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PT Content Coordinator/Production Assistant,…
- New York Post (New York, NY)
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Job Description :
The New York Post delivers the best in News, Sports, Entertainment and Pop Culture with wit, irreverence, and authority. Over the past 224 years, The Post has evolved into a multi-platform media company spanning print, digital, video, audio, app, television and commerce.
The New York Post delivers the best in news, sports, entertainment, and beyond—fearlessly covering the biggest stories with sharp insight, bold opinions, and an unmistakable edge. Our sports coverage is legendary, known for its fast-paced reporting, expert analysis, and unmistakable voice.
The New York Post video team is seeking a **Part-Time Content Coordinator/Production Assistant, Sports** to help publish compelling, shareable videos about sports. This person will play a key role on a new sports video team we are launching by helping ensure that the relevant content is published on time to our website, YouTube channel and a multitude of social and syndicated platforms. The ideal candidate is extremely detail oriented and can showcase a proven track record of cross-team collaboration and execution at digital news operations.
The candidate we seek has a deep knowledge and interest in all types of sports - established major leagues, upstart sports, gambling, esports and fantasy - as well as sports viral videos. You will be a key fulcrum between the video team and nationally renowned sports editorial team.
Per the Post’s mantra, you agree that news doesn’t have to be boring and you appreciate the odd and unconventional stories as well as important ones.
This is an opportunity to join an iconic media brand as it continues exponential digital growth. The New York Post has garnered more than a billion video views across various platforms in the past year.
Job Responsibilities:
• Manages all video content deliveries, metadata, images on all NYP Digital Platforms, syndication partners and social media.
• Tracks and processes daily ingestion and encoding of all incoming video content into our video platforms.
• Performs QA of all video deliveries, selects and crops still images to be used as thumbnails.
• Uploads stills into online CMS and shares video ID with content team for publishing online.
• Updates all metadata and custom fields before and after video content is published to reflect final titles, descriptions and programming types.
• Creates and manages program objects allowing content to feed into our various platforms and to syndication partners.
• Communicates details about new videos, content issues, and publishing information with internal teams
• Supports internal teams with any requests for player and preview links as well embed codes.
• Coordinates and optimizes metadata and asset deliveries between internal teams for all platforms.
• Manages our YouTube channel, identifies trends and executes videos in a timely manner.
• Demonstrates the ability to edit social vertical videos, write relevant captions and pitch ideas around relevant NY sports topics.
• Ability to identify key segments and clips and sees the edit and publishing process through completion for internal shows and podcasts.
Qualifications:
• 2+ years of experience working in a fast paced online news environment.
• Encyclopedic NYC sports knowledge including upstart sports, fantasy, and esports.
• Ability to work closely with internal stakeholders and reporters.
• Implement best practices for video metadata, thumbnails, and discovery on all videos
• Familiarity with content management systems is a plus such as Wordpress, video CMS like Brightcove and web analytics tools like Parse.ly, Crowdtangle, etc.
• Familiarity with key tools in Adobe Creative Suite (Premiere, Photoshop, After Effects) also a plus.
• Familiarity with the New York Post and our writing style
• Use web analytics to monitor audience engagement with our videos and strategize for growth on various platforms
• Open to working evenings, holidays or weekends if required
• Must enjoy working collaboratively and accurately in a fast paced but fun environment
• Strong news judgment and attention to detail and journalistic values a must
Note: This role will be expected to report into the office. Hours would be Saturday 4p-8p and Sunday 3 pm-11 pm. Sunday hours during football season could change and other PT hours)
At The New York Post we recognize that attracting the best talent is key to our strategy and success as a company. As a result, our ranges reflect our good faith estimate to pay fairly as to what our ideal candidates are likely to expect, and we tailor our offers within the range based on the selected candidate's experience, industry knowledge, technical and communication skills, and other factors that may prove relevant during the interview process.
As an equal opportunity employer, the New York Post does not discriminate in hiring or the terms and conditions of employment because of an individual’s race, color, religion, national origin, age, disability, gender, sexual orientation, citizenship or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. The New York Post will consider the provision of reasonable accommodations to known physical or mental disabilities of otherwise qualified applicants to enable them to participate in our application process and to effectively perform the essential functions of the job, unless doing so would impose an undue financial or operational hardship.
Pay Range: $24/Hr - $26.50/Hr
At the New York Post, we’re passionate about providing readers with the best in National News, Sports, Entertainment, and Lifestyle like only the Post can – with wit, irreverence and authority.
**OUR BRANDS:** Include The New York Post (https://nypost.com/) : expert news, extensive, award-winning sports coverage, and insider commentary, Page Six (https://pagesix.com/) : an influential leader in celebrity and entertainment news, Decider.com : helping the on-demand generation discover the best streaming content, and Alexa (https://nypost.com/alexa/) : our luxury lifestyle print edition focused on the best in luxury fashion, real estate and travel.
**OUR REACH:** People love us. We are one of the largest growing digital networks, averaging over 90 million unique visitors a month! Our social footprint continues to expand across Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/NYPost/) , Twitter (https://twitter.com/nypost) , Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/nypost/?hl=en) , TikTok (https://www.tiktok.com/@nypost?lang=en) , and YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/@nypost/videos) , where our videos average 313 million monthly views.
**OUR PEOPLE:** The Post team is a group of diverse, creative, passionate minds – ever evolving and innovating. We believe news doesn’t have to be boring to be news… so we make sure it isn’t!
**OUR GROWTH:** An ever evolving multi-platform media company, we span print, digital, video, social, podcast, app, commerce/affiliate, original TV programming, and Post Sports+ (https://nypost.com/account/subscribe) , our newly launched Sports membership experience!
We’re growing. Come join us!
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