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If you naturally write in a fresh, witty voice, while respecting objective journalism, legal issues, and copyrights, this may be the career move for you.
If you post to Facebook, Twitter, Instagram for work, know SnapChat, Periscope, Ask.fm, and Vine, this may be the career move for you.
If you can bust out straight breaking news quickly and accurately while simultaneously monitoring trends on Tweetdeck, and chatting with your boss on AIM -- and do it all with a smile -- this may be the career move for you.
Play a central role in growing the digital reach of three Midwestern properties of Hearst Newspapers, one of the largest media companies in the world. The Illinois group -- comprised of The (Alton) Telegraph, The (Edwardsville) Intelligencer and The Journal-Courier -- is looking for an innovative and experienced web producer/social producer to join our team.
The ideal candidate will proactively self-assign stories that are on the verge of going viral, making sure all three sites and their corresponding social media presences are ahead of the day's news. They are an idea generator with strong social roots. She or he must be able to create or curate stories as needed while managing social media analytics and best practices, and bringing innovative multimedia, multi-platform, multi-social network ideas to a larger team.
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If interested, please submit a resume and cover letter to The Telegraph Managing Editor Nathan Grimm, ngrimm@thetelegraph.com, with the subject line "Web and Social Producer."