Social Media Video Creator (UGC/Journalist)

Autopilot; New York (NY); On-site; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Autopilot is hiring a video-first creator/journalist to own one or more social accounts, turning stories into short videos that people watch and share across Instagram, TikTok, YouTube Shorts and X. You’ll find angles, check facts, write scripts, shoot and edit, and manage an account end-to-end—from calendar to posting and community comments.

Ideal candidates have a journalism or news background (or a strong portfolio), UGC creator experience, on-camera presence, and editing skills (CapCut,

Qualifications

• Strong storytelling and research skills for rapid news-style content.
• Experience creating user-generated content and social video formats.
• Comfort speaking on camera and presenting to audiences.

Responsibilities

• Research and report stories from filings, market news, and data.
• Write, shoot, and edit short-form video for social platforms.
• Run an account end-to-end: content calendar, posting, comments, performance.

Skills

Storytelling

Research

UGC creation

On-camera presence

Editing

Education

Journalism degree

Communications degree

Tools

CapCut

Premiere Pro

Job description

We're looking for a video content killer to join our team of other creator first marketers to continue scaling the Autopilot owned media accounts to tens of millions of followers. Right now we total 4M+ followers and push 75M+ impressions/month. We're now scaling the team to grow it to 40M+ followers and 750M+ impressions/month.

However we aren't looking just for people who can get views. Views for most are cheap. Instead we're looking for a video first creator/journalist who enjoys creating and understands taste + storytelling = virality.

We're the team behind the largest accounts in cultural finance including:

• Burrytracker (X) - 600K
• Burrtracker (IG) - 290K
• 7+ other accounts >100K

We will teach you the playbook and turn you into a future CMO/head of growth with any future company you dream of.

About Autopilot

Autopilot's built to get as many people on the path towards building financial wealth. How? We let everyday investors automatically mirror the portfolios of people worth following: politicians, hedge fund managers, and top investors. People struggle with picking their own stocks. Autopilot solves it.

Today Autopilot has over 200,000 clients and more than $1.8B on the platform. Our tracker accounts have about 5M followers across Instagram and X. Our work has been covered in the Wall Street Journal and cited on the House floor during the debate over a congressional stock-trading ban.

We grow through organic content we make ourselves. We’re hiring people to make it.

The role

You’ll own one or more of our social accounts. Your job is to find stories people care about and turn it into short videos that people watch to the end and share.

This is closer to a reporter’s job than a typical UGC role. You’ll find the angle, check the facts, write the script, shoot it, and edit it.

What you’ll do

• Research and report stories from filings, market news, and our own data
• Write, shoot, and edit short-form video for Instagram, TikTok, YouTube Shorts, and X
• Run an account end to end: content calendar, posting, comments, performance
• Respond to news the same day it breaks
• Test formats and hooks, and double down on what works

What we’re looking for

• A journalism, reporting, or news background, or a body of work that shows you think like a reporter
• A UGC creator background showing you are comfortable behind camera
• On-camera ability and comfort being the face of an account
• Your own editing skills (CapCut, Premiere, or similar)
• Accuracy you’d defend in the comments. Our audience fact-checks everything.
• Interest in markets and investing. You don’t need to be a finance expert, but you need to be curious.
• A portfolio of videos you’ve made. Please send it. It matters more than your resume.

Nice to have

• An audience of your own on any platform
• Experience building your own social media following
• A track record of videos that went viral