Senior Producer, Enterprise Video

The Washington Post is seeking a senior producer to help lead our original video team. This management position plays a critical role in guiding our Murrow Award-winning team of video reporters in coverage of breaking news, enterprise and major live events. The responsibilities of this position include working with video reporters from story pitch to final production, including conceptualization, interviewing, videography and editing of short, mid-form and fully interactive pieces. The successful candidate has exceptional news judgment, with an equal passion for covering breaking and trending news events, as well as enterprise and investigative storytelling. This role requires responding quickly to news anywhere in the world through the deployment of staff video journalists or freelancers and moving seamlessly between breaking stories and long-term projects. The ideal candidate is an exceptional writer and editor, with at least five to seven years of experience helping video journalists write accurate and balanced scripts that grab and hold viewers’ attention through character development. The successful candidate has demonstrated experience managing complex stories that require layers of editorial and legal review. Experience managing interactive projects that balance text, photos, graphics and video is essential.