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About Yahoo Finance Yahoo Finance is the world's most-used business and financial digital platform, offering millions of daily users access to data, insights, tools, news, and information from its own in-house team and other leading financial media. Its news operation produces live streaming market coverage each trading day, as well as other special programming throughout the week. Its programming reaches millions of viewers daily through Yahoo Finance's apps and platforms, social media platforms, and leading Advanced TV platforms. Our digital storytelling plays a crucial role In support of Yahoo Finance's mission of helping all our users protect and increase their wealth, focusing on economic, corporate, and investing news and insights that drive the markets, personal-finance priorities, and insightful profiles and interviews of the world's most prominent business leaders and influential investors. About This Job This role with the Yahoo Finance video team helps oversee the department's original video production related to business, financial, and economic news. A keen understanding of digital video storytelling and optimization is essential. As the Supervising Producer, you will help shape our overall programming by overseeing and producing deeply reported video features, news-pegged explainers, newsmaker interviews, and recurring franchises. These Yahoo Finance originals will be expected to capture viewers' attention through their sharp perspective, approachable style, and clear relevance to the most significant investments and financial questions investors face. Strong candidates for the role will have experience with both quick-turn and planned news coverage in a digital video news environment distributed over several distinct platforms. Exceptional editorial judgment, high-quality field production experience, team management, and organizational skills are essential for this position. Decisiveness and clear communication are critical. To apply, please submit your résumé, a cover letter outlining your skills and relevant experience, and links to five videos representing the work type described. This role is based in NYC, and an in-office presence is required. Responsibilities: • Help oversee a team of video producers to pitch, develop, and produce original Yahoo Finance features for audiences across our daily live distribution onsite and off, YouTube, and major social platforms. • Work closely with producers to provide clear and productive feedback on scripts and video cuts. • Sharpen story angles, strengthen script-writing, and polish edits with producers and video editors. • Help set the editorial standards for YF original content with solid attention to detail. • Help conceptualize and manage visually dynamic, original field shoots. • Maintain budgets and track spending in collaboration with the operations team. • Maintain a robust editorial/programming calendar tied to news events, seasonal topics, and YF tentpoles. • Mentor producers and strengthen editorial and storytelling backbone. • Use SEO and data tools to set priorities and optimize videos to enhance discovery. • Keep projects moving forward, as well as, collaborate closely with newsroom leaders on all assignments. • Ensure each video program and episode's success with active involvement from pitch to distribution. • Complete additional duties as assigned. Basic Qualifications: • At least 10 years of experience working in a daily news environment focused on video production. • At least two years of experience managing journalists and production teams. • Passionate about all things finance and investing, with an understanding of markets, business, and investing strategies. • An exceptional storyteller with a proven track record of strong reporting and high-quality, original field production with the audience and platform in mind. • Professional experience writing and reviewing headlines and scripts for news features on deadline. • Ability to collaborate with newsroom leaders, producers and reporters across video, text, sales, and more. • Experience optimizing video content for SEO. • Deep understanding of data on-site, off-platform, and social media. • A critical thinker who applies data toward the video storytelling strategy. • Hands-on experience with CMS and digital publishing tools. • Exceptional organizational skills, short and long-term planning. • Strong project management skills, building, maintaining, and executing a roadmap • Extremely flexible with an eye always toward the changing news environment. • Strong communicator, both written and verbal. • Strong EQ with the ability to build strong relationships across the Yahoo Finance teams. • Editing, shooting, or other production skills are a plus.

Created: 2024-10-22