Houston Public Media is looking for a creative and versatile Audience Engagement Producer to help grow our digital presence and connect with audiences across our social media platforms.

As a key member of our Digital Team leading our social efforts, you'll produce daily content that reflects the news and editorial pulse of the day, with a strong emphasis on visual storytelling for platforms like Instagram and YouTube Shorts. You should be confident creating vertical video, shooting and editing content, and potentially appearing on camera.

What You'll Do:

Create and publish daily social posts tied to news and editorial content, with a focus on Instagram and other high-engagement platforms

Shoot and edit short-form vertical video, optimized for social media

Be a creative presence both behind the camera and (potentially) on camera

Collaborate with our talk shows and newsroom to grow their social media reach and engagement

Analyze web and social metrics to generate reports, track performance, and inform content strategy

Assist as needed with newsletters, campaigns, fundraising and cross-departmental digital support

Contribute to long-term planning and strategy

What You Bring:

One or more years of experience producing and managing social content across digital platforms

Strong working knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite (especially Photoshop, Premiere Pro)

A solid understanding of social media trends, platform best practices, and digital storytelling

Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a deadline-driven environment

Experience with content management systems and Google Analytics or similar analytics systems

If you're passionate about public media, excited by news and storytelling, and ready to create compelling content that drives conversation, we want to hear from you. The Digital Team just won a regional Murrow Award for its work covering Hurricane Beryl in 2024. We are a high-performing unit at the station that succeeds by constantly trying new ideas and evolving in a rapidly changing digital space.

Please include a resume and portfolio/examples of work in your submission.

Please submit resume and samples via official application portal on UH website: https://careers.uh.edu/jobs/producer-2-houston-texas-united-states-b1feeda0-76df-443d-8dc5-1b8b609dfe72

Houston Public Media is Houston's NPR/PBS affiliate and is licensed to the University of Houston.

The University of Houston System and its universities are an Equal Opportunity Institution.