Senior Producer, Digital Video and Strategy

Job Overview

The Senior Producer, Digital Video and Strategy will lead the development and production of compelling, rigorously reported video journalism for FRONTLINE’s digital platforms. The ideal candidate is an experienced visual storyteller with exceptional editorial judgment, strong news instincts, and a deep understanding of social video journalism.

Department Overview

FRONTLINE is investigative journalism that questions, explains, and changes our world. It tells the stories others can’t or won’t, such as the rise of the NSA’s domestic surveillance dragnet, the hidden history of the NFL and concussions, and the secret reality of rape on the job for immigrant women. FRONTLINE has won every major journalism and broadcasting award available and is American television’s top long-form news and current affairs series since 1983.

Responsibilities

• Develop a strategy to increase the publishing cadence of social video while engaging with the audience and showcasing important journalism across multiple digital platforms.
• Identify, develop, and implement new digital initiatives and innovative digital video projects across digital platforms.
• Supervise and manage the digital video team, ensuring that the team meets required deliverables on schedule and on budget for all active video projects.
• Run a publication schedule in collaboration with the Social and Digital Video teams.
• Lead the pitch process for digital content ideas, including those related to broadcast programs.
• Collaborate with newsroom staff, documentary producers, and external partners to ensure journalistic high standards.
• Contribute to the writing and editing of grant proposals and reports, detailing digital video goals, production strategies, and performance.
• Optimize all video production processes to maximize efficiency and output, and ensure compliance with relevant rules and regulations.
• Manage the shutdown and deliverables for digital video projects.

Skills

• Highly motivated, creative storyteller committed to working collaboratively.
• Demonstrated management experience, particularly in overseeing production of visually-driven projects.
• Strong video editing skills and in-the-field video reporting experience.
• In-depth understanding of documentary/journalism production and multi-platform storytelling.
• Demonstrated ability to manage resources and balance multiple time-sensitive projects simultaneously.
• Knowledge of the digital-first video landscape and digital distribution platforms.
• Proven experience in developing social-first strategies and concepts.
• Excellent writing and communication skills.
• Proven ability to effectively communicate the parameters and ideas of a project, and the production experience to see it to completion.
• Deep knowledge of FRONTLINE’s past work, core mission, and archival content.
• Mastery of a variety of multimedia production and software programs (including the Adobe Creative Suite).

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience required at media companies.
• 8+ years of relevant experience in journalism, with emphasis on digital video production and editing.
• 3+ years of management experience and leading across teams.