YouTube Producer, Temporary Job at AAJA25 in New York

Job Description

ProPublica is an independent, nonprofit newsroom that produces investigative journalism with moral force. We dig deep into important issues, shining a light on abuses of power and betrayals of public trust — and we stick with those issues as long as it takes to hold power to account.

Responsibilities

• Create video content grounded in ethical journalistic principles and translate stories with sensitivity and appropriate tone.
• Own creative and technical production for videos from scriptwriting to final editing, including still and motion graphics and packaging for publication.
• Collaborate with reporters, senior editors, visual editors, audience team members and other staff to identify and produce compelling video storytelling.
• Serve as the on‑screen narrator/host for videos, maintaining a consistent voice appropriate for ProPublica’s brand.
• Shoot and edit video in studio, remotely, and in the field, ensuring high production values.
• Manage multiple projects in various stages of production, sometimes meeting tight deadlines.
• Monitor the editorial calendar and pitch ideas for YouTube video content and packages.
• Define and maintain YouTube workflow processes and systems to ensure a consistent weekly production of video content.
• Track monthly video analytics reports that inform future optimization, strategy, and more.
• Keep up with trends and changes on YouTube and in video‑viewing habits of audiences consuming news content.
• Ability to travel for assignments, training and meetings as required.

Qualifications

• Three-plus years producing social video, with at least one year producing video for YouTube for a newsroom, media organization or production studio. Portfolio demonstrates YouTube videos specifically.
• Deep proficiency with beginning‑to‑end video content production, including script writing, filming, editing, motion graphics and animation, and packaging for publication.
• Fluency telling stories for social platforms with text on screen, voice‑overs, direct to camera or other methods, and ability to translate complex reporting into compelling video scripts with an eye for pace, hooks and viewer retention.
• Strong understanding of YouTube algorithmic trends and optimization strategies, including expertise in crafting effective video titles, thumbnails and descriptions.
• Experience conducting on‑camera interviews and directing video subjects in person and remotely.
• Expertise using video analytics, including proficiency in YouTube Studio, to guide and shape content strategy for the platform.
• High proficiency in media production software, such as Adobe Creative Suite, including Premiere Pro and After Effects, Avid and Figma.
• Ability to communicate video storytelling pitches through memos, scripts or storyboards to advocate for projects with YouTube potential across the newsroom.
• Experience with project management software such as Trello, Airtable or Notion.
• A collaborative mindset, stellar communication skills and the ability to work on several projects at once.
• Experience being part of founding a YouTube team or launching a new project initiative.
• Experience in on‑site production, including shooting on professional camera equipment and knowledge of lighting and audio setups.
• Experience using a digital asset management system such as Woodwing.
• Knowledge of media rights and clearances and a working knowledge of copyright permissions.

Additional

This position is full‑time and includes benefits. Candidates located in or willing to relocate to the New York or Washington, D.C., metro area are preferred, though remote candidates will be considered. Applicants must be eligible to work in the U.S. The expected salary range for this position is $90,000 to $105,000.

We will begin reviewing applications as we receive them, and we will continue to consider candidates as long as the posting remains live on our site.

Questions? Send an email to talent@propublica.org. No phone calls, please.

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