WABC Digital Content Producer – As Needed

Job Position(s): WABC Digital Content Producer - As Needed

Disney is hiring a WABC Digital Content Producer on an as-needed basis at WABC-TV in New York, NY. This role sits inside the Eyewitness News digital team, where the producer owns multiplatform content output across abc7ny.com, social channels, and connected TV platforms. It suits a working journalist or digital news producer who is comfortable running breaking news coverage independently and understands how local television content lives and performs across screens.

About the Role

WABC-TV is Disney’s flagship owned station and has held the top spot in local news in the United States for over 60 years, producing more than 45 hours of live local news and weather each week. The WABC Digital Content Producer works inside that newsroom workflow, supporting and often leading the digital side of breaking news events, planned coverage, and original video production. A typical shift involves monitoring incoming stories, producing and publishing web content, editing short-form video, and managing audience engagement across the station’s social platforms.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage breaking news coverage and editorial publishing on abc7ny.com with speed and accuracy, making real-time decisions about story priority and placement.
• Create and edit original short-form video for digital and connected TV distribution, using Adobe Premiere and nonlinear editing workflows.
• Apply SEO strategy to increase page views and unique visitors, using search data and platform insights to inform headline writing and content structure.
• Direct live digital coverage of major news events, coordinating with on-air and production teams to ensure multiplatform storytelling is consistent and timely.
• Manage the station’s social media presence across platforms, growing audience engagement and adapting content for each channel’s format and behavior.
• Use audience analytics and performance data to inform editorial decisions and shape the station’s digital content strategy across current and emerging platforms.

What You Bring

• Minimum two years of experience in audience development, digital news production, or a related newsroom role.
• Proficiency in Adobe Premiere and nonlinear editing for short-form and broadcast digital content.
• Deep working knowledge of social media strategy and SEO as applied to local television news and digital publishing.
• Proficiency with AP style and the editorial standards expected in a major-market broadcast newsroom.
• A bachelor’s degree, with a preference for journalism, television production, or a related field.
• Availability to work mornings, evenings, and weekends on an as-needed daily basis with no guaranteed regular schedule.

Why This Role

WABC-TV is the most-watched local television station in the country, and the digital team here operates at a scale most local news producers never see. This is a staff position inside one of Disney’s eight owned ABC stations, which means exposure to broadcast production infrastructure and digital publishing volume that few markets can match. The pay rate for this role in New York is $40.00 to $50.00 per hour, with select benefits potentially available depending on position level.

Apply now for the WABC Digital Content Producer role at Disney and bring your digital news production skills to the top local newsroom in the country.