The Dayton Daily News, Springfield News-Sun and Journal-News are looking for a digital-first Video Producer who is passionate about visual storytelling and excited about helping local journalism reach new audiences. This role will create compelling video journalism for our websites, social platforms and emerging digital channels, producing content that informs, engages and grows audiences across our three news brands.
The ideal candidate is a journalist and storyteller who can identify strong stories, shoot and edit video, collaborate with reporters and editors and create platform-specific content that performs across digital channels. You'll cover everything from breaking news and severe weather to local government, sports, business, investigations and community features.
You'll work alongside talented reporters, editors, photographers and audience specialists to help define how video journalism supports and strengthens our mission. We're looking for someone who is curious, collaborative, adaptable and eager to experiment with new formats while maintaining the highest journalistic standards.
Responsibilities
- Produce compelling video journalism for the Dayton Daily News, Springfield News-Sun and Journal-News.
- Research, pitch, shoot, edit and publish videos for digital, social and emerging platforms.
- Create short-form and long-form content, including breaking news coverage, explainers, enterprise stories, community features and special projects. This will include a mix of quick-turn and longer-term assignments.
- Collaborate with reporters and editors to identify opportunities for visual storytelling tied to daily and enterprise reporting.
- Respond quickly to breaking and developing news, exercising strong editorial judgment under deadline pressure.
- Conduct interviews and gather compelling video, quality sound and supporting visual elements in the field.
- Write scripts, headlines, descriptions, captions and metadata that support audience engagement and content discovery.
- Work with audience, social and newsroom leaders to identify opportunities to expand reach and engagement through video.
- Monitor audience and platform performance metrics and use those insights to improve future content.
- Maintain organized production workflows and digital asset management practices.
- Contribute ideas for new formats, recurring franchises, series and innovative storytelling approaches.
- Support newsroom staff by providing video training and best practices to elevate overall video quality.
- Stay current on video-production techniques, audience trends, platform best practices and emerging technologies.
- Work a flexible schedule that may include evenings, weekends and holidays as news coverage requires.
Qualifications
- High School Diploma/GED and 7 years’ experience in a related field. The right candidate could also have a different combination, such as any level degree/certification beyond a HS diploma/GED in a related discipline and 5 years’ experience; or 9 years’ experience in a related field
- Demonstrated experience shooting and editing professional-quality video content.
- Proficiency with Adobe Premiere Pro or similar professional video-editing software.
- Strong storytelling, reporting and interviewing skills.
- Strong news judgment and understanding of journalism ethics, accuracy and fairness.
- Strong organizational skills and the ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines simultaneously.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Valid driver's license and ability to travel throughout the coverage area.
- Experience working in a newsroom or digital-media environment.
- Experience creating vertical-video content for TikTok, Instagram Reels and YouTube Shorts.
- Comfort in being a personality on camera to interview, explain or present to our audience.
- Cox is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer - All qualified applicants/employees will receive consideration for employment without regard to that individual’s age, race, color, religion or creed, national origin or ancestry, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, physical or mental disability, veteran status, genetic information, ethnicity, citizenship, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Opportunities
- Help shape the future of visual journalism across three respected local news brands serving Southwest Ohio.
- Tell meaningful stories, experiment with new formats, collaborate with talented journalists.
- Help grow the reach and impact of local news through video.
- Help other journalists learn how to transition their storytelling more into the video space.
Compensation:
Hourly pay rate is in the range of $26.73 - $40.10/hour. The hourly base rate may vary within the anticipated range based on factors such as the ultimate location of the position and the selected candidate’s knowledge, skills, and abilities. Position may be eligible for additional compensation that may include commission (annual, monthly, etc.) and/or an incentive program.
Benefits:
Employees are eligible to receive a minimum of sixteen hours of paid time off every month and seven paid holidays throughout the calendar year. Employees are also eligible for additional paid time off in the form of bereavement leave, time off to vote, jury duty leave, volunteer time off, military leave, and parental leave.
Applicants must currently be authorized to work in the United States for any employer without current or future sponsorship.
