NAHJ Career Center New Job Vertical Video Editor Fellow: Washington, Virginia More Perfect Union
More Perfect Union Action
Position Title: Vertical Video Editor Fellow
Job type: Paid Fellowship
Compensation: $20/hour plus up to $500/month home office expense reimbursement
Time commitment: Full-time (M-F 9am-5pm ET), 6 month fellowship beginning May 28, 2024 through November 29, 2024.
Location: 100% Remote, Telework
In addition to uploading your resume, applicants must fill out the questionnaire on the application site. There is no need to send a cover letter.
Applications will be accepted for this position through April 7, 2024.
More Perfect Union is an advocacy and journalism organization with a mission to build power for the working class. We cover politics, policy, labor, business, and economics news through a class lens, and we pair our reporting with activism to help working people win policy fights. Launched in February 2021, More Perfect Union’s coverage has garnered more than 500 million video views and 2+ million followers and subscribers.
We’re hiring a Vertical Video Editor Fellow to join our team. The Vertical Video Editor Fellow will work closely with the social media team as well as our reporters and producers to conceptualize, script, produce, and edit news-driven videos specifically for TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube Shorts.
Editing skills are essential for the role, but the ideal candidates will have passion for and experience in all aspects of video creation: ideation, scripting, and pre-production; production (including field recording and on-camera work); and post-production. They will be working on a range of video formats, including breaking news coverage, on-camera explainers and skits, and concise, shareable versions of our longer-form content.
The Vertical Video Editor Fellow must be immersed in and excited about the process of telling stories through video, with the technical and narrative skills to create powerful stories that hook viewers and keep people watching to the end. The position requires a high level of self-sufficiency, strong collaboration and communication skills, and a desire to help develop and grow our brand.
Core Responsibilities:
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Conceive of, produce, and/or edit original vertical videos for our social media channels;
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Edit on-the-ground footage into compelling social media videos;
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Work with our video teams to break down longer, produced pieces into compelling short-form content;
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Help build distribution plans and strategies to increase engagement with our content;
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Monitor analytics, audience sentiments, and social media trends;
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Assist with all aspects of video distribution, including scheduling content, community management, and optimizing posts for engagement and search;
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