# Social Video Producer & Editor **Company**: Forbes **Location**: Jersey City, NJ **Work arrangement**: hybrid **Experience**: senior **Job type**: full-time **Salary**: $70,000 - $80,000 **Category**: Communications **Industry**: Media **Apply**: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/forbes/jobs/5741751004?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply **Canonical**: https://yubhub.co/jobs/job_19c47de9-b9e ## Description Forbes is looking for a Social Video Producer/Editor with proven experience creating original, vertical-first video content for platforms including Instagram, TikTok and YouTube Shorts. This is a true hybrid producer/editor role requiring strong creative, editorial and organizational skills. The ideal candidate is a confident editor and creative producer who can develop compelling short-form content while helping manage a high-volume video operation. Working closely with the Social Strategy and Video teams, this person will help oversee the day-to-day social video pipeline, ensuring projects move efficiently from production through publication. Responsibilities: - Create and edit high-quality, vertical-first social video with strong judgment around hooks, pacing, structure, captions and the opening seconds that drive audience attention and retention. - Edit quickly and confidently in Adobe Premiere Pro, delivering polished assets on deadline and working within existing Forbes graphics, captioning and audio standards. - Own the day-to-day social video pipeline, tracking the content backlog, edits, approvals, deadlines and deliverables from production through publication. - Coordinate with Social Strategy, Video and other stakeholders to prioritize work, manage timelines and support efficient rollout of a high volume of short-form content. - Identify and develop strong social-first opportunities from existing footage, interviews, events and other Forbes video, while contributing ideas for new short-form concepts and recurring formats. - Support the planning and production of vertical video tied to Forbes editorial priorities, working closely with the Social Strategy and Video teams to execute against the broader programming strategy. - Partner with the Social Strategy team on interview preparation, research, question development and other pre-production needs for social-first shoots and event coverage. - Participate in shoots and on-site event coverage, helping ensure content is captured with vertical and social deliverables in mind. - Collaborate with Forbes’ Social Strategy and Video teams to adapt long-form video for social, execute original short-form content and support projects across editorial, events, sponsored programs and other Forbes programming. - Maintain a strong understanding of Instagram, TikTok, YouTube Shorts and other relevant platforms, applying evolving formats, audience behavior and vertical video best practices to each project. - Maintain Forbes’ journalistic, editorial, brand and creative standards across all work, while supporting publishing and distribution workflows as needed. The Ideal Candidate: - Has a proven track record creating vertical, social-first video that performs, with portfolio examples demonstrating strong audience viewership, engagement or other meaningful performance. - Is highly creative, with strong instincts for developing original, Forbes-relevant video concepts, recurring formats and compelling hooks that make audiences want to stop and watch. - Understands short-form storytelling and can independently shape footage into an engaging vertical video, with strong judgment around the opening seconds, pacing, structure, captions and retention. - Uses performance and audience behavior to inform creative decisions and continually improve short-form storytelling. - Has 1–2+ years of hands-on experience editing in Adobe Premiere Pro and can work quickly and confidently across a high volume of vertical video edits. - Is exceptionally organized and able to manage a large pipeline of projects, deadlines, deliverables and competing priorities. - Demonstrates strong editorial judgment and an understanding of news, business, culture and the types of stories and ideas that resonate with Forbes audiences. - Is proactive, collaborative and comfortable working across Social Strategy, Video and other teams, incorporating feedback quickly while bringing ideas and creative solutions to the table. - Maintains a strong understanding of Instagram, TikTok, YouTube Shorts and the evolving formats, behaviors and best practices that shape successful vertical video. The annual base salary range for this role is $70,000 - $80,000. ## Skills ### Required - Adobe Premiere Pro - Instagram - TikTok - YouTube Shorts - video editing - social media ### Nice to have - Photoshop - Figma - Asana - project management --- Source: [Apply at job-boards.greenhouse.io](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/forbes/jobs/5741751004?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply)