Senior Video Producer

About US

Essentially Sports is a U.S.

-based digital sports media platform built for modern fandom. We go beyond headlines to shape narratives driven by athletes, fans, data, and culture, bringing equal intensity to mainstream sports and stories that are often overlooked. Ranked among the Top 10 sports media platforms in the U.S., we deliver 1B+ annual pageviews and engage 30M+ monthly active users, powered by a deeply data-driven, organic growth model that builds loyal, owned audiences at scale.

We are evolving into a 360° sports media ecosystem—spanning high-impact journalism, original exclusives, podcasts, and a rapidly growing newsletter network with 700K+ engaged subscribers and industry-leading open rates. Every format we create is designed to deepen our direct relationship with fans and drive long-term, sustainable growth.

At Essentially Sports, we move fast, think like owners, and build relentlessly for the fan first.

Role

Summary:

You are the editorial and creative force behind what gets made and why. At Essentially Sports, a Senior Video Producer owns both narrative and execution: from shaping stories that matter to managing how they’re told — visually, tonally, and structurally. Success means publishing with clarity, speed, and taste, at volume, across short and long-form.

Responsibilities:

- Spot daily story opportunities across leagues and culture. Not just what’s trending, but what matters.
- Greenlight, or reshape ideas based on narrative clarity and potential audience resonance
- Work directly with the team lead, editors, and on-screen talent to script or outline stories
- Build efficient but flexible workflows for fast-moving and premium content streams
- Own the quality bar: for different social media platforms, it all flows through your judgment
- Work closely with social team to ensure platform-native thinking in every video
- Use AI tools like ChatGPT, Eleven Labs, Canva etc. as supporting tools to accelerate execution without compromising on quality

Requirements:

Social Media Fluency

- Understanding of social media channels as a storytelling platform, not just a distribution channel
- Can shape content for CTR and retention without selling out the core narrative
- Knows what makes a title/thumbnail effective and when not to over-optimize
- Can dissect analytics and use them to inform creative

US Sports & Culture Grip

- Familiarity with core leagues: NBA, NFL, WNBA, NASCAR etc.
- Understands fan psychology — what lights them up, what burns them out
- Can sniff out the real stories behind stat lines and trade rumors
- Follows player culture, creator crossovers, and how sports sits inside larger pop culture

Technical

- Strong grasp of story structure and visual grammar
- Knows what makes pacing tight, transitions clean, and messaging land
- Not a hands-on editor, but knows how to push for a better cut

Judgment & Taste

- You know when a story has juice, and when it’s just noise
- You can smell bad voiceover or bloated structure instantly
- You can shape for different social media platforms without templating

Process & Communication

- You don’t need a project manager to track work — you self-drive outcomes
- Can give precise feedback to editors and talent that makes work better without making it longer
- Clear communicator across editorial, production, and growth

AI / Tools Fluency

- Uses AI tools to shape scripts, pull insights, generate first drafts
- Can prototype ideas using tools like Canva, Runway, Descript etc.
- Doesn’t worship tools, just uses them to move faster

Perks:

- Completely remote working environment
- Flexible working hours
- Opportunity to work with one of the fastest-growing sports media brands globally