Producer/Writer, YouTube – Inc42

Inc42 Media; New Delhi; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 2,500,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

0-to-1 build

Direct access to founders/investors

Inc42 data as raw material

Room to experiment with formats

Competitive compensation

Job summary

Inc42 is building its YouTube division from 0 to 1. We're revamping the channel, setting the strategy, building the formats and scaling it – long‑form explainers, founder conversations, podcasts and original IPs built on a decade of startup journalism and data.

You will own videos from idea to publish: shape angles, write scripts, plan shoots, brief editors, package with titles and thumbnails, and measure performance to inform next stories.

Qualifications

• 4-6 years as a producer, video journalist, multimedia journalist or creator
• Scripts you've written that were produced
• Shoots you've run
• Strong written English

Responsibilities

• Write scripts for explainers and shape the conversation
• Plan and execute shoot schedules, call sheets, locations
• Brief editors and vendors with precise shot lists
• Package YouTube content with titles, thumbnails and descriptions
• Coordinate delivery for branded content on promised dates
• Analyze video performance and feed learnings back into scripts

Skills

Video production

Script writing

Shoot management

English writing

Education

Degree in communication, journalism or film

Job description

Inc42 is India's #1 media and intelligence platform on the startup economy - covering journalism, Datalabs (India's largest free startup database, with 75,000+ companies), our flagship Editorial IPs (AI Summit, D2C & Retail Summit, FAST42, D2C Retreat), and Griffin , India's most curated private founder club.

Why this role exists

Inc42 is building its YouTube division from 0 to 1. We're revamping the channel, setting the strategy, building the formats and scaling it – long‑form explainers, founder conversations, podcasts and original IPs built on a decade of startup journalism and data.

Every one of those videos needs someone who owns it from idea to published: finds the angle, writes the script, shapes the conversation, runs the shoot, briefs the edit and packages it for the click. That's this role.

What you'll own

• Scripts for explainers: Pull the angle out of a news story, a feature or a dataset, and structure it for video, hook first.
• Podcast and founder‑conversation structure: Pre‑interviews, question flow, the cold open, and the narrative shape you hand the editor.
• Shoot production: Shoot calendar, call sheets, crew, location, equipment and the day itself, as the person responsible for it.
• Editor and vendor briefs: Shot lists and clip notes precise enough that cuts come back close to spec on the first pass.
• YouTube packaging: First drafts of titles, thumbnails, descriptions and chapters, plus the tests that tell us which one worked.
• Delivery for branded content: Shoot logistics and review rounds for partner videos, so a client shoot ships on the date it was promised.
• The performance loop: Read how each video performed every week and feed it back into the next script.

Who you are

• A writer for video: You write for the ear and the eye. Your scripts have a visual column, not just paragraphs.
• A producer who runs the day: You've owned shoots, not assisted on them.
• Obsessed with the first ten seconds: You can look at a cut and say where a viewer leaves and what the opening is missing.
• Curious about startups and business: You read the ecosystem because you want to, and you can pitch three stories from this week's news.
• Comfortable with performance data: Views, click‑through and retention change what you make next.
• Calm with many stakeholders: Editors, vendors, editorial reviewers and partners, all on one timeline.
• Open on background: Digital newsrooms, business video, podcast studios, or your own YouTube channel. A creator who writes and produces their own work is exactly who we want to hear from.

Must have:

• 4-6 years as a producer, video journalist, multimedia journalist or creator
• scripts you've written that were produced
• shoots you've run
• strong written English

Good to have:

• confident on camera, with solid delivery, for pieces that call for it
• podcast production
• explainer post‑production
• a degree in communication, journalism or film (strong portfolios considered without it)

Your first 30 days

• Learn the channel, the formats in production and the review steps.
• Take over the production calendar for the live slate.
• Script and produce your first explainer and your first podcast episode.
• Draft the packaging (titles and thumbnails) for everything that ships in the month.

What we offer

• A 0-to-1 build: you shape the formats of a new YouTube division.
• Direct access to India's founders, investors and business leaders.
• A decade of Inc42 journalism and data as raw material for every story.
• Room to experiment with formats, and on camera if you want to be.
• Competitive compensation.

Required Skills

Delivery for branded content Editor and vendor briefs Consistency YouTube packaging Communication Post Production Shoot production stakeholder management Collaboration