Digital Producer, News

U.S. News & World Report is a multifaceted digital media company dedicated to helping citizens, consumers, business leaders and policy officials make important decisions in their lives. We publish independent reporting, rankings, data journalism and advice that has earned the trust of our readers and users for nearly 90 years. Our platforms on usnews.com include Education, Health, Money, Travel, Cars, News and 360 Reviews.

We reach more than 40 million people monthly during moments when they are most in need of expert advice and motivated to act on that advice directly on our platforms. Our signature franchises include our "Best" series of consumer guides on colleges, graduate schools, hospitals, diets, cars, financial services and more. These guides provide an easy-to-digest list for consumers to better understand and compare when making their decisions. We continue to publish annual guides of the authoritative Best Colleges and Best Hospitals rankings on our website and in print. And our U.S. News Live flagship conferences highlight important national conversations including Healthcare of Tomorrow and Healthiest Communities.

We believe in having a broad range of talent and backgrounds at U.S. News. We strive to maintain a welcoming workplace where everyone is given an opportunity to succeed and contribute to their fullest. Learn more about our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion initiative.

Your role in helping us shape the future:

U.S. News empowers everyone to thrive. In this position, you will leverage your web production and journalism skills to produce content for the U.S. News website.

You will join our news team, collaborating with writers, editors and freelance writers on the creation of consumer-oriented articles and slideshows for U.S. News & World Report.

In this position, you will be an integral part of the News team by publishing content to News pages on usnews.com and being meticulous and detail-oriented should be second nature for you. The Digital Producer must be able to act under pressure, meet tight deadlines and pivot when needed to focus on more pressing matters.

Technology should be a breeze for you, especially working in a CMS or navigating a spreadsheet. A background in HTML/CSS will make the job easier, as it will allow you to troubleshoot issues and resolve them much quicker.

Being successful in this role requires a mix of creativity and precision. You will select images for articles and slideshows, create infographics, make data visualizations, and have a good eye for photography and design. Creativity and an eye for detail are critical skills to ensure that the content you publish to the site is accurate and formatted correctly.

To thrive in this role, you need to be able to work in a team setting and possess top-notch communication skills. You will work closely with a small production team and with people across the company.

Are you up to the challenge?

• Produce news articles

• Select and edit photos for editorial content

• Update content across the site; copy edit, upload editorial content, tables, charts, graphics and photos to the CMS

• Fact check incoming content from our team of freelance writers

• Monitor section pages for problems, and correct them if they exist

• Produce news slideshows and galleries

• Answer questions from team members about technical issues

• Create infographics and data visualizations to accompany stories or project launches

• Use video-editing platforms to build informative videos that support our content

• Pitch in with problems or special requests from team members

• Prepare content and page components in advance of project launches