Digital Content Manager, Location Aspen, Colorado, Job Status Full-time, Salary $45,000 to $50,000

Description: Aspen Public Radio is seeking a dynamic person to oversee APR’s current and future digital initiatives. Located in Colorado's beautiful Roaring Fork Valley, Aspen Public Radio is a growing regional presence in western Colorado and is continuing to expand its local and regional news and public affairs programming. Accepting applications through Monday, May 18, 2015. Full-time, competitive pay and benefits. No phone calls, please.

 Job Description: The Digital Content Manager (DCM) is responsible in implementing the benefits of new technologies as well as improving the use of current technology at APR. The digital content manager will work closely with the News Director to improve and maintain our digital media platform for all station areas including news and entertainment.

DCM oversees, develops and maintains APR’s various digital initiatives including but not limited to the website, online streaming, blogging, online databases and podcasting. The DCM will find possible new hosting and design solutions for the website, which is hosted by NPR Digital Services. The DCM will take a leadership role in ensuring that the station’s use of digital media is designed around the needs and wants of the end user.

The DCM will work daily with news and other programming staff to create original content for the website. DCM will take a leadership role in ensuring that digital media content is considered in conjunction with on-air material and not as an afterthought. The DCM will oversee the posting and management of Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and other applications, to ensure an active social networking presence

The DCM will oversee APR’s growing program of harvesting content from partner organizations for the purpose of digital distribution.

The DCM will serve as an on air host as directed by News Director and Executive Director.

Additional Responsibilities: Coordinates digital media usage during on-air fundraising. Participates in on-air fundraising as well as station development and promotional functions. Perform other duties as assigned by the News Director. Daily generation of two news stories. Produce a minimum of four (4) unique web-only news /feature posts per week. These posts are to include news stories, vox-pop, people profiles, event coverage, photo essays, video shorts and aggregated content. Produce a minimum of six (6) web “specials” a year. Using a combination of text, photo, video

E-mail cover letter and resume to Carolyn Sackariason at: sack@aspenpublicradio.org