Senior YouTube Producer

Senior You Tube Producer

We're hiring a Senior Producer, You Tube, to help build and produce original series and formats that drive audience growth, watch time, and revenue.

This role works in lockstep with the Channel Manager, You Tube, and editorial teams and is key to developing a new slate of mid- to long-form storytelling. The ideal candidate is a You Tube-fluent creative with strong editorial instincts and the ability to consistently think outside the box to champion what the next era of CNN on You Tube will look like.

The ideal candidate consumes You Tube daily and understands its platform-specific mechanics, psychology, incentives, and culture

Full-time

• 5–7+ years producing digital video, with substantial You Tube-first experience.
• Ability to pitch, script, shoot, and edit mid-/long-form stories that thoroughly engage audiences.
• Sharp understanding of You Tube-specific pacing, visual logic, intros, tension arcs, and retention mechanics.
• Fluency in You Tube analytics, A/B testing, packaging optimization and performance interpretation.
• Deep familiarity with successful You Tube formats and niches beyond hard news, and an understanding of why they work.
• Strong editorial judgment and capacity to translate complex reporting into engaging, universally appealing frameworks.
• Proficiency in video editing software (motion graphics a plus).
• Track record of building or contributing to successful You Tube series or franchises.
• Experience collaborating with journalists, strategists and multi-disciplinary editorial teams.
• Ability to articulate and defend creative decisions with both You Tube-native logic and editorial rigor.
• Comfortable in fast-moving environments with shifting priorities and tight turnarounds.
• Self-directed, detail-oriented, and energized by building something truly new.

• You've consumed You Tube on a daily basis for years, especially off-hours.
• You can explain, on first watch, why a video succeeds or fails structurally, emotionally, and editorially.
• You've developed a strong portfolio of original You Tube series.
• You can toggle between You Tube instincts and newsroom rigor while maintaining creative clarity.
• You deeply understand You Tube at the consumer and viewer experience level.
• You favor impact, simplicity, and modern video mechanics over legacy conventions.
• You bring a storytelling background that extends beyond traditional news or J-school lanes.

Full-time

Compensation: $77,000 - $143,000 /year USD