Dallas News Corp. is hiring: Video Producer in Dallas
Dallas News Corp., Dallas, TX, United States, 75215
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Job Title
Video Producer
Business Title
Video Producer
Education
Bachelor's Degree
Location
Downtown Dallas (TDMN) - Dallas, TX 75201 US (Primary)
Salary Grade
Job Type
Full-Time
Exemption Type
Non-Exempt
Travel
Some Travel
Job Description
The Dallas Morning News seeks a versatile and ambitious Video Producer to join its award-winning visuals team.
Our company is significantly expanding its video efforts to engage and connect with our audience in new, dynamic ways. We're investing in high-quality content production across various platforms, including social media, podcasts, and on our website. The Video Producer is essential to elevate our brand through powerful visual storytelling.
You are the right candidate for this position if you are a skilled video journalist who is as comfortable editing short-form news videos on deadline as you are producing your own longform narrative piece over several months. You will be the lead video editor in the newsroom, quickly turning clips captured by our staff into engaging content for our website and social media platforms. At times, you will produce your own videos, acting as editor, producer, reporter, and videographer.
You will oversee video projects from pre-production to post-production and help create and maintain an efficient video workflow. The successful candidate will have the ability to produce quality content quickly and adjust to and overcome challenges on the fly while collaborating with multiple stakeholders on tight deadlines.
This is a dynamic role in the ever-changing environment of a daily newsroom. You should have a high level of organization and responsibility, plus a full understanding of and strict adherence to visual journalism ethical standards.
In addition to recording and editing video, you will manage our various video platforms. The Video Producer will play a critical role in managing video uploads, optimizing content for SEO, maintaining our video channels, and ensuring the latest videos are published on the website.
You will brainstorm with reporters and editors, generate innovative ideas, and make news-driven video decisions. You will also work with our audience team to create engaging social media content for our digital platforms. We are looking for someone who will come with abundant ideas and energy.
This role requires a flexible, rotating schedule that can include nights, holidays, and weekends. We work in the office three days a week to foster collaboration.
This position is based in Dallas. While our coverage area is mainly North Texas, we routinely send visual journalists beyond the region. All candidates are required to have a reliable mode of transportation.
Job Responsibilities
- Pitch, edit, and produce engaging short and long-form audience-focused video content for various platforms
- Collaborate with multiple departments, editors, reporters, and visual journalists on daily and enterprise stories
- Maintain multiple video platforms and ensure our content is SEO optimized
- Post videos daily on the website to keep our content fresh and engaging for visitors
- Assist with audio and podcast production
- Assist with internal video production for DallasNews Corporation
- Occasionally required to capture photographs on assignment
Job Requirements
Required Skills
- 1-5 years of experience as a videographer or photojournalist
Preferred Skills
(Please note this is not a checklist of requirements, but should be considered as a pool of preferred qualifications. If you can already do some of these things, great. If you're excited about figuring out how to do all of them, great! We'd love to hear from you either way.)
- Proficient in Adobe Premiere
- Proficient in capturing and editing audio for video and podcasts
- Experience recording and editing video on deadline
- Understanding of advanced camera operations as well as extensive knowledge of lighting different types of sets
- Must be proficient in using a digital camera in the transmission of photographic images
- Must also be able to demonstrate basic writing skills
- Ability to write accurate, detailed captions
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills
- Firm understanding of journalistic ethics
Education
- Bachelor’s degree in video, film, photography, or a related field