Video Producer - Remote

McClatchy is looking for a video producer to join us in building a major component of McClatchy’s future. This is a paid editorial position focused on producing original video content across multiple platforms.

This individual will be required to pitch, report and produce daily and long-term video stories both for publication and social media. As part of some assignments, this person will also be required to shoot and edit video.

Video producers play a critical role, working closely with newsroom colleagues to tell the most important and timely video stories. This individual will be required to pitch, report and produce outstanding daily visual journalism and long-term visual stories, as well as to aggressively search, aggregate and seek permission for digital video content from third-party sources around the web – in accordance with the news of the day.

This individual will also produce live content for our on-site player and social media channels.

A strong work ethic, the ability to multitask, to quickly produce high-quality video and the aptitude to work across short- and long-term deadlines is required.

Responsibilities include:

• Generate ideas for daily multimedia stories that appeal to local and national online audiences

• Generate ideas for content that appeal to vertical, social, and streaming audiences

• Content creation, video, audio, motion graphics for video verticals, Instagram, TikTok

• Shoot and or record and edit news and vertical content

• Curate, aggregate video from outside sources

• Curate YouTube channels

• Collaborate with editors/reporters to develop creative approaches to digital storytelling

• Write stories, headlines, captions, summaries, social media posts, and stories that are engaging and accurate

Requirements:

• College degree preferred or equivalent experience

• 3-5 years digital journalism experience required

• Familiarity with DSLR and professional video cameras, capturing sound and video/audio editing

• Newsroom experience and/or internship(s), preferably in news and/or social media

• Strong video editing ability and storytelling a must

• Experience with social media a plus

• Visual sensibility and experience contributing to interactive and multimedia work, with creative concepts and implementation

• Reliable news judgment, advanced communication skills needed

• Ability to edit video using Adobe Premiere Pro or Final Cut X

• Ability to use Adobe After Effects and Audition a plus

• An understanding of audience trends, SEO and digital media are important

• Ability to quickly edit video

Personal Attributes:

• Energy, flexibility, and online smarts

• Ability to work well with a variety of editors and staff at all levels within a digitally evolving local newsroom

• Aptitude for thinking big, working wisely, quickly and efficiently

• Ability to think outside the box