[Hiring] Social Video Producer @ProPublica

Role Description

ProPublica is looking to expand its social video team with a two-year temporary social video producer. This role will translate long-form journalism into short-form, video-first content for TikTok, Instagram, YouTube Shorts, and other social platforms.

This role will help uphold the standard and tone for how we connect with our current social video audiences while expanding our reach to new ones. You will be at the center of one of the most exciting newsrooms in the country, where visual storytelling is integral to our mission.

This temporary two-year role will report to our social video editor and sits within the larger ProPublica audience team.

Essential Responsibilities

• Create video content grounded in ethical journalistic principles, standards, and practices.
• Collaborate with reporters, editors, visual editors, audience team members, and other staffers to produce compelling video storytelling.
• Own the creative and technical production for videos from beginning to end, including writing and editing scripts, gathering visual assets, designing graphics, and writing social post captions.
• Serve as the on-screen narrator/host for videos, maintaining an appropriate voice and approach for explainer-type and host-led content.
• Shoot and edit video in studio, remotely, and in the field, ensuring high-quality production values.
• Identify and edit compelling media clips for video podcasts, live events, and media appearances, adapting them for social platforms.
• Manage multiple projects in various stages of production, sometimes meeting tight deadlines.
• Monitor the editorial calendar and pitch ideas for social video content and packages.
• Define and maintain workflow processes and systems for consistent video content production.
• Track monthly video analytics reports to inform future optimization and strategy.
• Track evolving trends amid video platforms and share insights with the team.

Qualifications

• Three or more years of video journalism, content production, and/or video editing experience.
• Fluency in telling stories for social platforms with text on screen, voice-overs, direct-to-camera, or other methods.
• Strong understanding of algorithmic trends and platform optimization strategies.
• Experience conducting on-camera interviews and directing video subjects in person and remotely.
• Proficiency in media production software (e.g., Adobe Premiere Pro, After Effects, CapCut, Photoshop, Figma).
• Strong writing and editing skills.
• Ability to communicate social storytelling ideas through scripts or storyboards.
• 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.
• Ability to travel, as needed, for assignments, training, and staff meetings.

Requirements

• Experience using a digital asset management system such as WoodWing.
• Knowledge of media rights and clearances and a working knowledge of copyright permissions.
• Experience in a newsroom or media organization.

Benefits

• This job is full time and includes benefits.
• ProPublica is based in New York, but we’re open to remote candidates in the U.S.

Salary

The expected salary range for this position is $90,000 to $105,000. This is a good-faith estimate of what we expect to pay for this position. The final salary figure will take into account a person’s experience, accomplishment, and location.

Application Process

We will begin reviewing applications as we receive them, but we will continue to consider candidates as long as the posting remains live on our site. Questions? Send an email to [email protected] . No phone calls, please.

Diversity Commitment

We are dedicated to improving our newsroom by better reflecting the people we cover. We are committed to diversity and building an inclusive environment for people of all backgrounds and ages. We especially encourage members of traditionally underrepresented communities to apply, including women, people of color, LGBTQ+ people, and people with disabilities. We are an equal opportunity employer and prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind.