The Dodo is seeking a creative and experienced visual storyteller to join our video team. To thrive in this role, you’ll need to excel at sourcing and crafting an emotionally compelling narrative that hooks viewers immediately and keeps them watching until the very end. You’ll feel comfortable producing a mid- or longer-form social video from start to finish — from sourcing content online, conducting interviews and requesting extra footage, to scripting and structuring a memorable, emotional story. We’re looking for editors who can spot an emotional piece of found footage and use it as a building block to produce a midform video with visual arc, using shot lists and giving direction to the uploader to acquire every piece of footage needed to make the story complete.

WHO WE ARE

The Dodo is the #1 media brand for reach on mobile in the U.S., and the most engaged media brand globally across all content genres. We tell fun, entertaining, emotional stories about animals that make people laugh, cry happy tears, feel ALL the feels, and fall in love with animals.

The Dodo is part of Vox Media, the leading modern media company. We guide our audience from discovery to obsession. We inspire essential conversations about what’s now, what’s next, and what’s possible.

As a community of journalists and storytellers, business professionals, creators and technologists, we believe it is a moral and business imperative to amplify voices: to cultivate diversity, equity, and inclusion throughout our organization and media. This applies to our candidates, our teams, our storytelling, our creative work, and our platforms, products, and partnerships.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

• Source compelling stories about animals by mining social media, building relationships, putting together shot lists and communicating with uploaders to obtain engaging footage
• Find the Dodo angle that makes stories sharable through conducting interviews and crafting an original narrative with the emotional kernel in mind
• Use video editing techniques and rigorous storytelling to create about five midform videos per month that exemplify the Dodo voice and brand
• Use feedback to iterate on content selection/sourcing and editing techniques, working closely with other editors on the team

WHO YOU ARE

The ideal candidate will have an obsession with digital media, and be nimble and eager to stay two steps ahead of rapidly evolving best practices. A passion for finding clips that are emotional/visual gold and a data-driven urgency for reaching a wide audience on social media are key. Attention to detail, great people skills, persistence in gathering every part of the story, and the ability to manage multiple ambitious projects at once are needed to create videos that are consistently special and highly sharable. We are open to extremely committed recent grads. We are also looking for candidates with the following:

• Experience creating emotionally compelling narrative video (please provide clips)
• A drive to put together a complete story start to finish, including working closely with sources and producing parts of the story
• Basic After Effects a plus
• Desire to work for a growing company and a love of animals
• Extremely creative, organized and dedicated to creating best-in-class videos
• Able to work independently and also exchange feedback with a close-knit team
• Deep understanding of the Dodo brand and a drive to excel at the kind of storytelling that resonates emotionally with animal lovers

If you think you have what it takes, but don’t meet every single point in our job posting, please apply with a cover letter to let us know how you believe you can bring your unique skills to the Vox Media team or get in touch! We would love to have a chat and see if you could be a great addition to our team. We’ve hired chefs who became editors, DJs who became UX designers, and sommeliers who became writers.

WHERE YOU’LL WORK

This job is remote. We’re dedicated to the health and wellbeing of all of our employees, and when we reopen, will require everyone who works from one of our offices to be fully-vaccinated against COVID-19. Employees with approved religious or medical exemptions may be subject to additional safety requirements, such as submitting to regular COVID-19 testing and/or wearing a face covering in our offices.

WHY VOX MEDIA?

WHAT WE OFFER

This is a permanent, full-time position. This job is benefits-eligible. We pride ourselves in providing comprehensive benefits to support all of our employees wherever they are in life. You can find more information about our benefits here.

OUR DEI+ COMMITMENT

Vox Media is committed to building an inclusive environment where everyone can show up as their authentic selves and create their best work. We recognize that great stories, platforms, products and services come from people with all manner of backgrounds and experiences. We recognize that our commitments require ongoing work and sustained attention, as well as adaptation to new insights and best practices. We keep our diversity data public for the sake of accountability, transparency and communication. Learn more about our values here, and our approach to corporate citizenship here.

Vox Media is an Equal Opportunity Employer and qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, disability, national origin, protected veteran status, age, or any other status protected by applicable national, federal, state, or local law. Vox Media will also consider all qualified applicants with criminal histories in accordance with applicable Fair Chance laws. We are also committed to providing reasonable accommodations as part of the application process to candidates with disabilities. If you require a reasonable accommodation as part of the application process, please contact our People & Culture team ([email protected]).

WHAT COMES NEXT

Our recruiting team will go through applications in a timely manner. Please note that our recruiting team will only contact you from @voxmedia.com email addresses, never via text message. Read more about how our recruiting team operates, and how to protect yourself from recruitment fraud, here.

Dallas, United States of America

• Is a motivated self-starter with a positive attitude.
• Has a proven track record in corporate or agency video production, with demonstrated ability to create informational and engaging video content.
• Has expert-level experience taking a project from ideation and pre-production all the way through post-production.
• Is a confident communicator, able to interface with corporate executives as well as hired talent, comfortably directing them in a production setting.
• Has expert-level experience with modern camera systems, namely Sony, Canon, Blackmagic, and GoPro.
• Has experience operating stabilization tools, namely Steadicam and gimbals.
• Has camera experience in studio, outdoor and live event settings.
• Has drone camera operation experience.
• Has expert-level knowledge and experience with lighting techniques in the studio and outdoor settings, heavy experience with different types of lights, and knows which lights to utilize in any production scenario.
• Has extensive experience with lighting setups for interviews and multi-camera / multi-person conversational scenarios.
• Is a skilled, creative video editor, current with modern editing trends and techniques.
• Has a deep understanding of delivering clear messages and engaging viewers emotionally through dynamic storytelling.
• Possesses creative flair and versatility, passionate about current trends in design and video.
• Has an artistic eye and takes pride in the fine details of typography, composition, exposure, color, timing, and movement.
• Has a strong ear for music, the ability to make tasteful, intelligent selections, enhance mood and build emotion for a wide range of genres.
• Has strong post-production expertise – color grading, video compression, and file size optimization for various formats.
• Has graphic design and motion graphics experience (titles, 3rds, animated intros/outros).
• Is able to deftly manage feedback from multiple stakeholders throughout the project lifecycle while meeting deadlines.
• Is a true team player, able to take critiques in a positive and constructive manner, and always open to suggestions. Willing to go beyond a job description and jump in where needed.

• Produce, set up interview looks, light, film, and edit video that can either stand-alone or be incorporated with other video / motion graphics animation mediums.
• Non-linear editing of video segments covering a wide variety of topics.
• Collaborate with the Creative Director, Director of Digital Media, Motion and Web Designers, and other digital media and design team members in the process of developing creative storylines and executing video ideas.
• Storyboarding ideas as part of creative development, ensuring the project adheres to specifications of script and brand guidelines.
• Design and animate elements such as intro/outro graphics, lower thirds, and video thumbnails.
• Encodes final video projects to web-ready specs and works with the web team to upload files to the proper places online.
• Proper archiving of a project once all deliverables have been created.

• Special projects as requested.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
• May be required to carry equipment weighing more than 30 pounds for extended periods of time.
• May be required to transport and assemble video and audio equipment on location.

• BS or BA in digital arts, RTVF, graphic design, video production, or relevant work experience/ related field.
• 5-7 years of concept-to-completion professional video experience in a broadcast or corporate video production and communication environment, with increasing levels of responsibility.
• Must be proficient in an HD/SDI, non-linear, file-based, shared-storage editing environment.
• High level of experience with Adobe Creative Suite, Premiere Pro, After Effects, Media Encoder, Photoshop, Illustrator, and various video compression technologies.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Must be proficient in visual storytelling and possess a strong understanding of how to merge script and story with design.
• Ability to manage and prioritize multiple tasks
• Strong problem-solving skills
• Ability to maintain confidentiality.

• Extended working hours may be required as dictated by management and business needs.
• Travel to multiple facilities may be required.
• May be required to lift, push, or pull materials weighing up to twenty (30) pounds.
• May be required to sit and review information on a computer screen for long periods of time.
• May require repetitive motions of the hands and wrist related to writing and typing on an electronic keyboard.

More than 5 years of relevant work

Bachelor of Science (BS), Masters of Science (MS)