YouTube Video Editor & Motion Designer — Newsroom

propublica; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

ProPublica, a nonprofit newsroom, is hiring a video editor and motion designer for the new YouTube team. You will own postproduction, motion graphics, color, sound, and build scalable workflows as a founding team member.

The role blends editorial storytelling with platform-native formats for growth on YouTube. You'll work with reporters, editors, and freelancers, reporting to the director of multiplatform audience strategy.

Qualifications

• Four or more years of professional video editing and motion design experience in a newsroom, media organization or production studio.
• High proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite, with expert proficiency in both Adobe After Effects and Premiere Pro.
• Portfolio showing YouTube videos (hosted, vlog-style and/or explainer formats).
• Experience building tension in hooks, controlling pacing and tonal shifts in video storytelling.
• You are energized by building a founding YouTube team and establishing workflows.
• Experience on-site production including lighting and audio setups.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with producers to create videos and promo cuts grounded in ethical journalistic standards.
• Translate investigations and scripts with appropriate tone and sensitivity.
• Own creative and technical postproduction: editing, motion design, color, sound for YouTube-first audience.
• Develop end-to-end motion design workflows: storyboards, animatics, final products.
• Establish a central motion design library of templates and reusable assets.
• Maintain ProPublica’s brand standards and design system across videos.
• Communicate status and timelines; collaborate with producers to deliver on schedule.
• Manage multiple projects through various production stages with tight deadlines.

Skills

Video editing

Motion design

After Effects

Premiere Pro

YouTube formats

Collaboration

Storyboarding

Tools

Adobe Creative Suite

Figma

Google Workspace

Job description

ProPublica, a nonprofit newsroom, is hiring a video editor and motion designer for the new YouTube team. You will own postproduction, motion graphics, color, sound, and build scalable workflows as a founding team member.

The role blends editorial storytelling with platform-native formats for growth on YouTube. You'll work with reporters, editors, and freelancers, reporting to the director of multiplatform audience strategy.