Supervising Producer, Popsugar

Vox Media is seeking a video leader who understands the ever-changing social media landscape and is highly organized to oversee the video program at Popsugar.

Directly reporting to the Director of Audience Development, this individual will oversee video development and production across Popsugar. The ideal candidate is an experienced video leader with the initiative to ideate, kick-start and manage multiple projects from start to finish in a fast-paced setting, a razor-sharp eye for details, skilled communicators (in person and remotely), and strong understanding of the sponsorship business. This individual should balance social video execution based off Vox Media’s business priorities.

Popsugar creates inspirational and accessible lifestyle content that helps our audience live more balanced and fulfilling lives. Our coverage is rooted in real-life stories, first-person perspectives, and expert-backed advice. We embody positivity, honesty, and straightforwardness across our content, from hype-checking the latest beauty treatments and workouts to curating the products and trends worth your time and money.

Popsugar is part of Vox Media, the leading modern media company. We guide our audience from discovery to obsession. We inspire essential conversations about what’s now, what’s next, and what’s possible.

As a community of journalists and storytellers, business professionals, creators and technologists, we believe it is a moral and business imperative to amplify voices: to cultivate diversity, equity, and inclusion throughout our organization and media. This applies to our candidates, our teams, our storytelling, our creative work, and our platforms, products, and partnerships.

Creative Development: Leading ideating, coordinating, producing, and delivering buzz-worthy audience-first franchises, series, and one-off social videos across Popsugar, including sponsorship campaigns.
Content: Collaborate with other video leads, edit leads, and the Audience Director to ensure we deliver the highest quality content possible. As well as:

• Develop new social video ideas for repeatable series
• Produce and shoot in the field weekly 
• Edit 1-3 social videos per week 
• Stay on top of pop culture, lifestyle, events, and trends and pitch timely social video ideas as you see fit
• Work with leadership on big initiatives and brand programs
• Mentor and assist editors in creating their own videos as needed

Talent Management: Work alongside the Social Talent Coordinator, Aud Dev Director, and Editor-in-Chief to manage a network of talent and creators for series production and video partnerships.

Sponsorships: Partner with leadership on new & existing RFPs to ensure we are balancing client requests with editorial sensibilities. Create, assign, and deliver video concepts or series based on specific sponsorship campaigns. This includes finding solutions for new opps and developing series (working alongside VP of Video).

Revenue: Partner with VP of Video to ensure we are hitting revenue goals & delivering all content in timely manner.

• 8+ years of professional experience producing social video (creation through post)
• Expert in developing social concepts for video
• Strong understanding of video analytics on the platforms and the impact they play
• Strong experience with sponsored video concepts 
• Both high-end and low-fi shooting capabilities for social
• Previous people management experience
• Previous Talent or Creator management experience including working with agents
• Ability to work across different brands and on different platforms
• Strong storytelling capabilities
• An understanding that social video changes rapidly

This job is based in New York, NY, and expected to be able to come into our NYC office.

This is a permanent, full-time position. This job is benefits-eligible. We pride ourselves in providing comprehensive benefits to support all of our employees wherever they are in life. You can find more information about our benefits here.

Vox Media is committed to building an inclusive environment where everyone can show up as their authentic selves and create their best work. We recognize that great stories, platforms, products and services come from people with all manner of backgrounds and experiences. We recognize that our commitments require ongoing work and sustained attention, as well as adaptation to new insights and best practices. We keep our diversity data public for the sake of accountability, transparency and communication. Learn more about our values here, and our approach to corporate citizenship here. 

Vox Media is an Equal Opportunity Employer and qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, disability, national origin, protected veteran status, age, or any other status protected by applicable national, federal, state, or local law. Vox Media will also consider all qualified applicants with criminal histories in accordance with applicable Fair Chance laws. We are also committed to providing reasonable accommodations as part of the application process to candidates with disabilities. If you require a reasonable accommodation as part of the application process, please contact our People & Culture team ([email protected]).

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