Fellow Position 6: Digital Video Producer

Job Description

PBS provides a service to all Americans by presenting programs that share a wide variety of perspectives and lived experiences. We also strive to elevate talented individuals from a variety of backgrounds to innovate and deliver on our mission.

The PBS Creative Voices Initiative supports filmmakers and content creators who have experienced barriers to entering the media industry including those who can bring lesser-known stories or insightful perspectives to the media industry.

As a part of this Initiative, the PBS Accelerator Fellowship for Creatives provides mid-career content makers who have experienced barriers to entering the media industry paid employment opportunities for up to one year with third-party productions working on PBS shows. The Fellowship Program will not only support Fellows, it will also accelerate changes in the producing ecosystem by bringing more voices into the production process in key roles, including producers and editors.

The Fellow is hired by a PBS producing partner to work within a production team where the Fellow will be provided with an opportunity to make substantial contributions to programming, observe and learn practical leadership skills, and build a network of connections within the public media system. The Fellow will obtain a production credit for their work, receive a competitive salary, benefits, and will be a contract, full-time employee of the production company where placed. More information on the production company will be provided to those selected for interviews. 

To complement their job experience, Fellows become members of the PBS fellowship cohort which provides monthly cohort sessions, individual mentorship with prominent leaders in public media, access to industry events and professional networking opportunities with PBS senior leadership and partners. 

Eligibility Requirements:

To be eligible, applicants must meet the following criteria: 
• The fellowship program is for mid-career professionals with 
o A range of five (5) years to eight (8) years of mid-career production experience (i.e., 5 – 8 years of experience as a producer, journalist, editor) OR  
o Minimum of two (2) production credits with the same or similar job title as the fellowship position you are seeking
• A Fellow should be able to demonstrate that they have experienced barriers to entering the media industry including those who can bring lesser-known stories or insightful perspectives to the media industry
• Participants must commit to and be available for the duration of the fellowship
• Applications must be submitted by January 12th, 2025

Key responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

The digital video producer will work with public television's primary, multi-platform, daily, breaking and special news producer for PBS and home to the nightly news broadcast ranked the most credible and objective TV news program. In this position, the digital video producer is responsible for creating digital, social and live news reports for the various platforms.
• Identifying, acquiring, cutting and publishing daily news video clips on various social media and video platforms
• Producing live streaming efforts around news events with video sourced from internal and external feeds. Including the use of both cloud-based and studio-based video production hardware and software
• Pitching, writing, shooting and producing short news video productions
• Processing and editing video for publishing on digital platforms.
• Coordinate content production and editorial details with digital and broadcast colleagues to ensure consistency and accuracy
• Participate in regular editorial meetings with ideas and story suggestion contributions
• Ensuring accuracy in every detail of content produced

Requirements for success:
• Experience editing and producing digital video
• Experience working within fast-moving teams and bring a strong interest in developing innovative news video format
• Strong writing and scripting skills, and ideally demonstrate a strong eye for detail and accuracy in all professional work.
• A foundational knowledge of major social media and digital video platforms
• Experience shooting on phones or prosumer cameras is a plus.
• Strong writing skills -- for scripts and for use on digital platforms - is also a plus
• Experience with and commitment to the highest standards of journalism ethics, to include objectivity and a lack of partisanship or advocacy

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-gp9359-18-217-104-36-42 in your application.