Digital Content Producer

New York City, NY (Hybrid)

$90K/yr – $140K/yrMid Level2+ years expFull time

Posted 2 months ago

Job Summary

Own multimedia content production and distribution across X, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and YouTube to advance serious policy ideas and influence decision-makers.

  • Platform-first storytelling: edit and package video content for cross-channel dissemination with a strong visual/storytelling approach.
  • Collaborative ownership: work with MI leadership to shape messaging and rapid-response production for City Journal's policy agenda.
  • Operational impact: manage fast-paced workflows and platform algorithms to maximize reach and potential policy impact.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • In this role, you will be responsible for amplifying City Journal’s content by creating, editing, and packaging multimedia content for distribution across platforms like X, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and YouTube.
  • The producer will work with MI Senior Fellow Christopher F. Rufo and Jordan Chamberlain, Director of Rapid Response.
  • A successful candidate will be a creative video editor with strong organizational skills who thrives in a fast-paced environment and is passionate about using digital tools to expand the reach of serious policy ideas.
  • The goal is not only to reach a large audience, but to make real and immediate change by reaching decision-makers.
  • Understanding both the social media landscape as a whole and having fluency within each individual platform is essential to success.

Requirements

  • 2+ years of hands-on experience in video editing, social media content production, digital media, and broadcast clipping.
  • Advanced proficiency with video editing software
  • Experience with media monitoring and clipping tools
  • Deep understanding of short-form video trends and platform-specific algorithms
  • Ability to meet tight deadlines in a fast-paced environment
  • Creative storyteller with a strong visual eye and ability to turn complex ideas into short-form video content
  • Familiarity with the work of CJ and MI, and a desire to work in support of MI’s mission

Benefits

  • MI offers generous benefits, including a hybrid work environment, four weeks paid vacation, a Flexible Fridays program, paid paternity/maternity leave, medical and dental coverage, medical and dependent care FSA, mental health benefits, remote medicine, paid company cell phone, life insurance, and a 401(k) with a company-funded match. MI staff also benefit from the opportunity to collaborate and socialize with prominent scholars in our policy space.

Salaries

Posted range

$90K/yr – $140K/yr

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Digital Content Producer

Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, Inc. · New York City, NY · Hybrid