We are now looking for an enterprising Audience Engagement Producer with a journalism background to help us grow and deepen our relationships with the communities we serve in Berkeley, Oakland and Richmond.

Our overarching goal is to help residents be informed about, and be able to engage with, their local communities by providing reliable news and resources that are relevant to their daily lives. The Audience Engagement Producer will produce social media and newsletter content, enhance SEO for our stories, work on digital story packaging and data analysis, and support our direct community outreach initiatives, including live events. They will collaborate with a stellar group of journalists across our three newsrooms, as well as Cityside leaders.

The Audience Engagement Producer will report to, and work closely with, Cityside’s Audience Engagement Editor.

The job is based in the Bay Area.

• Produce engaging social media content (including short, mobile videos and infographics) with sharp and compelling writing and visuals that will resonate with and help grow target audiences for Berkeleyside, The Oaklandside and Richmondside
• Manage social media and other third-party platforms, scheduling content and monitoring performance
• Support in the production of Cityside’s newsletters
• Enhance the SEO and reader-experience on news articles
• Collaborate with newsroom editors and reporters on ways to reach new and existing audiences
• Support Cityside and its newsrooms at community and fundraising events
• Contribute ideas to Cityside’s greater audience strategy
• Other duties as assigned

• 2-4 years of newsroom experience, preferably in an audience engagement role
• Excellent social media production skills, especially for Instagram and TikTok
• Video editing
• Ability to work with visual content, including photography, in powerful ways
• A good eye for graphic design
• Understanding of SEO and digital news production
• Excellent writing chops
• A collaborative approach, great communication skills and an openness to different perspectives
• An interest in experimenting with new approaches to reach audience goals
• An independent spirit with the ability to make decisions quickly, handle several tasks at once and deliver on deadline
• A solid understanding of analytics and how to use metrics to make content decisions and translate data into actionable recommendations
• Good news judgment and an understanding of journalistic ethics

• Have a background in local journalism
• Speak and write fluent Spanish 
• Are familiar with communities in Oakland, Berkeley and Richmond
• Have used WordPress, Mailchimp, Canva, Adobe suite, Parse.ly, Google Analytics

Cityside aims to do good work and be a great place to work. We invest in our employees and look for teammates galvanized by serving their community through civic-minded local journalism.

Benefits and Compensation

• Salary: $70,000-80,000
• $1,000 a year in professional development stipends
• Cityside pays for 75% of your health insurance premium and provides options for both Blue Cross and Kaiser Permanente medical plans. The coverage also includes dental and vision plans from Guardian.
• 401(k) retirement plan with up to a 4% company match after a 3-month waiting period
• 20 paid vacation days
• 12 paid sick days
• 13 paid holidays
• 5 additional paid days for an end-of-the-year break between Christmas Day and New Year
• 100% paid family leave for 6 months
• $100,000 life insurance coverage