Coordinating Producer, MS NOW Digital
About The Position
The Social Video Coordinating Producer/Editor will lead MS NOW’s digital video operation on weekends and be a key producer and editor during the weekdays. You are an expert editor with strong news judgment. You provide the editorial oversight needed to keep production running smoothly across all channels, including TikTok, YouTube, site,and app. You'll collaborate directly with weekend show teams to produce and edit original video content with talent, while overseeing the editorial approval and distribution within the team. You excel at managing multiple stories and deadlines in a high-velocity, breaking news environment. PLEASE NOTE - the hours for this job are Wednesday-Sunday 9am-5pm. This position is represented by the Writers Guild of America East.
Requirements
- 7 years of experience producing, writing, and editing news content.
- Proven editorial leader with a track record of managing and mentoring producers in a fast-paced, breaking news environment.
- Expert video editor in Adobe Premiere.
- Extensive experience producing and optimizing content for YouTube, including best practices for headlines, thumbnails, descriptions, and audience development.
- Hands-on experience shooting video and producing in creative, visually compelling ways.
- Knowledge of digital gear, camera operations, and microphones.
- Deep knowledge of news, politics, and the evolving social media landscape.
- Must work in New York, NY.
- Must have unrestricted work authorization to work in the United States.
- Must be willing and able to work flexible hours, under tight deadline pressure, including breaking news and special projects.
Nice To Haves
- Strong understanding of content strategy across digital, social, streaming, and livestreaming platforms, with a proven ability to grow a brand's social presence.
- Experience coordinating across multiple shows and teams, with the ability to build and maintain organized workflows that keep content pipelines moving efficiently.
- Demonstrated success collaborating with anchors, reporters, contributors, and talent on video packages and original social content.
- Exceptional editorial judgment with the ability to identify the strongest moments from air and translate them into high-performing social content.
- Decisive, and highly organized under pressure and able to manage multiple priorities and deadlines without sacrificing quality or editorial standards.
- Strong communicator and collaborator.
Responsibilities
- Oversee weekend editorial direction across all aspects of social content production, from ideation to final post.
- Serve as the central coordinator for digital producers attached to weekend shows maintaining organization across all shows, establishing clear workflows, and ensuring a steady pipeline of original videos and broadcast clips.
- Edit, produce, and script original video content.
- Launch and assign videos to team producers, giving final editorial sign-off before posting.
- Deliver clear and constructive notes on scripts, edits, and post-production cuts.
- Approve captions, banners, and graphics before posting.
- Monitor linear broadcast in real time, identify compelling, newsworthy moments and directing producers on rapid turnaround content.
- Ideate and execute new formats to grow the MS NOW brand.
- Collaborate on special rollouts, live events, and high-profile launches with marketing, direct-to-consumer, PR, and promotions teams.
- Ensure all content meets editorial standards with Standards and Legal.
Benefits
- medical, dental and vision insurance
- 401(k)
- paid leave
- tuition reimbursement
- a variety of other discounts and perks
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
