YouTube Channel Manger

Cineflix; Montreal , Toronto, Vancouver; Remote; CAD 21,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Cineflix Media in Montreal is seeking an independent contractor to manage and optimize YouTube channels from Brazil. You will handle metadata, thumbnails, playlists, scheduling and community engagement in line with publishing plans.

You will analyse audience profiles and channel performance to identify growth opportunities, test content formats and frequencies, and apply monetisation strategies. You will liaise with Cineflix contacts to deliver timely, high-quality results.

Qualifications

• Strong conversational written and spoken English.
• Comfortable collaborating remotely with Cineflix contacts, using designated systems and agreed communication and delivery schedules.
• Demonstrated professional experience managing YouTube channels.
• Demonstrated professional knowledge of YouTube Studio, metadata optimisation, thumbnails, playlists, analytics, monetisation policies and community tools.
• Comfortable using data to spot patterns, diagnose performance issues and recommend practical next steps.
• Highly organised, detail-oriented and able to manage recurring publishing, optimisation and reporting workflows.
• Strong editorial judgement and an understanding of how packaging, titles, thumbnails and formats affect audience behaviour.

Responsibilities

• Publish and optimise content on designated YouTube channels, including metadata, thumbnails, playlists, scheduling, community engagement in line with agreed publishing plans.
• Analyse audience profiles, channel performance and content gaps to identify practical opportunities for growth.
• Define, test and evaluate content formats, volumes and publishing frequencies, including full episodes, compilations, clips, cutdowns, YouTube Shorts and other digital derivatives.
• Recommend and apply optimisation for monetisation, search, discovery and audience retention using platform analytics and best-practice packaging.
• Extract actionable insights from YouTube analytics and translate them into clear recommendations for programming, metadata and format testing.
• Manage content pipelines of various content types.

Skills

Channel management

YouTube analytics

Metadata optimization

Thumbnails

Playlists

Data-driven decision making

Editorial judgement

Remote collaboration

Audience engagement

Tools

YouTube Studio

SEO for video

Job description

The Company

Cineflix Media

Cineflix creates, produces, and distributes must-watch TV for global platforms, with operations in Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver, New York, Los Angeles, London, and Dublin. A leading international media company, the group includes top-ranking sales and acquisitions division, Cineflix Rights. With a catalogue of 7,600 hours of select programming across a wide range of genres and a collection of YouTube and FAST channels streaming 24/7, Cineflix is behind some of TV’s most popular and long-running shows.

The Services

The independent contractor will provide remote YouTube Channel management, optimisation and audience-development services from Brazil for Cineflix You Tube channels. The services will support the growth of those channels in reach and revenue through publishing, packaging, testing, community management and performance analysis.

The contractor will provide the services independently, using their own professional judgement and methods, in line with agreed channel plans, deliverables, quality standards and timelines.

Scope of Services and Deliverables

• Publish and optimise content on designated YouTube channels, including metadata, thumbnails, playlists, scheduling, community engagement in line with agreed publishing plans.
• Analyse audience profiles, channel performance and content gaps to identify practical opportunities for growth.
• Define, test and evaluate content formats, volumes and publishing frequencies, including full episodes, compilations, clips, cutdowns, YouTube Shorts and other digital derivatives.
• Recommend and apply optimisation for monetisation, search, discovery and audience retention using platform analytics and best-practice packaging.
• Extract actionable insights from YouTube analytics and translate them into clear recommendations for programming, metadata and format testing.
• Manage content pipelines of various content types.
• Assist with resolving limited monetisation issues and claims plus updating video policies or sunsetting video.
• Liaise with designated Cineflix contacts on publishing plans, approvals, feedback and delivery.

Required Professional Qualifications and Experience

• Strong conversational written and spoken English.
• Comfortable collaborating remotely with Cineflix contacts, using designated systems and agreed communication and delivery schedules.
• Demonstrated professional experience managing YouTube channels.
• Demonstrated professional knowledge of YouTube Studio, metadata optimisation, thumbnails, playlists, analytics, monetisation policies and community tools.
• Comfortable using data to spot patterns, diagnose performance issues and recommend practical next steps.
• Highly organised, detail-oriented and able to manage recurring publishing, optimisation and reporting workflows.
• Strong editorial judgement and an understanding of how packaging, titles, thumbnails and formats affect audience behaviour.

Desired Experience

• Written and spoken language skills in LATAM and European languages.
• Experience working with factual, documentary, lifestyle, true crime, science, engineering, property or archive television content.
• Experience running A/B tests or structured content tests across titles, thumbnails, formats or scheduling.
• Interest in audience behaviour, YouTube trends and competitor channel analysis.