SFGATE Social Video Producer (Part-time)

SFGATE Social Video Producer (Part-time)

Your Impact:

Under the direction of SFGATEs Social Video Editor the Social Video Producer will create compelling content across all platforms with a focus on digital video for Instagram TikTok and this dynamic role the Social Video Producer will be a good storyteller be comfortable in front of a camera have expertise in video post-production collaborate with different editorial departments and work under tight deadlines to deliver video in a variety of formats. This role will be covering a range of topics from top stories of the day to spotlights on fascinating long reads.

Why SFGATE

Launched in 1994 was one of the first large-market media sites in the world and served as the exclusive digital home of the San Francisco Chronicle for 19 2019 the Chronicle (which can now be found online at the paywalled ) and SFGATE officially became two separately run entities with their own editorial staffs and independent newsrooms.

Today SFGATE is a digital-only publication that reaches more than 28 million readers every month and tells the stories of the people places and ideas that make San Francisco and the Bay Area at large the weird and wonderful place that it is. We help readers navigate their day whether its by keeping them updated on big breaking news guiding them to interesting local experiences or sharing a part of the Bay Area they havent seen before.

The site is home to nine verticals: Culture offering a unique mix of the entertainment news you actually need and the underground stories from hidden corners of the Bay Area you want; Local the premier destination for everything that life in San Francisco encompasses (from wildly expensive real estate to schools to what its like to live above a raucous bar); Sports covering the intersection of sports and culture; Tech covering the intersection of tech and culture; Travel covering everything from flight deals and travel news to hotel hacks and under-the-radar day trips; Politics where we keep you up to speed on all local state and national politics that have implications on the Bay Area; Food Drink where we tell you the backstory of the people behind the bar and in the kitchen; Cannabis where we cover the sprawling industry of legal weed in California good bad and ugly; and News. Plus the site has full-time local editors covering both Lake Tahoe and the Central Coast a SoCal bureau that focuses on Los Angeles food culture and the outdoors as well as Disneyland a National Parksbureau with editors across the West Coast covering national parks in California the Southwest Big Sky Country and the Pacific Northwest as well as a satellite editor covering Hawaiiand Californias North Coast.

What youll do:

• Understand social media trends and the news cycle and be able to share our stories in a way that helps audiences be included in trending news moments
• Produce and star in franchiseable news videos for SFGATEs social video platforms (TikTok Instagram YouTube)
• Acquire and package User Generated Content for use on SFGATEs social media channels
• Edit video content promptly using Adobe Premiere and/or Adobe After Effects and be comfortable editing both short and long form video
• Be exceptionally creative with your approach to social and come up with new and interesting ways to share things
• Be a good storyteller capable of writing engaging scripts for produced video and corresponding social copy that entices viewership on social franchises
• Post each project or video and track video performance
• Prioritize and balance multiple projects simultaneously
• Use social analytics tools and performance metrics to identify best practices for creating video content increasing video views and key KPIs across platforms
• Work with urgency in breaking news environments
• Communicate and interact professionally with culturally diverse writers editors and staff
• Work closely with the Social Video Editor to assist with short and long-form projects when needed
• Manage time effectively and meet deadlines
• Work effectively in a medium-sized news organization with an emphasis on teamwork
• Work legally in the United States
• Be able to live in/commute to the San Francisco Bay Area
• Work 20 hours per week

Who you are:

• Minimum 3 years of experience working in social media/digital content creation
• Bachelors Degree or equivalent experience
• Experience editing vertical and horizontal video on Adobe Premiere
• Strong in-platform (TikTok Instagram reels etc) editing skills and out-of-platform (Premiere) editing skills are a must
• Ability to work under extremely tight deadlines when required
• Strong understanding of social media analytics ability to track performance of social franchises
• Demonstrable experience identifying shareable/viral content: news junkie fluent in whats trending and always plugged in to the latest conversations
• Excellent AP-style news writing skills and on-camera delivery
• Youve read SFGATE and follow us on social media to have an understanding of our brand and voice

* Please Note: All applications should include links to video reels.*

In accordance with applicable law Hearst is required to include a reasonable estimate of the compensation for this role if hired in California. The reasonable estimate is between $40000 and $45000. A final decision on the successful candidates starting salary will be based on a number of permissible non-discriminatory factors including but not limited to skills and experience training certifications and education.

About SFGATE:

SFGATE () is the go-to online source for all news and entertainment related to the Bay Area. With a Pulitzer Prize and over 25 million unique visitors each month SFGATE publishes a moment-by-moment 360-degree view of local news in the San Francisco Bay Area and a wider lens focusing on Californias travel destinations. Both local news coverage and travel destinations are wildly popular with a nationally engaged audience.

HNP Overview:

With 2500 employees across the nation Hearst Newspapers (HNP) represents a network of 28daily and 50weekly publications including the Austin American-Statesman Houston Chronicle San Antonio Express-News San Francisco Chronicle and Times Union (Albany). Our portfolio also includes several top digital-only news and lifestyle sites such as Chron. CT InsiderMySAand SFGATE along with marketing services businesses like Medium Giant and entertainment brands such as King Features Syndicate.

At HNP were investing in new and innovative ways to tell stories growing newsrooms diversifying tools and evolving platforms to support the millions of people who trust us each month to help them make decisionstake actionand be inspired.

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