Executive Producer, Social

Guardian News and Media Limited; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 61,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Six weeks annual leave

Pension contributions

Private healthcare

Life cover

Income protection

Eye tests

Volunteering days

Payroll giving

Season ticket loans

Job summary

Guardian News and Media Limited seeks an executive producer, social to lead a team of social producers and commission and executive produce our news, features and opinion social content off-platform.

This permanent, full-time role operates on a nine-day fortnight with weekend work and shifts. The post oversees video production, editing and repurposing for audiences across platforms, ensuring high editorial and legal standards.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in visual and social news storytelling.
• Experience working in a newsroom.
• Experience working with major social media platforms and optimizing content performance.
• Experience managing a team and developing junior colleagues.
• Knowledge of how text, photos, graphics and video work together on social media.
• Familiarity with content management systems and analytics.

Responsibilities

• Oversee daily story selection and editing for off-platform journalism, focusing on Instagram and TikTok.
• Direct and sign off concepts and design with producers on scripting, style and visuals.
• Ensure posts and videos meet editorial and legal standards and copyright.
• Commission and manage long-term social-first projects and investigations.
• Train new staff and manage rota with Administrators.
• Manage budgets with head of production and stay within budget.

Skills

Social storytelling

Newsroom experience

Video editing

Team management

Adobe Premiere

Adobe After Effects

Adobe Creative Suite

Figma

OSINT

Media law knowledge

Education

Journalistic training

Tools

Adobe Premiere

Adobe After Effects

Adobe Creative Suite

Figma

Job description

Join our team at the Guardian and be a part of a diverse and inclusive global organisation that delivers fearless, investigative journalism, and holds power to account. Our team of award-winning journalists, cutting-edge commercial professionals, and industry-leading digital experts are committed to making a difference and represent a wide range of backgrounds and perspectives. We offer a challenging and exciting environment for career development, with a focus on training, growth and fostering an inclusive culture.

We are looking for an executive producer, social, to lead a dedicated team of social producers and commission and executive produce our news, features and opinion social media content off-platform.

This role will oversee the production of short-form video while also producing, editing and repurposing video, photography, text and graphics to bring our journalism to new audiences in creative and compelling ways. No subject is off-limits. We cover everything - including global politics, the climate crisis, culture, and pure human-interest stories.

This is a permanent, full-time position working a nine-day fortnight, which will include weekend work, early and late shifts.

About the role

• Oversee daily story selection and editing for off-platform journalism, focusing on Instagram and TikTok
• Direct and sign off concepts and design and work with producers and hosts on areas such as scripting, style and picture selection
• Ensure posts and videos meet the highest editorial and technical standards and legal compliance, making confident editorial decisions on verification, and copyright
• Work with the head of short-form and head of video to commission and project manage social-first longer term projects and investigations
• Train new staff and manage the rota with administrators
• Work with our head of production to spend budgets efficiently and remain within agreed budget
• Work closely with other teams to share resources and execute collaborative projects, including communicating closely with the reactive video team
• Work with senior team members, channel managers, colleagues in marketing and other departments to set strategic course for audience expansion
• Ensure communication is smooth and collaborative with our colleagues on other desks and social media teams in Australia and the US
• Put in place systems to improve workflow
• This role is office-based and will not include on-the-ground shooting

About you

• Extensive experience in visual and social news storytelling
• Experience working in a newsroom
• Experience working with all major social media platforms, underpinned by a nuanced understanding of each platform's unique ecosystem, and how to make and optimise content performance for each platform
• Experience managing a team, supporting and developing junior colleagues
• Understanding of how to make text, photos, graphics and video work together visually on social media
• Understanding of the specific needs of social media audiences
• Strong writing skills with a flair for summarising long, complex information into engaging and concise copy
• Familiarity with content management systems and analytics of all major social media platforms
• Substantial experience editing video and producing and editing videos for social media from start to finish using Adobe Premiere
• Design skills with ability to produce static content with Adobe Creative Suite and Figma
• Knowledge of Adobe After Effects, and ability to shoot video is a strong advantage
• Journalistic training including knowledge of media law and OSINT
• Strong news sense
• Strong planning and organisational skills, plus experience juggling multiple deadlines
• Digitally savvy with an aptitude for picking up new technical skills and analysing data
• An understanding of the evolving ways people consume news video on and off platform
• An awareness of the needs and interests of GNM's audiences
• Ideally, you'll have a demonstrable ability to bring a diverse perspective to this role

We actively encourage applications from groups traditionally underrepresented in the UK media.

We operate in a hybrid environment working at least three days a week from our offices in King's Cross in London.

Job share applications are welcome. If you are keen to apply jointly with someone else as a job share, you should make a single application and combine your application documents.

The salary range for this NUJ position starts at £60,748, with the final offer determined by the successful candidate's skills, experience, and responsibilities.

Benefits at the Guardian

You'll have six weeks of annual leave per year (plus bank holidays) with the option to purchase an additional 5 days. Our pension scheme is generous; if you contribute 5% then we will contribute 8-12% (depending on your age). We believe in giving back, which is why employees are given 2 volunteering days annually and the option of payroll giving. Season ticket loans are also available.

You are entitled to private healthcare, life cover, income protection, and eye tests. You can also opt in to dental insurance.

We have enhanced maternity, paternity, adoption and shared parental leave policies in place. We also support our employees by offering an IVF, menopause, baby loss, and trans equality policy.

Culture and wellbeing

We want everyone to feel like they belong at the Guardian and we champion diversity of thought. Our various employee forums provide a platform to use their voice to foster an inclusive workplace. We became the first major media organisation to achieve B Corp status.

We offer tools to help you prioritise your wellbeing including access to our employee benefits platform which provides tailored support for health and wellbeing. In addition, we also offer free yoga and pilates classes. These run alongside our corporate gym membership and cycle to work scheme.

Our canteen has views overlooking the Regents Canal and caters for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

Learning and development

We encourage personal and professional growth. Employees have access to a broad range of tools and solutions, and we are happy to support the pursuit of professional qualifications through vocational courses and apprenticeships.