Video Social Media Producer

The Telegraph; Greater London; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading media organization in the UK is seeking a Video Social Media Producer. This role involves producing impactful video content for platforms like TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube. Candidates should possess strong editing skills, experience in social media engagement, and a creative mindset to drive subscriptions and audience growth. The role promises a dynamic work environment and a variety of development opportunities aimed at fostering a rewarding career.

Benefits

Medical cover

Parental leave

Season ticket loans

Qualifications

• Experienced in video production and editing for social media.
• Proven track record of engagement across social platforms.
• Ability to adapt to changing social media trends.

Responsibilities

• Produce and edit videos for social media platforms.
• Deliver on-the-fly feedback to writers.
• Use data to inform content strategy.

Skills

Video production and editing

Understanding of social media algorithms

Creative storytelling and scripting

Relationship building

Data analysis for strategy

Tools

Adobe Premiere

Job description

About The Role

The Telegraph needs a Video Social Media Producer with excellent creative video producing and editing skills to maximise the potential of the stories we tell using social media. You will have the chance to work across a variety of content in a fast-paced newsroom, alongside some of the country’s best journalists in their field. This is an exciting challenge to make a real impact in driving subscriptions and increasing engagement.

Key Responsibilities

• Pitch, produce, edit and publish videos with social audiences in mind, specialising in short-form, vertical formats across TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube Shorts.


• Edit cutdowns of our long-form YouTube series using knowledge on trends and best practice.


• Shoot and edit projects, including attending external shoots.


• Inform best practices for scripting, presenting, shooting and editing social footage. Confidently deliver this, plus on-the-fly feedback, to Telegraph writers.


• Oversee original social-first content production.


• Use data and analytics to inform onward strategy and decision-making.


• Create opportunities to drive traffic to the website and generate subscriptions.

Key Skills

• Experienced in video production and editing for social media using Adobe Premiere, preferably within a national quality publisher.


• Experience making videos reach large audiences, with a strong understanding of how to game algorithms and capture audiences.


• Setting strategy, presenting ideas and utilising best practice.


• A good understanding of social media content production and publishing.


• Strong creative storytelling and scripting skills.


• Proven track record of driving follower growth and engagement across social platforms.


• Competence speaking the ‘language’ of social media; understanding how to connect with audiences on different social platforms


• The ability to work comfortably both independently and as part of a team.


• Good at fostering and building relationships in person and online, individually and at scale.


• A firm grasp of The Telegraph’s brands and journalistic values, both in digital and in print.


• Understanding of analytics tools, and the ability to make decisions based on analytics when appropriate.

Our benefits

The nature of our industry means life at the Telegraph Media Group is fast-paced, demanding, and interesting. We also want it to be rewarding for everyone who works here by creating a suite of benefits that contribute to lifestyle choices and leisure activities. From dynamic working opportunities, medical cover, and parental leave (six months fully paid maternity leave and enhanced paternity/partner leave), to life assurance and season ticket loans, you can choose from a range of flexible benefits, designed to support your lifestyle and help you achieve a healthy work-life balance.

Training and development

With support from your manager and colleagues, you’ll also have access to a variety of training and development opportunities through The Academy. Covering a range of personal and professional skills, our courses enable you to develop an enjoyable and rewarding career.

Our commitment to inclusion

At Telegraph Media Group, we foster a diverse and inclusive workplace and we are committed to building a team that reflects a wide variety of skills, perspectives and backgrounds. We believe in equality of opportunity and welcome candidates from all backgrounds, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief.

We are proud to be a Level 3 Disability Confident Leader as part of the government’s Disability Confident Scheme. If you are disabled or have a long-term health condition and would like support in applying for any of our roles or if you require any reasonable adjustments in the recruitment process with us, please make us aware.

To find out more about Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging at Telegraph Media Group, and for more information on our purpose, beliefs, and people values, please visit our website.