Digital Video Producer (Casual Worker)

The role

The Digital Video Producer will produce high-quality video journalism for Newsweek's website, social platforms, and YouTube. They will identify, source, edit, and publish video content to support newsroom priorities and increase audience engagement.

What you will do

• Produce multiple high-quality, timely and platform-appropriate videos for Newsweek's website, social platforms and YouTube.
• Identify, source and create strong visual content that adds clear editorial value to Newsweek's journalism.
• Respond quickly to breaking and trending news, anticipating the visual requirements of major and developing stories.
• Monitor agency feeds, official sources, social media and other relevant platforms for footage and emerging visual stories.
• Edit videos in the format best suited to each story and platform.
• Ensure all footage is accurately verified, clearly labelled, properly credited and correctly ingested into Newsweek's systems.
• Optimise videos for their intended platforms, taking account of format, length, pacing, framing, captions and editorial angle.
• Collaborate with the Newsdesk, social team, reporters and editors to develop video-led coverage.
• Apply sound editorial judgement and rigorous fact-checking.
• Keep assets and project files clearly organised and provide effective handover notes.

Required qualifications

• Experience producing and editing video for a reputable, fast-paced digital newsroom, broadcaster or media organisation.
• Proven ability to identify, source, edit and publish several video stories each day to a high standard.
• Strong news judgement and a clear understanding of how video can strengthen digital journalism.
• Proficiency with Adobe Premiere Pro or comparable professional video-editing software.
• Experience producing video for websites, social platforms and YouTube.
• Strong understanding of different video formats and how content should be adapted for individual platforms and audiences.
• Experience sourcing, verifying, labelling and crediting footage from agencies, social media, official feeds and other third-party sources.
• Strong scripting, caption-writing and visual storytelling skills.
• Ability to work accurately and calmly to tight deadlines, including during major breaking news events.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• Ability to organise assets, manage multiple assignments and provide clear production handovers.
• Solid understanding of media law, copyright, sourcing best practice and ethical journalism.

Nice to have

• Proficiency with Adobe After Effects, Photoshop, Canva, Firefly, Flourish, Google Earth Studio or similar creative tools.
• Experience creating motion graphics, maps, data visualisations or other supporting visual elements.
• Experience filming original material and setting up remote or in-person interviews.
• Experience advising reporters on filming, scripting and gathering material for video.
• Familiarity with content management systems, YouTube publishing tools and social media publishing platforms.
• An understanding of audience analytics and how performance data can inform video formats and coverage decisions.

About the company

Newsweek is a global media organization that reaches 100 million people each month with news, opinion, images, graphics, and video. It is headquartered in New York City and publishes international editions in EMEA and Asia.