Election Video Producer & Editor (Digital)

Versant; New York (NY); On-site; USD 93,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Dental coverage

Vision insurance

401(k)

Paid leave

Tuition reimbursement

Discounts and perks

Job summary

VERSANT (Nasdaq: VSNT) is an industry-changing media and entertainment business with brands shaping culture and informing audiences. The MS NOW Politics Video Producer/Editor will create fast, smart, and engaging social and digital video coverage of the 2028 election cycle, collaborating with campaign embeds, field producers, reporters, and editors.

The role requires strong political news instincts, excellent video-editing and writing skills, and the ability to identify key moments and craft

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of digital, social, or video producing, editing, and writing experience.
• Strong knowledge of U.S. politics, campaigns, elections, and the issues shaping the 2028 cycle.
• Expert in Adobe Premiere, with the ability to edit efficiently under deadline.
• Demonstrated experience producing and editing original digital video.
• Strong editorial judgment and an ability to identify the most compelling elements of a story.
• Excellent scriptwriting, headline-writing, and copy-editing skills.
• Ability to translate complicated stories into clear, accurate, and engaging video for broad audiences.
• Strong attention to accuracy, fairness, context, and nuance.
• Ability to manage multiple assignments in a fast-paced news environment.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.
• Ability to work independently while taking editorial direction and feedback.

Responsibilities

• Work with DC political unit, campaign embeds, field producers, reporters, and editors to produce original political video daily.
• Write, edit, and produce vertical video for digital platforms.
• Identify compelling moments, interviews, exchanges, and visuals from campaign coverage.
• Help shape video stories by finding strong angles and clear headlines.
• Monitor campaign coverage notes, candidate schedules, and breaking news throughout the day.
• React quickly to breaking political news with accurate, distinctive, and competitive video.
• Distill complex political stories and campaign developments into concise, engaging storytelling.
• Pitch daily video ideas responsive to the political news cycle.
• Edit longer-form video for YouTube, OTT, and other digital platforms as assigned.
• Write scripts, headlines, captions, and social copy.
• Collaborate with reporters and field producers to strengthen story framing, scripting, and visual execution.
• Support the development of new social video formats and franchises around the 2028 election.
• Ensure all work meets MS NOW editorial, legal, and Standards and Practices requirements.

Skills

Adobe Premiere

Video editing

Scriptwriting

Storytelling

Editorial judgment

Social video

Collaboration

Deadline pressure

Tools

Premiere Pro

Field production

Video codecs

Job description

VERSANT (Nasdaq: VSNT) is an industry-changing media and entertainment business with brands shaping culture and informing audiences. The MS NOW Politics Video Producer/Editor will create fast, smart, and engaging social and digital video coverage of the 2028 election cycle, collaborating with campaign embeds, field producers, reporters, and editors.

The role requires strong political news instincts, excellent video-editing and writing skills, and the ability to identify key moments and craft