More Perfect Union Action 

Position Title: Vertical Video Editor Fellow

Job type: Paid Fellowship 

Compensation: $20/hour plus up to $500/month home office expense reimbursement

Time commitment: Full-time (M-F 9am-5pm ET), 6 month fellowship beginning May 28, 2024 through November 29, 2024.

Location: Hybrid — Fellows will need to be based in NYC for on-location shoots

In addition to uploading your resume, applicants must fill out the questionnaire on the application site. There is no need to send a cover letter. 

Applications will be accepted for this position through April 30, 2024.

More Perfect Union is an advocacy and journalism organization with a mission to build power for the working class. We cover politics, policy, labor, business, and economics news through a class lens, and we pair our reporting with activism to help working people win policy fights. Launched in February 2021, More Perfect Union’s coverage has garnered more than 500 million video views and 2+ million followers and subscribers.

We’re hiring a Vertical Video Editor Fellow to join our team. The Vertical Video Editor Fellow will work closely with the social media team as well as our reporters and producers to conceptualize, script, produce, and edit news-driven videos specifically for TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube Shorts. 

Editing skills are essential for the role, but the ideal candidates will have passion for and experience in all aspects of video creation: ideation, scripting, and pre-production; production (including field recording and on-camera work); and post-production. They will be working on a range of video formats, including breaking news coverage, on-camera explainers and skits, and concise, shareable versions of our longer-form content.

The Vertical Video Editor Fellow must be immersed in and excited about the process of telling stories through video, with the technical and narrative skills to create powerful stories that hook viewers and keep people watching to the end. The position requires a high level of self-sufficiency, strong collaboration and communication skills, and a desire to help develop and grow our brand.

Core Responsibilities: 

• Conceive of, produce, and/or edit original vertical videos for our social media channels; 

• Edit on-the-ground footage into compelling social media videos;

• Work with our video teams to break down longer, produced pieces into compelling short-form content;

• Help build distribution plans and strategies to increase engagement with our content;

• Monitor analytics, audience sentiments, and social media trends;

• Assist with all aspects of video distribution, including scheduling content, community management, and optimizing posts for engagement and search;

• Receive assignments from supervisor and colleagues for prompt action;

• Operate in a nimble environment;

• Perform other duties as assigned.

Experience/Qualifications: 

• Proficiency with Adobe Premiere;

• Interest and experience in on-camera work in news or explainer videos is a major plus;

• Passion for, and substantial knowledge of, national politics and economic justice  issues; 

• Regular user of social media, in particular TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube;

• An excellent writer, communicator and collaborator, with strong interpersonal skills;

• Able to craft a distribution strategy for a particular video or story based on its topic  and target audience;

• A self-starter who pays close attention to detail and is highly organized and capable  of meeting tight deadlines;

• Available full-time hours and able to excel in a remote - work from home  environment.

At More Perfect Union we strive to increase diversity, equity, inclusion and justice in all elements of our work. We recruit, employ, train, compensate, and promote regardless of race, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity (including gender nonconformity and status as a transgender individual), age, physical or mental disability, post-secondary educational status, citizenship, genetic information, past, current, or prospective service in the uniformed services, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law. We strongly encourage members of historically underrepresented and marginalized communities to apply.

More Perfect Union is offering fellows a living wage and benefits package including: health, dental and vision benefits, monthly home office expense reimbursement, paid federal holidays, PTO and paid sick leave. 

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