Digital Content Producer

Paramount is hiring a Digital Content Producer for its CBS Stations operation, based in Los Angeles and covering the Sacramento and San Francisco markets. This role sits within the digital news division, responsible for producing and optimizing web content, video clips, and breaking news coverage across CBSNews.com, YouTube, and other digital platforms. It suits a working journalist or digital news producer who thrives in a live news environment and understands how broadcast television content translates to digital audiences.

About the Role

The Digital Content Producer works inside CBS Stations’ digital editorial workflow, supporting news output for two major California markets. Day to day, this person is clipping and publishing video from broadcast news production, managing homepage presentation, and writing SEO-driven copy under deadline pressure. The schedule runs Wednesday through Friday from 11am to 8pm and Saturday through Sunday from 3pm to midnight, with flexibility required around breaking news and holidays.

Key Responsibilities

• Produce and continuously update web coverage of news stories by gathering information from multiple sources while adhering to CBS Stations editorial standards.
• React to breaking news in real time, writing and publishing articles and running live blogs as stories develop across platforms.
• Clip, edit, and optimize video assets for CBSNews.com and YouTube, writing SEO-friendly headlines and descriptions that drive search and audience growth.
• Manage homepage curation to surface the strongest journalism produced across the CBS News and Stations network.
• Track content performance metrics and translate those insights into story selection decisions across digital platforms.
• Send push alerts on breaking news, severe weather, and high-interest stories to drive audience engagement.

What You Bring

• A minimum of two years of experience in a digital breaking news environment with a documented ability to move quickly as stories develop.
• Strong news judgment and the ability to write accurate, fact-driven copy and craft compelling headlines on tight deadlines.
• Hands-on experience clipping and publishing video within a broadcast or digital news production workflow.
• Familiarity with content management systems used in episodic television news or digital publishing operations.
• Working knowledge of SEO principles as applied to digital news content.

Why This Role

Paramount operates one of the largest digital news production networks in the country through CBS Stations, giving this role genuine scale and audience reach across multiple major markets. The Digital Content Producer position sits at the intersection of broadcast television production and digital media, which is a real growth area within the company’s broader streaming and digital strategy. For a producer looking to build credits across both linear and digital news environments, Paramount’s infrastructure offers meaningful long-term career development.

Apply now for the Digital Content Producer role at Paramount and bring your digital news production experience to one of the most recognized names in broadcast television.