Social Producer

Headquartered in New York City, Guardian US, is an entirely digital operation that seeks to engage US readers by combining the Guardian's internationalist, online journalism with US voices and expertise. We are now looking for a Social Producer to join our New York team. The Guardian US seeks a creative and collaborative journalist to join our US team and help build our presence on platforms such as Google Web Stories, Instagram, Snapchat and Tiktok. The right candidate will have a strong visual journalism background and the ability to create graphics, edit videos and design compelling social stories. They will have a flair for summarising long, complex information into engaging and concise copy and thrive in a fast-paced news environment. The social producer will work with journalists across the US newsroom to identify stories that would work well on social channels and play a key role in defining our style and approach to off-platform storytelling. The role involves both repurposing Guardian journalism for social platforms as well as conceiving of and creating original stories. The social producer will be a key member of our US audience team, and has a dual reporting line into the Executive Producer, social platforms, in the UK who oversees the voice, aesthetic and tone of the Guardian’s off-platform journalism.