Job Description
Producer, New York Magazine (Temporary)
WHO WE ARE
New York Magazine obsessively chronicles the ideas, people, and cultural events that are forever reshaping our world. The New York brand includes the groundbreaking magazine New York, which is published biweekly in print, and six thriving verticals: Intelligencer, delivering national news and sharp commentary on politics, business, technology, and media; the Cut, covering the conversations that matter most to women today; Vulture, the premier destination for culture news, criticism, and service; the Strategist, dedicated to shopping the internet smartly; Curbed, covering cities and city life; and Grub Street, home to food news and authoritative restaurant criticism.
New York Magazine is part of Vox Media, the leading modern media company. We guide our audience from discovery to obsession. We inspire essential conversations about what's now, what's next, and what's possible.
As a community of journalists and storytellers, business professionals, creators and technologists, we believe it is a moral and business imperative to amplify voices: to cultivate diversity, equity, and inclusion throughout our organization and media. This applies to our candidates, our teams, our storytelling, our creative work, and our platforms, products, and partnerships.
WHAT YOU'LL DO
New York Magazine is seeking a versatile and ambitious Producer to join the On with Kara Swisher team, working to develop episodes and clips that reach broad audiences across platforms.
This role's multiplatform scope will include show prep: contributing to episode ideation, assisting with guest booking/logistics admin, and developing research materials for the host. Based on this close collaboration with audio producers and a keen understanding of the show's workflow and journalistic mission, the Producer will be responsible for developing weekly social video content.
The ideal candidate is well-versed in the news and tech journalism landscape, can drive ideation in social video formats, and has the ability to edit video/strong post-production skills. Experience working with host talent in podcasts or television also a plus.
This show is responsive to the news cycle and assignments can spill into evenings or weekends; staff flexibility is important to our workflow. If you're excited about the opportunity to help expand an award-winning, category-leading podcast franchise into social video, OWKS is looking for you.
WHO YOU ARE
• 5+ years experience producing and editing social video, preferably around tech and media
• Strong passion for news and politics; preferable to have training from within a newsroom or journalism context
• Follows social media trends and has a demonstrated aptitude for social media storytelling conventions
• Skillful collaborator, able and eager to work with producers/host on identifying strong concepts and translating them to engaging content
• Comfort with cutting audio & video, video post-production & publishing
• Adept at coaching on-camera hosts
• Energized by the opportunity to experiment, and iterate an audio show in a new format
• Reliable and responsive under pressure; proactively pivots when needed
If you think you have what it takes, but don't meet every single point in our job posting, please apply with a cover letter to let us know how you believe you can bring your unique skills to the Vox Media team or get in touch! We've hired chefs who became editors, DJs who became UX designers, and sommeliers who became writers.
WHERE YOU'LL WORK
This job is flex. We're dedicated to the health and wellbeing of all of our employees, and when we reopen, will require everyone who works from one of our offices to be fully-vaccinated against COVID-19. Employees with approved religious or medical exemptions may be subject to additional safety requirements, such as submitting to regular COVID-19 testing and/or wearing a face covering in our offices.
PAY TRANSPARENCY
The salary range listed below represents the minimum and maximum base pay for this position at the time of this posting. Final salary offered to the candidate selected for the position will be based on factors including but not limited to the candidate's skills and experience.
Pay Range
$77,000 — $88,000 USD
Jobcode: Reference SBJ-ro78m4-3-139-240-64-42 in your application.