Producer, YouTube

CNN YouTube Senior Producer

CNN is building a next-generation YouTube ecosystem that will leverage original, platform native franchises at its core. We're hiring a Senior Producer, YouTube, to help build and produce original series and formats that drive audience growth, watch time, and revenue. This role works in lockstep with the Channel Manager, YouTube, and the Video Editorial Team and is key to developing a new slate of mid- to long-form storytelling. The ideal candidate is a YouTube-fluent creative with strong editorial instincts and the ability to consistently think outside the box to champion what the next era of CNN on YouTube will look like. The ideal candidate consumes YouTube daily and understands its platform-specific mechanics, psychology, incentives, and culture.
Your role accountabilities include:
Original Series Development & YouTube-Native Storytelling
End-to-End Production Leadership
Packaging, Optimization & Platform Fluency
Editorial Collaboration & Cross-Functional Partnership
Innovation & Continuous Improvement
Qualifications and experience include:
5–7+ years producing digital video, with substantial YouTube-first experience.
Ability to pitch, script, shoot, and edit mid-/long-form stories that thoroughly engage audiences.
Sharp understanding of YouTube-specific pacing, visual logic, intros, tension arcs, and retention mechanics.
Fluency in YouTube analytics, A/B testing, packaging optimization and performance interpretation.
Deep familiarity with successful YouTube formats and niches beyond hard news, and an understanding of why they work.
Strong editorial judgment and capacity to translate complex reporting into engaging, universally appealing frameworks.
Proficiency in video editing software (motion graphics a plus).
Track record of building or contributing to successful YouTube series or franchises.
Experience collaborating with journalists, strategists and multi-disciplinary editorial teams.
Ability to articulate and defend creative decisions with both YouTube-native logic and editorial rigor.
Comfortable in fast-moving environments with shifting priorities and tight turnarounds.
Self-directed, detail-oriented, and energized by building something truly new.
Preferred:
You've consumed YouTube on a daily basis for years, especially off-hours.
You can explain, on first watch, why a video succeeds or fails structurally, emotionally, and editorially.
You've developed a strong portfolio of original YouTube series.
You can toggle between YouTube instincts and newsroom rigor while maintaining creative clarity.
You deeply understand YouTube at the consumer and viewer experience level.
You favor impact, simplicity, and modern video mechanics over legacy conventions.
You bring a storytelling background that extends beyond traditional news or J-school lanes
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In compliance with local law, we are disclosing the compensation, or a range thereof, for roles in locations where legally required. Actual salaries will vary based on several factors, including but not limited to external market data, internal equity, location, skill set, experience, and/or performance. Base pay is just one component of Warner Bros. Discovery's total compensation package for employees. Pay Range: $103,390.00 - $192,010.00 salary per year. Other rewards may include annual bonuses, short- and long-term incentives, and program-specific awards. In addition, Warner Bros. Discovery provides a variety of benefits to employees, including health insurance coverage, an employee wellness program, life and disability insurance, a retirement savings plan, paid holidays and sick time and vacation.