Studio Video Journalist

Responsibilities

• Demonstrate support and understanding of our value of journalistic independence and a strong commitment to our mission to seek the truth and help people understand the world.
• Produce, direct and edit multi-camera video shoots featuring independent recipe creators, ensuring all technical, visual and culinary aspects meet NYT Cooking's rigorous standards.
• Cook closely with recipe editors, project managers, culinary support staff and our studio manager to ensure shoots are productive and deadlines are met.
• Act as the video production point-of-contact for recipe creators, assisting them through the production process, guiding their on-camera delivery and ensuring their personality and voice shines through.
• Foster excellent relationships with recipe creators in our network and encourage long-term partnerships.
• Coordinate complex studio and field logistics between in-house production and freelancers.
• Collaborate during the editing process by providing helpful notes on videos and taking passback edits from freelancers as needed.
• Publish videos to NYT Cooking's platforms (including YouTube) and use platform analytics and data-driven insights to refine future content and formats.
• Collaborate with recipe editors, social media editors and project managers to pitch, develop and adapt creator recipes into compelling video formats, scripts and shot lists.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of relevant experience producing and directing digital video for an online audience within the food, lifestyle or personality-driven media space.
• Experience directing on-camera talent who have strong video production and editing backgrounds; you can tactfully validate their creative instincts while enforcing NYT Cooking's unique video identity.
• A clear understanding of video platform analytics (YouTube).
• The ability to edit quickly and accurately with Adobe Premiere Pro.
• Experience creating scripts and outlines for video editors and taking passback edits.