Collaborate with video editors to create video content that grows organic retention and views across all Hope Media Group brands and platforms
• Run point on shoot scheduling and content planning with both internal and external talent making sure the content we are capturing is on brand and will lead us to maximize engagements with our audiences. Communicate clearly with all talent, crew, etc.
• Be the producer on shoot day directing talent, leading the team to success, and keeping the shoot capture plan on schedule
• In post-production give notes to Video Producers that lead the project to success.
• Collaborate with outside vendors on projects as needed.

Website Maintenance:

• Build, manage, and update website content to ensure accuracy, consistency, and alignment with brand and campaign goals.
• Field and execute needs of incoming web change requests
• Collaborate with the marketing & programming teams to create and implement content aligned with broader marketing, on-air, or promotional campaigns.
• Leverage SEO best practices to optimize metadata, headings, alt tags, and internal links.

Content Distribution:

• Build and send weekly emails that deliver great content to subscribers, deepening relationships with our audience and spreading our content.
• Create text campaigns that surprise and delight our subscribers. Manage a text distribution calendar and coordinate with Program Directors to make sure sends align with Radio programming initiatives.

Demonstrated Faith:

• Pray for coworkers in team meetings or with donors/listeners as needed.
• Participate in Support Drives as needed.
• Participate in ministry wide Christian bible studies.
• Attend weekly Hope Huddle and team meetings for prayer and devotion.
• Maintains a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. Is a consistent witness for Jesus Christ. Maintains a courteous, Christ-like attitude in dealing with people within and outside of the organization

Non-Essential Functions:

• Other duties assigned

Requirements:

Education:

• Bachelor's degree in Media Production, Project Management, Marketing, Communications, Copywriting or a related field or equivalent

Experience:

• 2 or more years of content creation and distribution (Blog writing, Video Shoot production, Email/SMS distribution, Website curation and maintenance)

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Ability to train and coach others to be stronger content creators
• Understand emerging tools, technology and business practices for the digital medium and detailed knowledge of the application of these tools and practices.
• Ability to be creative and comfortable in a fast-paced environment.
• Understand various target audiences for all Hope Media Group family of brands (Hope Nation, KSBJ, WayFM, Vida Unida, NGEN)
• Ability to multi-task quickly and demonstrate extreme attention to detail with effective communication.
• Adept at meeting multiple and simultaneous deadlines
• Working knowledge of Macintosh computer system and software, including: Adobe Creative Suite, Microsoft Office
• Demonstrates our Core Virtues of Hungry, Others-Oriented, Positive, and Engaged
• Has a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. Spiritually grounded and working knowledge of scriptures.
• Possesses a genuine concern for all people, and capacity to relate with all people in a sensitive, respectful way.
• Must be an active member of a Bible believing local church.
• Must have studied and applied the Christian faith through a minimum of 3 years of Bible study.
• Ability to offer Christian prayer in group settings.
• Exhibit a life and service that is in full accord with Holy Bible
• A love and appreciation for our style of Christian content ministry

Supervisory Responsibilities

• None.

Working Conditions and Environment

Travel:

• Occasionally

Nights/Weekends/Holidays:

• Occasionally

Physical Requirements

• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear. This position is at times very active and requires standing, walking, bending, kneeling, stooping, crouching, crawling, and climbing. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus. Repetitive motion. Substantial movements (motions) of the wrists, hands, and/or fingers including pinching, typing or otherwise working, primarily with fingers rather than the whole hand as in handling.

Full-Time Benefits Offerings:

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Health Savings Account w/employer contribution
• Flexible Savings Accounts
• Company Paid Short Term Disability/Long Term Disability
• EAP (Employee Assistance Program)
• Generous Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Three (3) Paid Mission Days
• Twelve (12) Company-Paid Holidays
• 403B Retirement with Company Match
• Group Life Insurance
• Legal Shield/Identity Theft Protection
• Access to Marketplace Ministry Chaplains

Third-Party Recruiter Policy:

We are grateful for the interest of those who wish to support our hiring efforts. However, Hope Media Group does not accept unsolicited resumes or candidate referrals from external staffing agencies or search firms. Submissions from third parties will not be considered and may be retained without obligation or payment or fees.