Associate Video Producer, YC Media

Y Combinator is the leading startup accelerator for entrepreneurs. Since 2005, YC has invested in over 6,000 companies, including Airbnb, Dropbox, OpenAI, Stripe, Reddit, Door Dash, Coinbase, and Instacart. Today, YC has built the most powerful startup community in the world and is committed to supporting founders for the life of their company.

Y Combinator is looking for an Associate Video Producer to join the YC Media team. This is a role for someone who is smart, organized, resourceful, and already immersed in startups and technology. You’ll work closely with our Senior Video Producers across videos, podcasts, interviews, and other editorial projects. You’ll help with everything from research and pre-interviews to editing, publishing, scheduling, guest communication, and keeping our production calendar on track.

A lot of this job is making sure things actually get finished. You should be the kind of person who notices what needs to happen next, follows up without being asked, and is happy moving between creative work and the less glamorous details that keep a production running smoothly.

Just as importantly, you should understand the world YC operates in. You follow startups, AI, technology, and the people building them. You know what people in this world are talking about, can quickly understand why something matters, and have enough context to ask good questions rather than starting from zero every time.

• Work with Senior Video Producers to move projects from idea to shoot to final publication.
• Research guests, companies, technologies, and topics.
• Help write interview questions, briefs, descriptions, and other editorial material.
• Schedule and conduct pre-interviews, take detailed notes, and report back to producers.
• Coordinate shoot dates and logistics with founders, companies, and guests.
• Review edits and help prepare projects for final approval.
• Edit short-form clips and other video content.

• Maintain notes and project documentation throughout the production process.
• Keep project cards, production schedules, shoot calendars, and publishing calendars up to date.
• Track where every project is in the pipeline and make sure nothing falls through the cracks.
• Manage transcripts, video files, review links, and other production assets.
• Download and organize final videos and other assets in Dropbox.
• Transcribe finished recordings.
• Send final edits, transcripts, file links, and You Tube links to YC partners and other collaborators.

• Upload and publish episodes across You Tube, podcast platforms, and other channels.
• Make sure titles, descriptions, thumbnails, transcripts, chapters, and other publishing assets are ready.
• Help coordinate the final steps between editorial, production, and distribution.

• Welcome guests and help get them where they need to be.
• Make sure guests have water, food, and anything else they need.
• Help keep sets clean, reset, and ready for the next shoot.
• Occasionally assist as a camera operator.
• Help keep our production gear and equipment organized.

• You’re deeply interested in startups, AI, technology, and the internet, and already understand YC and startup culture. You know the companies, people, ideas, and conversations that matter in this world.
• You’re intellectually curious and learn quickly. You can get up to speed on an unfamiliar company or technical subject without needing everything explained to you.
• You have some experience producing or editing video, podcasts, or other media.
• You’re a strong writer and researcher with good editorial instincts. You can recognize what’s actually interesting about a…