Senior Digital Producer

Office of the New York City Comptroller; New York (NY); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

The Office of the New York City Comptroller is seeking a Senior Digital Producer to lead multimedia content for the city’s digital channels. You will shoot, edit, and publish video and photography, write scripts, and ensure content is on-brand and accurate across platforms.

You will pitch stories, collaborate with the Design and Communications teams, and analyze content performance to drive transparency and audience engagement in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and 4+ years in communications, video production, social media, journalism, or related field.
• Portfolio of previous work required.
• Proficiency with Adobe Creative Suite (Premiere Pro, Photoshop) and camera/lighting equipment.

Responsibilities

• Lead production of digital projects: photography, shooting, editing, subtitling, captions, and posting.
• Pitch story ideas and campaigns from concept to platform.
• Write and refine scripts for videos, adapting for different platforms; collaborate with the Design team to develop visual assets.

Skills

Social media proficiency

Portfolio

Visual storytelling

Video production

Deadline management

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Adobe Creative Suite

Premiere Pro

Photoshop

Camera & lighting equipment

Job description

The New York City Comptroller’s Office works to promote the financial health, integrity, and effectiveness of New York City government, in order to strengthen trust, secure a thriving future for all New Yorkers, and build a more just, equitable, and resilient city. Led by an independently elected citywide official, the comptroller’s office provides checks and balances needed to hold City government accountable for budgeting wisely, investing responsibly, operating efficiently, acting fairly, living up to its obligations and promises, and paying attention to the long-term challenges we face together.

The Communications Team supports the work of the Comptroller’s office to secure a thriving future for all New Yorkers by disseminating information, highlighting key initiatives through digestible and multimedia content, growing the credibility of the office through relationships with the press and the public, and advancing the conversation locally and nationally on key policy objectives.

The Senior Digital Producer will lead the creation of multimedia visual content for the Comptroller’s government digital channels. This includes social media such as Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, X, Threads, Bluesky, YouTube, Flickr, and TikTok.

This position reports to the Digital Director and will be responsible for producing videos and managing social media to drive transparency and engagement online.

Responsibilities

• Lead production of digital projects, including photography, shooting, editing, and subtitling videos, writing captions and posting as needed, ensuring content is well researched, accurate and on brand.
• Pitch story ideas and campaigns, conceptualizing from pitch to platform.
• Write and refine scripts for videos with the Comptroller and other digital projects, adapting for different platforms as needed, collaborating with the Design team for the development of visual assets. Ensure scripts reflect messaging objectives.
• Shoot and edit photo and video at Comptroller events and media interviews and maintain archive.
• Collaborate with the Communications Team and other bureaus to produce timely and on-message content.
• Create social media content performance reports analyzing insights. Identify trends and best practices to support engagement and audience growth.
• Produce and manage multiple projects under deadline.
• Perform other assignments and special projects as required.

NOTE: Applications without portfolio links will not be considered.

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Minimum Qualifications

• A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college and a minimum of four (4) or more years of satisfactory full-time experience in communications, video production, social media management, journalism or in fields related to the areas of assignment; or,
• Education and/or experience which is equivalent to “1” above.

Preferred Skills

• Five (5) or more years of demonstrated, hands -on experience in video production, social media management, journalism or related field. - Bachelor’s degree in film, video production, or related field - Proficient in Adobe Creative Suite products such as Premiere Pro, Photoshop. - Knowledge of camera and lighting equipment such as mirrorless cameras. - Portfolio of previous work required. - Ability to translate complicated concepts visually. - Strong social media proficiency across Facebook, Threads, TikTok, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, and Snapchat. - Able to thrive in a fast-paced, deadline-based, ever-changing environment while remaining organized and detail-oriented.

Public Service Loan Forgiveness

As a prospective employee of the City of New York, you may be eligible for federal loan forgiveness programs and state repayment assistance programs. For more information, please visit the U.S. Department of Education’s website at https://studentaid.gov/pslf/.

Residency Requirement

New York City residency is generally required within 90 days of appointment. However, City Employees in certain titles who have worked for the City for 2 continuous years may also be eligible to reside in Nassau, Suffolk, Putnam, Westchester, Rockland, or Orange County. To determine if the residency requirement applies to you, please discuss with the agency representative at the time of interview.

Additional Information

The City of New York is an inclusive equal opportunity employer committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and providing a work environment that is free from discrimination and harassment based upon any legally protected status or protected characteristic, including but not limited to an individual's sex, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, gender identity, or pregnancy.