Yahoo! is seeking a highly skilled Social Video Producer to join the audience development team at Yahoo Australia. As our Social Video Producer, you will play a critical role in the creation of highly engaging video for Yahoo Australia’s websites, articles, and social channels. Your focus will be on finding and creating quality video to inspire and supplement the original content created by our editorial team, taking articles to another level and elevating our audience’s experience.You will be required to find the best visual and video content on the internet that will bring new users to our site, create the best version of that content to delight users and deepen engagement on our platform, and work with the wider editorial team to ensure video placement is optimised within our articles to drive more views and increase revenue.The ideal candidate will possess high-level communication skills, be proficient in Adobe Premiere Pro, have the ability to write accurate and concise scripts and deliver voiceovers, and have in-depth knowledge of video workflows, publishing, and social platforms.You will have a solid grasp of the stories driving the national conversation, local and international news and trends, as well as experience curating the most compelling visual content to inform and drive engagement and revenue.Key to the success of this role is the deep understanding of audiences, their needs and goals, and what makes shareable and engaging content, as well as how to innovate and optimise for different platforms to reach our users where they are. You will need to be a curious thinker with deep knowledge of user trends and collaborate daily with other teams to understand Yahoo Australia’s audience and the daily editorial agenda.In this role you will:Drive News and Entertainment Coverage: Be on top of the daily trending news agenda and emerging themes, collaborate with the wider editorial team to curate and produce accurate, timely, and interesting video coverage that complements our written coverage.Stay on top of trends: Go deep into trending topics and produce high-quality explainers, original interviews, and collaborate on franchises that align with our audience's interests and goals.Curation: Stay across the daily news agenda and ensure that our stories include the most compelling video content from our available partners, and look for opportunities to produce value-adding original video content and explainers to drive engagement.Deliver Innovative Storytelling: Foster a hands-on approach to great storytelling, develop original ideas based on trends and topical issues within our key topic areas, and turn them into repeatable, innovative formats that captivate our audience.Quality Control and Brand Consistency: Collaborate with the wider audience team to ensure adherence to best practices in visual curation, social platforms, editing styles, maintaining brand consistency, and quality control.Collaboration on Series and Franchises: Regularly communicate with the senior video producer and key editorial leaders to bring to life opportunities to further our content offering in key topic areas and extend the reach and engagement of our original series through the most appropriate multi-platform strategies.Deliver High Engagement: Continuously monitor the performance of video across all platforms in order to understand our audience and produce content that constantly delivers high engagement.Requirements:Experience working as a video editor in an editorial or journalism environment.Experience of producing and editing video content for social media including Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok.Experience in video editing with Premiere Pro.In-depth understanding of social media and the creation of shareable content.High-level short-form storytelling skills including script writing.A creative individual who can use editing styles and techniques to produce high-quality videos specifically for social media.Demonstrate a high degree of editorial awareness and judgment, combined with a thorough understanding of the aims of Yahoo Australia.Excellent research skills with the ability to source trending video and pitch unique ideas.If you are passionate about news and entertainment, and have a proven track record in digital news environments, we would love you to apply for the position as our new Social Media Producer.Seniority levelAssociateEmployment typeContractJob functionWriting/EditingIndustries: Online Media, Movies, Videos, and Sound, and Writing and Editing
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