Senior Staff YouTube Producer (R5963)

Shield AI is seeking a Senior Staff YouTube Producer to lead the development, production, publishing, and growth of the company's YouTube channel.

The YouTube Producer will turn Shield AI's work in autonomy, aviation, defense, and artificial intelligence into clear, accurate, audience-focused stories. They will manage projects from concept through final edit, packaging, publishing, and analysis while partnering with technical experts, executives, and communications teams.

Responsibilities

• Own Shield AI's YouTube programming strategy, editorial calendar, publishing cadence, and channel-growth plan.
• Develop and produce video concepts including explainers, product stories, interviews, flight-test content, event coverage, customer narratives, and short-form video.
• Lead projects from creative brief through scripting, interviews, production planning, editing, review, and delivery.
• Edit high-quality long-form and short-form content, including story structure, pacing, sound, graphics, color, captions, and final delivery.
• Package and publish videos using effective titles, thumbnails, descriptions, chapters, playlists, metadata, and calls to action.

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience in video production, post-production, digital media, editorial, or content marketing.
• Strong portfolio demonstrating video editing, visual storytelling, interview production, narrative structure, and digital-video judgment.
• Advanced proficiency in Adobe Premiere Pro and working knowledge of After Effects, Photoshop, Audition, DaVinci Resolve, or equivalent tools.
• Demonstrated experience producing and publishing content for YouTube or similar digital-video platforms.
• Strong understanding of YouTube packaging and analytics, including thumbnails, titles, audience retention, click-through rate, watch time, and subscriber growth.
• Ability to independently develop concepts and manage productions from idea through published video.
• Willingness to travel periodically for production, events, customer activities, or field shoots.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience managing or growing a YouTube channel for a technology, aerospace, defense, industrial, science, or mission-driven organization.
• Experience with camera operation, lighting, location audio, and directing interviews or on-camera talent.
• Experience managing freelance editors, motion designers, production crews, agencies, or vendors.
• Familiarity with YouTube Shorts and adapting long-form content for short-form distribution.
• Experience working with regulated, security-conscious, or high-growth technology organizations.

Success Metrics

• A consistent YouTube publishing cadence that supports Shield AI's brand and business priorities.
• Clear, compelling content that makes Shield AI's mission, people, products, and technology more understandable to broad audiences.
• Stronger channel performance across watch time, retention, engagement, returning viewers, and subscribers.
• Reliable, scalable production workflows that maintain quality, accuracy, and security.