Video Production Team Head  

Key Responsibilities

• Responsible for executing the over-all video content strategy; reviewing and suggesting tweaks in the strategy to the Chief Content Officer if needed
• Responsible for strategic video content planning, and overseeing day-to-day video production and operations.
• Develops innovations in video content and execution as a standalone product, and as a compliment to enhance other content for visually impactful story-telling.
• Manages video production and other video unit staff functionally and administratively.
• Works with Channel Editors to enhance existing content with video.
• Works with Social Media, Analytics, and Design teams to ensure that video content – as a standalone or supplement – contributes to boosting traffic, engagement, and monetization, and to achieving targets across channels.
• Directs the video production process and provides technical advice and techniques required in video production
• Audits video execution on all platforms, ensuring quality and on-brand video galleries, video stories, clips, and other video content.
• Helps write scripts or lead-ins for videos to be produced.
• Spearheads live-streamed or posted news coverage and other executions where the story-telling involves video.
• Determines the training needs of video production staff and other video team members, and recommends resources for learning.
• Participates in editorial and special meetings to regularly coordinate and synchronize video content direction and plan;
• Ensures that the guidelines of the Editorial Stylebook are observed in all produced videos and other video executions such as live streams
• Ensures alignment of video team targets to editorial page views and video views targets, as well as social media video engagement targets.
• Helps in ideation, testing, and R&D of products/ initiatives that may involve or may be related to video and/or multimedia (meaning outside of text and photo).
• Performs other related tasks that may be assigned.

Education

• College Graduate, Multimedia Arts, Journalism, Mass Communications, Marketing, Advertising and/or any related course

Work Experience

• At least five (5) total years of experience in Journalism, Broadcast Journalism, or video coverage operations management for a local media outlet
• At least two (2) years in a people management role in video coverage operations is required for this position
• At least one (1) year of experience in copy editing is required for this position
• On-camera experience such as hosting is preferred

Knowledge and Skills

• Expertise in all aspects of video production for digital distribution - theory, conceptualization, execution, post-production, operations management, and monetization are required to succeed in this role.
• A nose for news and current affairs is needed.
• Familiarity with data analytics-driven content creation will be very helpful.