VinePair

VinePair is looking for a motivated Assistant Editor to join our editorial team. We’re interested in someone who is excited about working in a startup environment, resourceful, and passionate about our brand. If this is you—plus you love the world of drinks—and you have writing and editing experience, we should talk.

This position would primarily be responsible for supporting our editorial team across projects, including but not limited to: writing, researching, and reporting; SEO; wine, beer, and spirits tastings; podcast ideation and production; and social content creation. 

We are looking for a candidate who’s a hard worker with a great attitude and a knack for generating endless ideas. The ideal person is passionate about VinePair’s mission, “Drinking is Culture,” and will contribute their creativity to continue to grow this dynamic publication.

Job Requirements Include

• Pitch, research, report, and write feature and supporting articles on a variety of topics
• Regularly generate ideas and contribute to editorial projects and programming
• Daily editorial article production in CMS
• Daily editorial newsletter writing and production 
• Support of other editorial projects, including but not limited to: drinks tasting and reviewing; podcasting; events

Qualifications

• Excellent writing and communication skills
• 1-3 years writing and/or editing experience, bonus points if in the wine, beer, or spirits space
• Flawless grammar and spelling
• Ability to stay organized and meet deadlines
• Passion for journalism, not just book-report writing
• Knowledge of WordPress a plus

Additional requirements

• Must be able to work 4 days a week in our NYC offices 
• Must present proof of Covid-19 vaccination and booster
• Must love dogs (our offices are dog friendly!) 

Benefits

• Health insurance with 80% monthly premium covered; vision insurance; free OneMedical and Teladoc memberships; free 1-year Talkspace membership
• Regular wine and spirits classes, staff tastings, monthly events, and other team outings
• A fast-paced, exciting startup environment
• Learning and development stipend 

Interested? Please send your resume, a cover letter, and salary requirements to [email protected]. Please note that these applications will be prioritized over LinkedIn Easy Apply applicants.

Salary commensurate with experience

VinePair

VinePair, the country’s largest media company for the drinks industry, is seeking a Creative Producer to join our growing team. The ideal candidate is passionate about producing photography and video for media in the food and beverage space, and excited to join a fast-paced newsroom in a dynamic startup environment. This position will work closely with the Brand Partnerships and Editorial teams under the direction of our Art Director.

Responsibilities

Photography

• Work closely with the art team to ideate photography standards that are within VinePair’s visual style.
• Shoot product and still life in-studio, as well as on location in various environments.
• Edit, retouch, color-correct and own all aspects of post-production.
• Contribute ideas for photo essays and visual editorial projects.
• Help manage VinePair photo studio, maintaining equipment, props, and set design materials.

Video

• Brainstorm social video ideas that are consistent with trends on social platforms and translate them to VinePair’s drinks content.
• Produce multiple social videos per week for distribution across relevant platforms, working with Social Editor to ensure videos are optimized for all mediums (Instagram Reels, YouTube Shorts, TikTok).
• Edit, retouch, and optimize social videos in post production.
• Manage VinePair’s TikTok account and post in-app directly.
• Work with the editorial team on best practices to amplify editorial content to quick and digestible social video.
• Oversee video production for recording across the VinePair Podcast Network.

Miscellaneous

• Opportunities to attend as a production assistant on brand partnership video & photoshoots.
• Shoot photo and/or video for smaller-budget brand partnership campaigns.
• Assist Art Director with photo and vendor research for large budget brand partnership campaigns.

Qualifications/Requirements

• 2+ years experience working in photo/video production at a media company or relevant field
• Knowledge of digital, social, photo, and video trends.
• Deep proficiency in video creation, specifically for TikTok and Reels
• Skilled in Adobe Creative Cloud (Photoshop, Lightroom) for output of quality visual assets post-production.
• Can creatively translate the needs of the brands and client into high quality output through a detailed understanding of the requirements of the platforms.
• Website/portfolio of photography is a must to be considered for this role.
• Experience and knowledge of the drinks industry is not required but is a major plus
• Experience and knowledge of high-level video production is not required but is a major plus
• Willingness to touch multiple facets of the company, beyond “job description” and learn from experts in the field.

Additional requirements

• Must be able to work in-person in our NYC offices 
• Must present proof of COVID-19 vaccination and booster
• Must love dogs (our offices are dog friendly!)

Benefits

• Health insurance with 80% monthly premium covered, free OneMedical membership
• Regular wine and spirits classes, staff tastings, monthly events, and other team outings
• A fast-paced, exciting startup environment
• Educational stipend 

Interested? Send resume, cover letter & website/portfolio to [email protected] Please note that these applications will be prioritized over LinkedIn applications.

VinePair