Video Producer - Handle Recruitment : Job Details

Handle Recruitment are looking for a motivated and creative Video Producer to join our client's global media company!

Video Producer Role:

The producer is responsible for ideating and creating vertical videos across TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, WIRED.com, and other emerging social platforms. This role will both curate archival assets and create original video, working closely with WIRED's Global newsrooms to identify reporting across our verticals that has the potential to succeed in a video format.

To be successful in this role, you must be a vertical video wizard, with a strong desire to differentiate WIRED from the competition. You must be skilled at developing repeatable formats that resonate with social audiences, adept at identifying journalism with the potential to succeed as vertical video, keen to mentor and train reporters on how to translate their work to this medium, and adept at pivoting quickly depending on news priorities.

You should also have demonstrated examples of how you've proactively identified and implemented effective solutions to problems and created production infrastructure, with impeccable time management skills and a collaborative approach.

Day Rate - £190 (Inside IR35)

4 Days in Office - Central London, WC2N 6HT

Temp role running until December 2025.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Ideate, produce, and edit original social video for WIRED's vertical video platforms.
• Work with writers and editors to adapt their reporting and expertise into social video; train and mentor journalists to do voiceover, appear on-camera, and translate written articles into video scripts.
• Partner with Global newsroom to adapt and publish videos from other markets.
• Partner with Editorial Leadership and Audience Development on the programming strategy for WIRED's vertical video platforms, ensuring that engagement, franchise development, and audience growth KPIs are top of mind.
• Regularly review audience KPIs and use this data to inform and improve vertical video strategy and output.
• Serve as the production lead on all repurposed and repackaged content across platforms.
• Maintain awareness and provide vertical video support for all brand initiatives, from major tentpoles to sponsored projects.
• Provide general production support for WIRED's video team on social and YouTube.
• Manage pre-production and post-production process, including, but not limited to, shoot schedules, budgets, and creative outlines.
• Stay up to date on evolving features, trends, and emerging social platforms.
• Additional responsibilities as assigned.

Desired Skills & Qualifications:

• 3+ years experience in vertical video production, with a specific emphasis on news environments in one or more of WIRED's core coverage areas - consumer products, the technology industry, politics, science/innovation, and security.
• Strong videography and animation skills with demonstrated experience using Adobe Premiere, After Effects, and Photoshop.
• An established creative portfolio, with soup-to-nuts experience in concept creation and execution of digital videos that have driven deep, organic engagement across multiple platforms.
• Demonstrated experience providing creative evaluation, mentorship, and feedback to editorial teams.
• Knowledge of internet culture and digital video landscape (e.g. YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok), the unique elements of each video platform and what makes particular videos successful on those platforms.
• An entrepreneurial mindset with an eagerness to learn and build and a reputation as a proactive, innovative "doer."
• Strong communication and organisational skills with demonstrated ability to manage a constantly evolving workload and prioritise appropriately - balancing long-term value with near-term goals.
• Adaptable and flexible - ability to juggle multiple assignments with tight deadlines, staying calm under pressure.

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