Associate Producer/Editor

E! News digital is hiring an Associate Digital Video Producer/Editor who will be a part of our growing team of digital video producer/writer/editors on the News Video Editorial team. The Associate Producer/Editor is creative, adaptable, and quick at writing and creating digital video content. You should have prior experience in entertainment news video production, proven video editing skills, and a clear understanding of the key difference between traditional media and digital-first content. This Associate Producer/Editor will report to the Senior Producer/Editor and is planned to have a schedule of Tuesday – Saturday. Responsibilities Include: Create 3+ digital video stories per day, often under tight news-driven deadlines. Cut short form digital video in under 3 hours from end-to-end: Collecting reporting, writing the script, collecting assets/b-roll, track VO, produce and edit video, and post on social and digital platforms. Edit with ease in Adobe Premiere, AfterEffects or AVID Work with E!’s social and editorial teams to create highly-sharable content Optimize sound and lighting quality in videos, create simple graphic transitions, add text on screen and other graphics and easily export videos. Write strong, factual, entertainment news scripts for news packages. Serve as a creative producer/editor on assigned projects (including, but not limited to livestreams, weekly video series, mashups, interviews, show clips and other projects as assigned) Create SEO-optimized headlines and captions that factually represent your video story and drive video views on E! News digital platforms. Use strong news judgement Optimize and post content for social media platforms, including Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and YouTube Liaison with producing team, booking team, and post-production as needed Produce guest interviews/attend field shoots, as needed and shoot crisp, clean footage on DSLR camera or iPhone Collect clear audio in the field and in the studio Take assignments from the Sr Producers daily Contribute to team brainstorms by pitching content ideas that will help build video views, on-site and off-site traffic and audience Maintain a level of professionalism with talent Line Produce and work on ad/sales content when assigned Produce branded content, as needed Juggle multiple projects with parallel timelines