Digital Video Producer I – Youtube

Digital Video Producer I – Youtube

Requirements

• Strong knowledge of sports, culture & news, including current athletes, events, and storylines.
• Expertise in video editing in Adobe Premiere or Final Cut Pro, as well as advanced abilities in Adobe Photoshop and Adobe After Effects.
• Strong storytelling skills, creativity and a passion for pitching and executing story ideas from ideation to publication.
• Influential in understanding the ever-changing YouTube landscape and other emerging platforms.
• Excellent headline writing skills; an understanding of optimal tactics for social distribution.
• Expertise in Search Engine Optimization methods and data analytics.
• Must possess demonstrated communication and organization skills, and ability to react quickly and positively under a wide variety of situations.
• Familiarity with ESPN programming and platforms.
• Strong leadership skills and ability to manage one’s own projects, as well as those of others on the team.

Responsibilities

• Write titles and descriptions of videos, design thumbnail images, and add other elements in the publishing process, in order to maximize effectiveness of content on YouTube.
• Understand YouTube Analytics and ability to communicate that information inside and outside the YouTube group.
• Ability to communicate and work with Talent.
• Create graphics (static and motion) that stand out in a social/digital environment.
• Research, write and disseminate ideas for future content elements on ESPN platforms.
• Provide timely, accurate and complete delivery of multimedia elements, and publish to various platforms.
• Manage direct reports who will be producing and editing for ESPN’s YouTube ecosystem.

Preferred Qualifications

• A minimum of 4 years in multimedia content production or related experience.
• Experience working with a variety of digital content management systems.
• Strong presentation skills.