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Newsweek

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201 - 500 employees

Founded 1933

📣 Marketing

📱 Media

Marketing • Media • Publishing

Newsweek is a global media organization that delivers news, analysis, and commentary across a wide range of topics including politics, technology, health, finance, and entertainment. It offers articles, insights, and updates on world events and issues, and provides a platform for opinion and debate. Newsweek is known for its publications both in print and online, serving a diverse audience with factual reporting and unique storytelling.

📋 Description

• Identify, create, or source high-impact visuals (video, stills, graphics, data visuals) that add clear editorial value to Newsweek journalism • Anticipate visual needs for major, developing, and breaking stories • Ensure visuals enhance storytelling and contribute meaningfully to audience engagement and dwell time • Continuously monitor news developments, video agency feeds (e.g. AP, Storyful, C-SPAN, government feeds), and social platforms • Quickly source, produce, and publish relevant video content for breaking and trending stories • Ensure all assets are correctly ingested, labeled, and positioned effectively in the CMS and across platforms • Tailor video content for each platform (CMS, social channels, YouTube), ensuring optimal format, pacing, and length • Select the most effective storytelling format for each story (e.g. reporter-led, voiceover, caption-led, sound-on-tape, VO-only) • Contribute to newsroom goals around audience engagement, including improving reader/viewer dwell time • Work closely with Newsweek’s newsdesk, social, and editorial teams to align on priorities and identify opportunities for video-led storytelling • Collaborate constructively with reporters and editors throughout the production process • Communicate clearly across shifts to maintain continuity, especially during breaking news • Maintain well-organised assets and clear production workflows • Provide detailed handover notes to ensure seamless continuity between producers and shifts • Use AI and production tools appropriately to improve speed, efficiency, and output quality • Stay informed about emerging tools and workflows and contribute to continuous improvement of visual storytelling

🎯 Requirements

• Strong editorial judgment and a clear understanding of how visuals enhance journalism • Interest in US news is a must • 2-5 years of experience producing video content in a fast-paced newsroom or digital media environment • Ability to respond quickly and accurately to breaking news • Proven ability to optimise content for different platforms • Strong organisational skills and attention to detail in asset management and workflows • Collaborative mindset with excellent communication skills • Familiarity with video editing tools and newsroom CMS platforms • Openness to experimenting with new tools, including AI-driven workflows

🏖️ Benefits

• Be part of a global newsroom delivering impactful journalism • Play a central role in shaping how stories are told visually • Work in a collaborative, fast-moving news environment • Opportunity to innovate and influence evolving video and storytelling formats