Visuals Producer, Social Video

Kqed Inc; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 95,000 - 112,000; Full time

Job summary

KQED in San Francisco is seeking a Visuals Producer for Social Video to create engaging vertical content for Instagram, YouTube and TikTok. You’ll shoot, edit and publish short-form visuals in collaboration with reporters and photographers across the newsroom.

Ideal candidates combine visual journalism with graphic design and strong knowledge of social platforms, with a track record of clear writing, deadlines and newsroom collaboration. This hybrid role blends in-house and remote work.

Qualifications

• Excellent communication and writing skills across platforms.

Responsibilities

• Plan and shoot video coverage of Bay Area events.
• Create short-form social videos for news and features.
• Strategize new visual formats to broaden KQED reporting.
• Design graphics for social platforms with informative content.
• Write captions and post photo carousels for Instagram.
• Collaborate with reporters to execute a visual social strategy.

Skills

Excellent communication

Writing for social media

Deadline-oriented

Organizational skills

Collaboration across teams

Storytelling

Video editing basics

Proficiency with social platforms

Attention to accuracy

Education

B.A./B.S. degree

Tools

Canva

Photoshop

Premiere

Adobe Creative Suite

Google Drive

Slack

Job description

Title: Visuals Producer, Social Video

Schedule Format -Hybrid - San Francisco

Pay Information: $94,860 - $112,469

KQED is looking for a visuals producer who can make videos and graphics for our news social channels including Instagram, YouTube and TikTok. You’ll work directly with our social video producer and be part of the news department’s audience engagement team. You will also work with our award-winning photographers and reporters in the newsroom.

We’re looking for someone with a mix of experience in visual journalism, graphic design, and social media who can take our journalism and tell stories visually for Instagram, YouTube and TikTok.

Show us how you can make the news informative and engaging, and how you think about bringing journalism and essential resources to new audiences on social media.

Visuals Producer, Social Video ADDENDUM

The Social Video‑Visuals Producer is a visual journalist who has sharp skills creating videos on social platforms, such as Instagram, TikTok and YouTube Shorts. This producer thrives on turning news stories into memorable vertical videos, while working with journalists in a collaborative process.

The Social Video‑Visuals Producer creates videos from start to finish – ideating, scripting, shooting, editing and publishing – and is highly collaborative with newsroom colleagues in order to tell these stories. You love the Bay Area, enjoy telling our unique stories and are as enthusiastic about working in the field as you are of executing great edits.

Journalism ethics is a must, so you must know how to gather news – both with reporters and on your own – and tell stories on social platforms in a fair and accurate manner.

KQED envisions a public media organization with a culture that centers on human dignity, equity, and belonging. This will enable us to better serve and reflect the Bay Area through diverse and inclusive storytelling.

We value the contributions of marginalized people in society — including Black, Indigenous, and all people of color, people with disabilities, and LGBTQIA+ people — and we believe that these communities must be centered in the work we do, and we strongly encourage members of these communities to apply.

KQED Code of Ethics https://www.kqed.org/about/code-ethics

The mission that drives us:

KQED provide citizens of Northern California with a community-supported alternative to commercial media. We provide citizens with the knowledge they need to make informed decisions; convene community dialogue; bring the arts to everyone and engage audiences to share their stories. We help students and teachers thrive in 21st‑century classrooms, and take people of all ages on journeys of exploration- exposing them to new people, places and ideas.

This role will work hybrid between working in KQED's newly renovated headquarters and working remotely.

Essential functions:

• Planning and shooting video coverage of events in the Bay Area
• Creating short form social videos on news and feature stories in the Bay Area
• Strategizing new forms of visual content that will bring KQED reporting to a wider audience
• Designing graphics for social platforms (such as Instagram, TikTok and YouTube) that provide valuable information and resources to communities in the Bay Area
• Keeping aware of news photo shoots, posting photo carousels, and writing captions for Instagram
• Work with reporters to create and execute a visual social strategy for their stories

Knowledge/Experience Required:

• Excellent communication and writing skills; ability to write quickly and accurately, with an understanding of tone and style across platforms
• Familiarity with graphic design, Canva, Photoshop, Premiere, Adobe, Google Drive, Slack
• Experience editing photos for news publications.
• Experience taking a story and writing succinct scripts for social media
• Experience writing text and captions for social media posts
• Some video editing experience
• Advanced knowledge of YouTube, Instagram, and TikTok
• Knowledge and interest in current events
• Writes text with correct spelling, grammar and punctuation
• Ability to meet deadlines and goals while working under pressure
• Ability to stay organized and prioritize tasks when working on multiple projects at once
• Interest and knowledge in Bay Area news with a focus on local communities
• Checks work before publication and maintains adherence to facts
• Adherence to copyright laws; understanding of media licensing agreements
• Clear communication with colleagues
• Ability to stay focused, organized, communicative and proactive — you’ll be working with a number of journalists or staffers across the organization, potentially dealing with several different editors
• Minimum of five years’ experience as Producer or Field Producer in media, preferably public media or through other informal institutions.
• Published examples of digital video production and/or other forms of digital storytelling
• Ability to work collaboratively and cooperatively with the KQED News team—strong interpersonal and communications skills preferred
• Proven ability to edit, with limited supervision, short format engagement videos or longer‑form documentary style segments. Attention to detail and experience in fact checking preferred.
• Proficient at utilizing the entire Adobe Creative Suite with an emphasis on Premiere Pro, After Effects, Audition, Photoshop and Illustrator
• Ability to independently problem‑solve and adapt quickly to news cycles, formats and styles.
• Experience troubleshooting edit issues, transcoding media, performing minor color correcting and media archiving.
• Proven ability to engage in high‑level writing, research, or production on original and creative topics for story development. Ability to write or co‑write short format texts with factual integrity that move, surprise, dazzle and engage.
• Proven ability to set up, light, record audio and shoot video for short format style segments in quick turnaround situations.
• Experience with a wide range of cameras, lenses and related equipment.
• Experience with social media and web distribution.
• Knowledge of basic journalistic editorial principles, ethics and standards.
• A passion for producing digital media and demonstrable experience covering the Bay Area.
• Demonstrable collaboration skills and experience cultivating sources and partnerships.
• Ability to represent KQED to the broader Bay Area community, other institutions, and the general public.

Knowledge/Experience Desired:

• A compelling visual style and personal voice.
• Expertise in making digital videos.
• Expertise in social media.
• Expertise as a still photographer.
• Experienced with web publishing and CMS systems (WordPress preferred).
• B.A./B.S. degree.

Recommended Skills:

• Familiarity with After Effects
• Experience creating infographics or data visualizations
• Comfortable being on camera

NOTE

This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive. Employees may be required to perform other related duties as necessary to meet the ongoing needs of this organization.

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