Video Producer

Video Producer

The Dallas Morning News seeks a versatile and ambitious Video Producer to join its award-winning visuals team. Our company is significantly expanding its video efforts to engage and connect with our audience in new, dynamic ways. We're investing in high-quality content production across various platforms, including social media, podcasts and on our website. Our video producers are essential to elevate our brand through powerful visual storytelling.

The ideal candidate is a skilled video journalist who is as comfortable editing short-form news videos on deadline as they are producing their own long-form narrative over several months. At times you will produce your own videos, acting as editor, producer, reporter and videographer. Other times you will act as the lead video editor in the newsroom, quickly turning clips captured by our staff into engaging content for our website and social media platforms.

This is a dynamic role in the ever-changing environment of a daily newsroom. You should have a high level of organization and responsibility, plus a full understanding of and strict adherence to visual journalism ethical standards. This producer will work in partnership with another video producer, both under our deputy director of visual journalism/video.

You will oversee video projects from pre-production to post-production, and help create and maintain an efficient video workflow. The successful candidate will have the ability to produce quality content quickly and adjust to and overcome challenges on the fly while collaborating with multiple stakeholders on tight deadlines.

In addition to recording and editing video, you will help manage our various video platforms. This team plays a critical role in managing video uploads, optimizing content for SEO, maintaining our video channels, and ensuring the latest videos are published on the website.

You will brainstorm with reporters and editors, generate innovative ideas and make news-driven video decisions. You will also work with our audience team to create engaging social media content for our digital platforms. We are looking for someone who will come with abundant ideas and energy and bring a passion for teamwork.

This role requires a flexible, rotating schedule that can include nights, holidays and weekends. We work in the office three days a week to foster collaboration.

This position is based in Dallas. While our coverage area is mainly North Texas, we routinely send visual journalists beyond the region.

The Dallas Morning News believes a collaborative and inclusive work environment is essential to a thriving workplace for all. We are in search of a diverse group of candidates.

Responsibilities and duties:

• Pitch, edit, and produce engaging short and long-form audience-focused video content for various platforms
• Collaborate with multiple departments, editors, reporters, and visual journalists on daily and enterprise stories
• Maintain multiple video platforms and ensure our content is SEO optimized
• Post videos daily on the website to keep our content fresh and engaging for visitors
• Assist with audio and podcast production
• Assist with internal video production for DallasNews Corporation
• Occasionally required to capture photographs on assignment

Job requirements:

• At least one year of experience as a videographer or photojournalist
• Must have a valid driver's license and registered vehicle to travel to assignments

Skills:

• Fluency with video and editing software, including Canva, PhotoShop, After Effects and/or other relevant tools
• Must be proficient in capturing and editing audio for video and podcasts
• Experience recording and editing video on deadline
• Understanding of advanced camera operations as well as extensive knowledge of lighting different types of sets
• Must be proficient in using a digital camera in the transmission of photographic images
• Proficiency in writing video captions, with an emphasis on speed, accuracy and a command of grammar and AP style
• Ability to work effectively both autonomously and as a co-collaborator with fellow team members, maintaining open communication
• Firm understanding of journalistic ethics
• Proficiency in Spanish is a bonus, though not required

Education:

• Bachelor's degree in video, film, photography or a related field