Associate Video Producer

Forbes; Jersey City (NJ); On-site; USD 59,670 - 72,930; Full time

Job summary

Forbes is seeking a detail-oriented Associate Video Producer to join our video team in Jersey City. This hybrid position involves managing the video library, creating content for various platforms, and collaborating across departments to enhance video reporting opportunities.

The ideal candidate possesses exceptional interpersonal skills, experience with Adobe Creative Cloud, and is comfortable working in a fast-paced environment. The annual base salary for this role is $66,300.

Qualifications

• Exceptional interpersonal skills for working with high-level executives, PR teams and external talent.
• Experience with Adobe Creative Cloud (Premiere Pro).
• Comfortable in a hybrid work environment and willing to put in extra hours during major news cycles or flagship summits.

Responsibilities

• Create video clips optimized for platform-specific distribution.
• Collaborate closely with project stakeholders to deliver on sponsored campaigns.
• Develop and maintain a comprehensive video archive for content repurposing.
• Publish content across Forbes YouTube channels and additional platforms.
• Monitor analytics to provide actionable insights on audience retention.

Skills

Exceptional interpersonal skills

Experience with Adobe Creative Cloud (Premiere Pro)

Strong editorial judgment

Job description

Forbes is an iconic global media brand that has symbolized success for over a century. Fueled by journalism that informs and inspires, Forbes spotlights the doers and doings shaping industries, achieving success and making an impact on the world. Forbes connects and convenes the most influential communities ranging from billionaires, business leaders and rising entrepreneurs to creators and innovators. The Forbes brand reaches more than 140 million people monthly worldwide through its trusted journalism, signature ForbesLive events and 49 licensed local editions in 81 countries.

Forbes Media is seeking a detail‑oriented and highly motivated Associate Video Producer to join our fast‑paced video team. In this dynamic role, you will be a driving operational force behind short form video strategy, managing the Forbes video library to execute organic, sponsored and custom distribution campaigns. As a proactive producer/editor, you will also play a key role in the end‑to‑end production of our original programming, ensuring our content is optimized for a global audience. This is a hybrid position, requiring you to work full‑time from our Jersey City office at least three (2) days a week. This role will also require travel to events and shoots as needed.

Responsibilities

• Create video clips that narratively stand on their own, optimized for platform‑specific distribution, using strong editorial judgment and deep knowledge of Forbes' content to ensure brand alignment
• Collaborate closely with all project stakeholders (including but not limited to video producers, sales leads, social strategists) to deliver on sponsored campaigns within a 24‑hour turnaround
• Develop and maintain a comprehensive video archive that allows for fast repurposing of content for editorial, social, and sponsored use
• Publish all assigned content across Forbes YouTube channels, Forbes.com and additional third‑party distribution platforms. Responsibilities include writing performance‑optimized titles, descriptions, tags and creating thumbnails and playlists
• Regularly monitor analytics across platforms to provide actionable insights on audience retention and growth
• Support the podcast team by posting audio files to relevant distribution channels
• Assist production for Forbes summits and conferences. Lead post‑production workflows to turn live event footage, backstage interviews and social content into polished digital assets
• Collaborate with the social strategy team to deliver assets for social‑first projects
• Collaborate with video producers to source, research, outline and draft scripts for daily news hits and long‑form features
• Collaborate with Forbes staff across departments including social, design, photo, SEO, the newsroom and more to facilitate and optimize video reporting opportunities
• Collaborate with the engineering team on video platform improvements by identifying technical issues, managing ticket workflows and collaborating with developers on feature enhancements
• Demonstrate total command of Forbes’ editorial standards and the 'Forbsian' voice, ensuring brand consistency across all video metadata, scripts and promotional copy

The Ideal Candidate

• Exceptional interpersonal skills for working with high‑level executives, PR teams and external talent
• Experience with Adobe Creative Cloud (Premiere Pro)
• Comfortable in a hybrid work environment and willing to put in extra hours during major news cycles or flagship summits

The annual base salary range for this role is $66,300

Forbes is an equal opportunity employer.

This role may evolve over time. While this job description outlines the primary responsibilities, additional duties may be assigned as business needs change. Forbes aims to offer employees the flexibility they need in order to be successful. Some positions may require candidates to be based in a specific location for consideration while some roles may be fully remote (within the U.S.) if it aligns with the needs of the position. This position is only open to candidates residing in California, Colorado, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, & Washington. Due to business operations and compliance requirements, we are unable to consider applicants based outside these states at this time.