Media Director jobs in Miami, FL

Duties

As the Digital and Social Media Director, you will be responsible for duties to include, but not limited to:

• Oversee and participate in the development and delivery of strategic digital deliverables, including research, analytics, audience profiling, and strategies for use of digital products across OCB.
• Coordinate with the head of content development on overall programming strategies and content development.
• Champion the use of modern technology development and management approaches drawing heavily upon best practices from the consumer digital industry such as open source and agile development processes.
• Create custom audience development strategies to ensure continued growth across digital platforms. This encompasses editorial planning, organic and paid campaigns, and technology recommendations to help journalists reach and expand audiences.
• Monitor digital markets worldwide and keeps up to date on trends and developments.
• Create a metrics-driven culture and workflow for digital media within OCB.
• Guide a staff of journalists, social media and technical staff, creating content for the web and social media platforms.
• Assign and provide editorial direction on story leads for the production of stories and investigative reports on various topics covered on the website and other digital platforms, suggesting topics to be emphasized, covered in-depth, supplemented with pictures, graphs, or links to related information, and similar improvements and enhancements and innovations to increase the effectiveness of martinoticias.com and proposes new projects to make the digital assets more competitive. Areas of innovation may include web news presentation, accessibility, comprehensiveness, interaction with other sections of the site, and interactivity with website visitors. Interactivity includes email exchanges, crowd sourcing, chat, blogging, and other evolving, web-specific forms of engagement.
• Ensure that news coverage is complete, balanced, and appropriate for targeted Cuban audience.
• Apply recognized journalistic standards and practices, to include the VOA/OCB Standards and Best Practices Guide, and ensure that copyright restrictions are respected on all OCB digital platforms.
• Stay up-to-date on the kind of digital tools that 24/7 newsrooms use to reach and engage with audiences on web, social media, chat apps, newsletters, and other digital platforms.

Requirements

Conditions of Employment

• You must be a U.S Citizen or U.S. National.
• This is a national security position. If selected, this position requires the completion of the SF-86.
• Suitability Determination: If selected, you will be subject to a background investigation to establish your suitability for federal employment. The background investigation may include, among other aspects, a review of your credit and legal history.
• This position is not covered by a Union Agreement.
• This position has been designated supervisory requiring that the selectee serve on an initial appointment as a supervisor or manager serve a one-year probationary period.
• If selected for this vacancy, you will be required to file the OGE Form 450 (Confidential Financial Disclosure Report).
• The full performance grade level for this position is GS-14.
• This position may require working nights, weekends, and holidays.
• If you are a male applicant who is born after 12/31/59, you are required to be registered for the Selective Service.

How You Will Be Evaluated

• Benefits

  A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new windowLearn more about federal benefits.

  Review our benefits

  Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered.

• Required Documents

  As a new or existing federal employee, you and your family may have access to a range of benefits. Your benefits depend on the type of position you have - whether you're a permanent, part-time, temporary or an intermittent employee. You may be eligible for the following benefits, however, check with your agency to make sure you're eligible under their policies.

  All applicants are required to submit the following supporting document type(s):
  

  • Resume

  
  
  Applicants may also submit the following supporting document type(s), which may not be required for all applicants:
  

  • Cover Letter
  • DD-214/ Statement of Service
  • Disability Letter (VA)
  • RIF Letter, Separation SF-50, or other document supporting ICTAP/CTAP eligibility.
  • Resume
  • SF-15
  • SF-50/ Notification of Personnel Action

  
  
  Although the required documents listed in this announcement only indicates that a resume is required, other documents may be required in specific circumstances.
  
  ICTAP: If you are an eligible Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP) applicant, you may apply for special selection over other candidates for this position. To be well-qualified and exercise selection priority for this vacancy, displaced Federal employees must be rated at 80 or above on the rating criteria for this position. ICTAP eligibles must submit one of the following as proof of eligibility for the special selection priority: a separation notice; a "Notice of Personnel Action" (SF-50) documenting separation; an agency certification that you cannot be placed after injury compensation has been terminated; an OPM notification that your disability annuity has been terminated; OR a Military Department or National Guard Bureau notification that you are retired under 5 U.S.C. 8337(h) or 8456.
  
  Veteran's Preference: If you are a veteran with preference eligibility and you are claiming 5-point veterans' preference, you must attach the member copy of your DD-214 or other proof of eligibility stating discharge type. If you are claiming 10-point veterans' preference, you must submit a VA letter and an Application of 10-Point Veterans' Preference (SF-15). Applicants seeking widow or other special veterans preference must submit a SF-15 form and all documents indicated for their specific form of preference. If you are still on active duty, you may submit a statement of service from your Personnel Command which states the date you entered active duty, the date you are separating, and the campaign medals you have received.

• How to Apply

  You are encouraged to apply online. Applying online will allow you to review and track the status of your application. If you cannot complete the Application Package online, please contact the Human Resource Specialist listed in this vacancy announcement.

  • To apply for this position, you must complete the occupational questionnaire and submit the documentation specified in the Required Documents and any appropriate Accepted Documents.
  • To begin, click Apply in the announcement; then, choose to create a new USAJOBS account or Sign-in into your existing account.
  • Follow the prompts to select your resume and/or other supporting documents to be included with your application package.
  • You will have the opportunity to upload additional documents to include in your application before submitting it. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process.
  • Click the following link to pre-view and print the occupational questionnaire https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12290315.
  • After completing the questionnaire and uploading appropriate documents, click the Submit Application to submit your application package.
  • It is applicant's responsibility to verify that information entered in the profile is accurate and all required documents are uploaded and submitted before 11:59 PM (EST) on 02/12/2024 of the announcement to receive consideration.
  • Human Resources will not modify or change any part of your application. If a document is not in legible format, applicant will not be able to view it in Application Manager which means applicant must again upload the documentation to the system by the closing date of this announcement.
  • To verify your application is complete, log into your USAJOBS account. The page will display the positions for which you've applied as well as the status of each application.
  • To return to an incomplete application, log into your USAJOBS account and click on the plus sign ( ) next to the job title to expand information about the job. Next click on Update Application to complete the application process.
  • Note: Submission of a resume alone IS NOT a complete application. This position requires the completion of additional forms and/or supplemental materials as described previously. Please carefully review the complete job announcement, including the Required Documents, Other Information, and How to Apply sections of the announcement.
  • Application packages will NOT be accepted via mail or e-mail. All resumes/applications received at the addresses listed in the Contact Information or Agency Information will be destroyed and will not be considered for this vacancy announcement.
  • This agency provides reasonable accommodation to applicants with disabilities on a case-by-case basis; contact HROperations@usagm.gov or 202-920-2400 to request this.

  Agency contact information

  Kyle Turner

  Phone

  202-920-2397

  Email

  Kturner@usagm.gov
  

  Next steps

  Once the online questionnaire and application package is received, you will receive an acknowledgement email that your submission was successful. After a review of your complete application is made, you will be notified of your rating and/or referral to the hiring official. If further evaluation or interviews are required, you will be contacted.

• Fair and Transparent

  The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance.

  • Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy
  • Reasonable accommodation policy
  • Financial suitability
  • Selective Service
  • New employee probationary period
  • Signature and false statements
  • Privacy Act
  • Social security number request

Required Documents

Clarification from the agency

Career transition (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL), the public, Veterans; All U.S. Citizens. This position is an excepted service position, which includes a requirement for knowledge of Cuba, including its history, people, culture, politics, economics, and current events. Resume and application package must include experience and related information that provides a basis for meeting this eligibility requirement.