Video Producer, On With Kara Swisher

Overview

As Video Producer for On with Kara Swisher, you own the end-to-end video workflow from longform episodes to shortform social cuts. You’ll shape visuals, pacing, and storytelling, ensuring high production value for YouTube and social platforms. You collaborate across editorial, social, and audience teams to optimize performance and stay ahead of trends. This role blends hands-on production with strategy, offering meaningful impact on a flagship show and its audience.

Pay / Benefits

• benefits-eligible
• remote work
• comprehensive benefits
• union represented by Writers Guild of America, East
• salary range $80,000—$90,000 USD

Responsibilities

• Edit and produce longform episodes for YouTube with strong pacing and visuals across remote, in-studio, and hybrid formats
• Create platform-native shortform content optimized for TikTok, Instagram Reels, and YouTube Shorts
• Design scalable visual elements (motion graphics, captions, lower-thirds) aligned with show tone and platform
• Manage and mentor freelance editors and designers to ensure brand consistency and timely delivery
• Write and edit scripts in collaboration with hosts/show teams to shape visual content
• Collaborate with editorial, social, and audience development teams to meet performance goals
• Stay current on visual and social trends to inform team evolution
• Assemble, refine, and package video in Descript and produce polished audio in Descript and Pro Tools
• Lead the complete video editing workflow for each episode in Descript and handle multi-camera assembly
• Record and remotely direct host intros ensuring consistent framing, lighting, and delivery
• Prepare thumbnails, captions, on-screen text, and YouTube-optimized assets
• Maintain efficient ingest-to-publish workflows for all video materials

Key requirements

• 6-8+ years of digital video production experience, with editorial content for podcasts and social platforms
• Proven ability to produce longform and shortform video, especially for talk-based formats
• Strong editing expertise in Adobe Premiere
• Motion design and graphics capabilities in After Effects or similar tools
• Experience managing freelancers or vendors with clear creative direction
• Excellent editorial instincts and news judgment
• Collaborative, consultative working style to elevate visual presence
• Deep understanding of video platform ecosystems (YouTube, TikTok, Reels) and performance drivers

• collaborative
• consultative
• strong editorial instincts
• Adobe Premiere
• After Effects
• Descript

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