Senior Producer, Video

Paramount

Senior Producer overseeing video development and production at Paramount. Collaborating on pitches, managing editorial standards, and ensuring quality across platforms.

Posted 5/30/2026full-timeNew York City • New York • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $170,000 - $200,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Originate and develop pitches across various format videos, in collaboration with department heads and other producers
Partner with producers to guide research, sharpen angles, and resolve pre-production questions
Review content across slate and deliver thoughtful, actionable feedback that elevates storytelling and maintains a consistently high creative standard
Serve as a key liaison between department heads, producers, and editors, translating high-level editorial priorities into structured, usable notes that guide the edit
Collaborate with the Head of Production on scheduling, budgeting, crewing, shoot planning, and look and feel of Free Press video content
Collaborate with the Head of Post Production to manage delivery timelines, workflows, and resource allocation
Oversee, assign, and edit copy for video posts across Substack, YouTube, and RSS platforms, ensuring editorial voice and accuracy across every episode
Manage video release calendars, ensuring strategic scheduling in coordination with Editorial

Requirements

What you’ll need

5+ years leading production on fast-turn digital video, news podcasts, or similar editorial content
Strong editorial judgment, with a track record of turning complex ideas into compelling video
Deep knowledge of the media landscape and a strong instinct for what will resonate right now
Experience working directly with on-camera talent, producers, and editors and shaping their output
Fluency with basic production tools and workflows (e.g., microphones, cameras, Premiere, platforms like Riverside)
Strong post-production sensibility, with the ability to collaborate effectively with editors on pacing, structure, tone, and visual style, while translating stakeholder feedback into clear creative direction
Ability to operate at a fast pace, including responding to breaking news outside standard hours when needed
Have experience and a hunger to use AI tools, learning from them to improve both tactical and strategic choices for the role
Passion for The Free Press’s mission and curiosity about ideas across the political and cultural spectrum

Benefits

Comp & perks

medical
dental
vision
401(k) plan
life insurance coverage
disability benefits
tuition assistance program
PTO
bonus eligible

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Hard Skills & Tools

video productioneditorial judgmentcontent feedbackschedulingbudgetingcopy editingpost-productionAI toolsstorytellingresearch

Soft Skills

collaborationcommunicationleadershipcreativityadaptabilitystrategic thinkingattention to detailcuriosityproblem-solvingtime management