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Job Description
About the Role
The New York Times Opinion section is seeking a creative and enthusiastic Video Producer to transform Opinion Video’s vertical video efforts — both on site and for social media. This journalist will report to the video team and collaborate with the audience team, and department journalists and external contributors. You will conceive of and create new video formats for mobile-first video journalism and will make journalistic and creative decisions to ensure excellence and accuracy in their work.
This is a hybrid position based in New York, NY.
You will report to the Deputy Editor of Opinion Video.
Responsibilities
- Shoot, produce, write and edit vertical videos, using native tools and effects of platforms.
- Collaborate with multiple partners to adapt, script and produce videos on a regular cadence.
- Work with editors on inventive on-site and social formats that align with Opinion’s mission and identity.
- Track engagement metrics and implement strategy based on qualitative and quantitative data.
- Maintain broad knowledge of the social media landscape and be aware of new platform trends as they change.
- Be open to working with a diversity of voices and viewpoints.
Basic Qualifications
- 2+ years of experience with creative video editing.
- Experience producing and publishing short-form vertical videos on quick deadlines.
- Expertise in video and graphics editing with Adobe Premiere and After Effects
- Experience in archive producing, including using photo, video, graphics and audio.
- Knowledge of TikTok and Instagram.
Preferred Qualifications
- Eagerness to experiment with different forms of vertical and mobile visual storytelling.
- Strong writing and editing knowledge of Times style (or the ability to absorb and apply it quickly).
- Experience creating innovative journalism in a fast-paced environment
- Excellent news judgment with a passion for news, The Times and its journalistic mission.
- Experience with OSINT asset collection.
- Previous audience experience such as A/B headline testing, writing social copy and programming a homepage.
- Newsroom experience preferred.
The annual base pay salary for this role is between $79,364.85 and $85,000.00.
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