Digital News Producer

Nine. Australia’s Media Company.

Underpinned by our people, our strategic focus is on content, connections and growth.

Driven by our purpose - Australia belongs here - and guided by our values - walk the talk, turn over every stone, keep it human - we are the home of Australia’s most loved content and trusted brands across News, Sport, and Entertainment.

We lead the total television market in Australia through our key brands of Channel 9, Gem, Go, Rush and Life, and of course you can consume all our content, live or on-demand, on Australia’s leading free streaming platform, 9Now. We also own Stan, the market leading local subscription streaming service.

Our total publishing business covers The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, The Australian Financial Review, to the breadth of nine.com.au and The Pedestrian Group.

In our total audio business we are building talk radio for the next generation across 2GB, 3AW, 4BC and 6PR.

Nine is also an active participant in Australian consumer marketplaces through our majority shareholding in Domain and our ownership of Drive.

Job Description

nine.com.au is seeking a digital producer to help drive the output on one of Australia’s biggest news sites and produce high-quality content.

Day to day, you will report into the nine.com.au editor, and be responsible for the following accountabilities:

Cover breaking news and developing stories.
Pitch your own content ideas in daily news conference.
Work with the SEO and social media teams to develop story opportunities.
Liaise and maintain relationships with digital chief-of-staff, video producers, multimedia producers and social media producers.
Be across analytics and SEO to identify story opportunities
Create engaging and informing story block images to showcase your content on the homepage.
Help plan content for major events and local news coverage.

This is a full-time five-day hybrid role, which may include weekend and evening work. Ideally this role would be based in Sydney or Melbourne.

Qualifications

What we would like to see on your resume:

A news journalist with demonstrated experience looking to take the next step in their career.
Energetic and engaged & thrives in a breaking newsroom environment working under deadlines.
Ability to source original news and feature stories.
Knowledge of Adobe Photoshop or Canva preferable.
An excellent understanding of legal best practice, including defamation laws, essential.
Understanding of Adobe analytics and SEO best practice advantageous.