Producer, MS NOW Digital (Video)

Location: New York, NY, United States; hybrid with in-office work Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday weekly. Must be willing to work flexible hours, including breaking news, election events, debates, weekends, and special projects.

Salary: USD 93,000–110,000 per year.

Company

hirify.global is a media and entertainment company operating brands across political news and opinion, business news and personal finance, golf, sports, and genre entertainment, including MS NOW and complementary digital platforms.

What you will do

• Conceive, write, produce, and edit daily vertical videos for social platforms, with a strong focus on politics, elections, campaigns, and the 2028 race.
• Transform interviews, live moments, linear segments, reporting, and breaking news into accurate, distinctive, high-performing digital video.
• Collaborate with the DC political unit, campaign teams, reporters, field producers, editors, anchors, contributors, and show teams on story framing, scripts, headlines, and visual execution.
• Distill complex political and policy stories into concise, accessible storytelling for broad digital audiences.
• Develop daily and longer-term pitches for original video, social franchises, and 2028-focused formats.
• Edit longer-form video for YouTube, OTT, livestreams, and other digital platforms; write scripts, headlines, captions, descriptions, and social copy while meeting editorial, legal, Standards and Practices, and accuracy requirements.

Requirements

• At least 5 years of experience in digital, social, or video producing, editing, and writing.
• Deep knowledge of politics, campaigns, elections, and issues shaping the 2028 cycle, including experience covering politics and elections.
• Expert Adobe Premiere skills and the ability to edit efficiently and creatively under tight deadlines.
• Demonstrated experience producing and editing original digital video for social audiences.
• Strong scriptwriting, headline-writing, copy-editing, storytelling, editorial judgment, and the ability to identify compelling and newsworthy elements.
• Strong attention to accuracy, fairness, context, nuance, and detail.
• Ability to manage multiple assignments and original projects in a fast-paced news environment.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work independently and take editorial direction.
• Familiarity with YouTube livestream technology and digital production workflows.
• Must be willing to work in New York, NY; must have unrestricted work authorization in the United States; and must comply with MS NOW Standards and Practices.

Nice to have

• Experience working with reporters, field teams, anchors, or show production teams on video stories.
• Strong instinct for emerging political stories and the audience conversation around them.
• Experience producing both vertical social video and longer-form YouTube or OTT video.
• Familiarity with camera equipment, audio gathering, lighting, and basic field production.
• Ability to develop story ideas, research, and plan segments independently.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid schedule with in-office work Tuesday through Thursday.
• Position represented by the Writers Guild of America East.
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• 401(k), paid leave, tuition reimbursement, discounts, and other benefits.
• Fast-paced news environment involving breaking news, election events, debates, weekends, and special projects.

Hiring process

• External candidates may be required to attend an in-person interview at a hirify.global location before a hiring decision.