Social Video Producer
Social Video Producer
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$ 90000 - 100000
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Job Description:
The Wall Street Journal is looking for a social video producer to create shortform vertical videos. As part of our social media team you will produce vertical videos for platforms such as Instagram TikTok LinkedIn and Snapchat. You will work with journalists around the newsroom to produce compelling social video that showcases the best of WSJ for new and existing audiences.
You will be involved in all steps of production: conceptualization scripting shooting editing and distributing. This team works directly with reporters and editors as well as our video team to create engaging short socialfirst breaking news feature and original videos.
You should be a selfstarter who understands the needs of audiences across multiple platforms and is able to work independently under deadline pressure. Dedication to high journalism standards and excellent video editing skills are required. You should have experience with video editing software including Premiere Pro After Effects Adobe InDesign and/or other relevant tools. Animation skills are a plus. You should also have deep knowledge of videodriven social platforms. The ideal candidate will be comfortable hosting on camera and distilling reporting into digestible bites for potential new audiences.
You will be based in our New York office and will report to the Social Strategy Editor
You Will:
Work with a team of social editors and producers to create shortform vertical video to reach new and existing audiences
Pitch stories and concepts and come up with unique angles
Optimize titles thumbnails and captions
Attend coverage planning meetings and identify stories with new audience development potential
Work with and train journalists around the newsroom
Help codify best visual practices on social media including the creation of unique templates to be used on multiple platforms ; clarify and update the guidelines as necessary
You Have:
2 or more years experience working at the intersection of social media and journalism. Experience as a video or multimedia producer preferred.
Experience working with visualfirst social platforms especially Tiktok Instagram Snapchat.
Experience with photo and video editing software including Photoshop Final Cut Pro After Effects and/or other relevant tools. Animation skills a plus.
Sound editorial judgment and a clear understanding of WSJs publishing standards.
Understanding of and familiarity with socialmedia publishing and analytics tools
An enthusiasm for Wall Street Journal journalism and a curiosity about current events.
Strong organizational communication leadership and collaborative abilities.
To apply please submit a resume cover letter and 35 clips of your work.
Reasonable accommodation: Dow Jones Making Careers Newsworthy We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity or expression pregnancy age national origin disability status genetic information protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.EEO/AA/M/F/Disabled/Vets. Dow Jones is committed to providing reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities in our job application and/or interview process. If you need assistance or accommodation in completing your application due to a disability email us at Please put Reasonable Accommodation in the subject line and provide a brief description of the type of assistance you need. This inbox will not be monitored for application status updates.Business Area:
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Editorial/JournalismUnion Status:
Union rolePay Range: $90000 $100000We recognize that attracting the best talent is key to our strategy and success as a company. As a result we aim for flexibility in structuring competitive compensation offers to ensure we are able to attract the best candidates. The quoted salary range represents our good faith estimate as to what our ideal candidates are likely to expect and we tailor our offers within the range based on the selected candidates experience industry knowledge location technical and communication skills and other factors that may prove relevant during the interview process.Payforperformance is a key element in our strategy to attract engage and motivate talented people to do their best work. Similarly to salary for bonus eligible roles targets are set based on a variety of factors including competitive market practice.For benefits eligible roles in addition to cash compensation the company provides a comprehensive and highly competitive benefits package with a variety of physical health retirement and savings caregiving emotional wellbeing transportation and other benefits including elective benefits employees may select to best fit the needs and personal situations of our diverse workforce..Employment Type
Full-Time
