Summary
Select, NBC News and CNBC’s fast-growing product recommendation and shopping site, is seeking a multiskilled and detail-obsessed Social Video Producer to focus on creating original videos optimized for social media platforms, including but not limited to TikTok and Instagram Reels, for our growing NYC-based social media team.
Category
Digital Media
Editor
Producers
Social Media
Video Editor
Video Producer
Location
Greater New York City Area
Time Period
Full Time
Posted Date
Jan 31, 2023
Start Date
N/A
End Date
N/A
Job Description
The ideal candidate will have a passion for high-quality service journalism and the drive to help grow a new brand in a crowded market, as well as the ability to creatively package, edit and source video content that will resonate and help build an engaged social following.
What you'll do:
- Create short- and long-form video content for mobile, social and digital audiences.
- Generate unique, original video pitches both independently and in partnership with the Select social media team.
- Storyboard, edit and produce original videos under tight deadlines.
- Utilize text, graphics, original footage and third-party footage to build engaging video stories.
- Optimize videos to fit time and size best practices of different social media platforms including Instagram Reels and TikTok.
- Repurpose video created in other formats and edit them so they are fit for social media.
- Test and develop content frameworks to build recognizable “series” content.
- Help curate and follow an organic content calendar with the social media team, facilitating reposts and fresh treatments of timely or high-performing content.
- Provide constructive production and editorial feedback to Select editors who may be shooting video.
Salary Range: $65,000-$85,000
Qualifications
What you'll bring:
- At least 3 years’ experience as a video editor in social media
- Examples or a portfolio of high-quality, engaging social video work
- Experience in the commerce editorial space a plus
- Experience for a major news brand a plus
- Sound editorial and journalistic judgement
- Demonstrated knowledge of online content management systems and multimedia storytelling
- Demonstrated organizational and time management skills under deadline pressure
Skills:
- General knowledge of social media best practices, capabilities and trends
- Advanced knowledge of Adobe Premiere or other video editing software and mid-level knowledge of Adobe Photoshop and After Effects
- Strong ability to shoot video with both production equipment and mobile phones
- Attention to detail and ability to make quick decisions
- Proven ability to prioritize and manage multiple projects simultaneously
- Ability to work well in a collaborative, energetic environment and be a team player
- Ability to approach roadblocks analytically and thoughtfully
Job Type
Full Time
Weekly Limit
N/A
Shift
Day