Podcast Social Video Editor Job at Vox Media in New York

As a Podcast Social Video Editor you will drive the creative vision for short-form social content across the Vox Media slate and oversee the producers who make it. You'll align workflows and standards, build the content calendar, and steward performance and quality. You will ensure each show’s social media output meets its unique audience while fitting within network-level strategy. WHAT YOU’LL DO Lead the video/motion production team responsible for social-first clips, motion graphic promos and still/motion image assets across all shows. Build a content calendar aligned with episode launches, campaign pushes, guest announcements, trending topics, and evergreen show moments. Define creative standards and aesthetic direction for each show’s social assets, drawing upon a sophisticated understanding of branding and motion design. Establish and refine production workflows (editing pipeline, asset versioning, templates, motion-graphic library) to support fast turnaround with high quality. Oversee performance metrics (views, reach, engagement, subscription/episode lift) across shows, provide strategic insights, and drive continuous improvement. Collaborate with marketing and brand/creative teams, show producers, and hosts to build content strategy and ensure aesthetic and audience alignment. Provide engagement feedback to the show team and drive the iteration process to ensure platform optimization. Keep up to date with social platform trends, algorithm changes, emerging formats (Instagram Reels, TikTok, YouTube Shorts, etc) and guide the team’s experimentation and innovation. Curate a library of brand assets, motion-design templates and edit-ready workflows for efficient reuse and iteration. WHAT YOU’LL BRING 5+ years of experience creating social-first video content and motion graphic assets for media brands, preferably including podcasts. Demonstrated leadership experience (managing or mentoring producers/editors) in a fast-moving digital media environment. Excellent storytelling and motion-design instincts; you understand how pacing, typography, graphic motion, sound design and platform context combine to engage audiences. Strong editing and motion workflow skills (Adobe Premiere Pro, After Effects, Final Cut Pro, or equivalent) plus familiarity with social editing tools and asset versioning. Deep understanding of platform norms and performance best practices (Instagram, TikTok, YouTube Shorts, etc) along with social metrics interpretation. Experience building and managing a content calendar, aligning creative production with episodes, campaigns, guest announcements and trends. Ability to define and shape aesthetic direction and branding across multiple show voices. Strong project-management skills: prioritising across multiple shows, coordinating across teams, delivering high-quality content under deadline. Excellent communicator, collaborator and creative partner — comfortable working with show producers, hosts, brand/creative and marketing teams. Portfolio or reel demonstrating not just editing chops but leadership of social video strategy, motion-graphic direction and measurable results. WHERE YOU’LL WORK This job is located in New York. WHY VOX MEDIA? WHAT WE OFFER This is a permanent, full-time position. This job is benefits-eligible. We pride ourselves in providing comprehensive benefits to support all of our employees wherever they are in life. You can find more information about our benefits. OUR DEI+ COMMITMENT Vox Media is committed to building an inclusive environment where everyone can show up as their authentic selves and create their best work. We recognize that great stories, platforms, products and services come from people with all manner of backgrounds and experiences. We recognize that our commitments require ongoing work and sustained attention, as well as adaptation to new insights and best practices. We keep our diversity data public for the sake of accountability, transparency and communication. Learn more about our values, and our approach to corporate citizenship. Vox Media is an Equal Opportunity Employer and qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, disability, national origin, protected veteran status, age, or any other status protected by applicable national, federal, state, or local law. Vox Media will also consider all qualified applicants with criminal histories in accordance with applicable Fair Chance laws. We are also committed to providing reasonable accommodations as part of the application process to candidates with disabilities. If you require a reasonable accommodation as part of the application process, please contact our People & Culture team (recruitment@voxmedia.com). WHAT COMES NEXT Our recruiting team will go through applications in a timely manner. Please note that our recruiting team will only contact you from @voxmedia.com email addresses, never via text message. Read more about how our recruiting team operates, and how to protect yourself from recruitment fraud. PAY TRANSPARENCY The salary range listed below represents the minimum and maximum base pay for this position at the time of this posting. Final salary offered to the candidate selected for the position will be based on factors including but not limited to the candidate's skills and experience. Pay Range $76,000 — $95,000 USD #J-18808-Ljbffr In Summary: As a Podcast Social Video Editor you will drive the creative vision for short-form social content across the Vox Media slate . You'll align workflows and standards, build the content calendar, and steward performance and quality . You will ensure each show's social media output meets its unique audience while fitting within network-level strategy . En Español: Como Editor de Video Social Podcast, impulsará la visión creativa para el contenido social en forma corta a través de Vox Media y supervisará a los productores que lo hacen. Alineará flujos de trabajo y estándares, construirá un calendario de contenidos y administrará el rendimiento y la calidad. Usted se asegurará de que la salida de las redes sociales de cada programa cumple con su audiencia única mientras encaja dentro de una estrategia a nivel de red. Qué vas a hacer liderar el equipo de producción de vídeo / movimiento responsable de los primeros clips sociales, promociones gráficas y activos de imágenes fijas/moción en todos los programas. Construir un calendario de contenido alineado con los lanzamientos de episodios, impulsos de campañas, anuncios de invitados, temas tendentes y momentos permanentemente verdes del show. Definir estándares creativos y dirección estética para cada programa de activos sociales, basándose en una comprensión sofisticada de la marca y diseño de movimientos. Establecer y editar los flujos de trabajo de producción (pipelinación de activos, efectos cinematográficos, plantillas, audiencias fotográficas) para soportar iteraciones rápidas con alta calidad. Supervisar las métricas de rendimiento conocidos (experimentaciones, alcance, análisis de código de escritura, etc.) Proyecto de desarrollo e interacción con la plataforma social, así como desarrollar nuevas tecnologías y mejorar la experiencia de los usuarios, crear y gestionar los medios de comunicación digital, construir una mejor versión de imagen y manejo de los contenidos móvicios y mostrar sus mejores experiencias (incluyendo la aplicación de los modelos). Este trabajo es beneficioso. Nos enorgullecemos de proporcionar beneficios integrales para apoyar a todos nuestros empleados dondequiera que estén en la vida. Puede encontrar más información sobre nuestros beneficios. Nuestro DEI+ COMMITMENT Vox Media se compromete a construir un entorno inclusivo en el que todo el mundo pueda presentarse como auténtico y crear su mejor trabajo. Reconocemos que las grandes historias, plataformas, productos y servicios provienen de personas con toda clase de antecedentes y experiencias. Reconemos que nuestros compromisos requieren un trabajo continuo y atención sostenida, así como adaptación a nuevas ideas y mejores prácticas. Mantendremos nuestros datos de diversidad públicos para la rendición de cuentas, transparencia y comunicación. Aprende más acerca de nuestros valores y nuestro enfoque hacia la ciudadanía candidata. Si requiere un alojamiento razonable como parte del proceso de solicitud, póngase en contacto con nuestro equipo People & Culture (recruitment@voxmedia.com). WHAT COMES NEXT Nuestro equipo de reclutamiento revisará las solicitudes a tiempo. Tenga en cuenta que nuestro equipo de contratación solo se comunicará con usted desde direcciones de correo electrónico @voxmedias.com, nunca mediante mensajes de texto. Lea más sobre cómo opera nuestro grupo de recrutamiento y cómo protegerse contra el fraude de selección. PAY TRANSPARENCE El rango salarial que aparece abajo representa la base mínima y máxima para este puesto en el momento de esta publicación.