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Executive Producer, Video Podcasts, Yahoo Finance (Finance)

Yahoo Finance is the world's #1 finance destination, empowering investors with news, information, and tools to make financial decisions with confidence. Trusted by over 150M visitors globally each month, representing over $20 trillion dollars in investable assets, Yahoo Finance delivers high-quality real-time market data across desktop, mobile, and streaming platforms. With breaking news from thousands of sources, original editorial perspectives, objective analyst ratings and research, analytical charts and technical tools, personalized mobile alerts, and much more, Yahoo Finance equips investors with knowledge and insights to achieve financial freedom and greater prosperity.

Our expanding video offer plays a key role in guiding our audiences with knowledge and insights to achieve financial freedom and greater prosperity. Every market day, our flagship news shows follow market developments and turn to lead investment managers and strategists, research analysts, executives, and policymakers to keep viewers abreast of what's driving performance and shaping future opportunities.

This is an in-office role located in NYC.

Responsibilities:

• Lead and shape our team's conversation about video podcasts into an appealing slate of creatively presented shows that engage, guide, and inspire audiences.
• Set and execute a strategic plan for the Yahoo Finance video podcasts to ensure they appeal to everyone in our audience, offering diverse sources of perspective and useful insight.
• Oversee day-to-day operations, including planning, scripting, setting assignments, staffing, and budgeting.
• Manage a team of producers, editors, and talent to pitch, develop, produce, film/record, and edit original video podcast programming.
• Distribute content across Yahoo Finance's numerous distribution channels, including O&O, OTT, Top Podcast distributors, YouTube, and other social platforms.
• Collaborate with the Yahoo Finance newsroom (text, social, marketing, product, sales, etc.) to ensure strong communication.
• Report directly to the Senior Director of Programming to finalize strategies for content development, production, distribution, new shows, SEO, evergreen, and educational strategies.
• Deliver a podcast roadmap/OKRs/business objectives within the first 30 days, reviewed by the Director of Programming and the Head of Video.
• Drive the growth of podcast/video viewership and distribution, including viewership and downloads across multiple podcast platforms and video streaming viewership.
• Sharpen story angles, strengthen scriptwriting, and polish edits with producers and video editors.
• Work with the Senior Director of Programming and Sales to help package, shoot, and develop key content attractive to advertisers and new audiences.
• Identify key opportunities for coverage both daily and weekly, including trending topics.
• Collaborate with the Director of SEO/Uploading to distribute videos across various platforms based on trending topics.
• Set editorial standards for Yahoo Finance original content with attention to detail.
• Maintain budgets and track spending in collaboration with the operations team.
• Ensure the team is managed with respect and kindness, performing management with grace while making critical staffing decisions.
• Complete additional duties as assigned.

Basic Qualifications:

• 7+ years of producing and programming experience within a news media outlet, digital media outlet preferred - located in NYC
• Previous experience in a leadership role is essential.
• Passionate about personal finance and investing, with an understanding of markets, business, and investing strategies.
• A strong storyteller with a proven track record of deep reporting and high-quality, original field production.
• Professional experience writing and reviewing headlines and scripts on deadline.
• Ability to collaborate with newsroom leaders, producers, and reporters across video, text, sales, and more.
• Strong project management skills, building, maintaining, and executing a roadmap.
• Flexible with an eye toward the changing news environment.
• Refined knowledge of current SEO practices and techniques.
• Hands-on experience with podcast and video production.
• Proven track record producing and optimizing video and podcasts for digital platforms.
• Ability to work well with others in a highly collaborative environment.
• Excellent time management skills and ability to balance priorities and multiple projects.

The material job duties and responsibilities of this role include those listed above as well as adhering to Yahoo policies; exercising sound judgment; working effectively, safely, and inclusively with others; exhibiting trustworthiness and meeting expectations; and safeguarding business operations and brand integrity.

At Yahoo, we offer flexible hybrid work options that our employees love! While most roles don't require regular office attendance, you may occasionally be asked to attend in-person events or team sessions.

Yahoo is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, gender, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, disability, or any other protected category.

The compensation for this position ranges from $90,750.00 - $188,750.00/yr and will vary depending on factors such as your location, skills, and experience. The compensation package may also include incentive compensation opportunities.