Senior Producer, YouTube
Warner Bros. Discovery
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: New York City • New York • United States
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Salary
💰 $103,390 - $192,010 per year
Job Level
About the role
- CNN is building a next-generation YouTube ecosystem that will leverage original, platform native franchises at its core.
- We’re hiring a Senior Producer, YouTube, to help build and produce original series and formats that drive audience growth, watch time, and revenue.
- This role works in lockstep with the Channel Manager, YouTube, and the Video Editorial Team and is key to developing a new slate of mid- to long-form storytelling.
- The ideal candidate is a YouTube-fluent creative with strong editorial instincts.
Requirements
- 5–7+ years producing digital video, with substantial YouTube-first experience.
- Ability to pitch, script, shoot, and edit mid-/long-form stories that thoroughly engage audiences.
- Sharp understanding of YouTube-specific pacing, visual logic, intros, tension arcs, and retention mechanics.
- Fluency in YouTube analytics, A/B testing, packaging optimization and performance interpretation.
- Deep familiarity with successful YouTube formats and niches beyond hard news, and an understanding of why they work.
- Strong editorial judgment and capacity to translate complex reporting into engaging, universally appealing frameworks.
- Proficiency in video editing software (motion graphics a plus).
- Track record of building or contributing to successful YouTube series or franchises.
- Experience collaborating with journalists, strategists and multi-disciplinary editorial teams.
- Ability to articulate and defend creative decisions with both YouTube-native logic and editorial rigor.
- Comfortable in fast-moving environments with shifting priorities and tight turnarounds.
- Self-directed, detail-oriented, and energized by building something truly new.
Benefits
- health insurance coverage
- an employee wellness program
- life and disability insurance
- a retirement savings plan
- paid holidays and sick time and vacation
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Hard Skills & Tools
producing digital videoYouTube-first experiencepitchingscriptingshootingeditingYouTube analyticsA/B testingvideo editing softwaremotion graphics
Soft Skills
strong editorial judgmentcreative decision articulationdetail-orientedself-directedcollaborationadaptabilityengagementstorytellingcapacity to translate complex reportingfast-paced environment comfort