Video Producer

**What’s the role?**

The Herald Sun is looking for a dynamic and creative Video Producer to help shape our video storytelling and drive audience growth across our digital platforms. This role is crucial in producing high-quality video content that increases engagement, expands our reach, and ultimately drives new subscriptions.

You’ll be responsible for creating compelling video content for our website and app, ensuring our on-platform audience is informed and engaged. Your work will help bring the brand’s biggest stories to life through video, encouraging more readers to subscribe, whilst maximising reach and engagement.

We’re looking for someone who is a proactive storyteller, confident in pitching ideas and working with journalists to enhance video coverage. You’ll need to balance newsroom demands with a deep understanding of digital audiences, ensuring our video content delivers real impact.

This role is based in our Melbourne office, 5 days a week and will include rotating weekend shifts.

**Key Responsibilities**

+ **Video storytelling** : Produce high-quality video packages that inform, entertain, and engage Herald Sun’s audience.

+ **Daily content creation** : Pitch and execute original video ideas for news, entertainment, lifestyle and sport

+ **Editing & post-production** : Cut and package full-length videos for the website and shorter, high-impact clips for social media.

+ **Filming & sourcing content** : Confidently shoot, source, and produce video content that aligns with our editorial and audience strategy.

+ **Collaboration**: Work closely with journalists and newsroom teams to elevate news storytelling through video.

+ **Analytics & insights** : Track video performance and use data to refine and optimise content strategies.

**Who are you?**

+ 3+ years of experience in video production, editing, and content creation.

+ Proficiency in Adobe Premiere

+ Strong understanding of social video best practices.

+ Sharp news judgment - you know what makes a compelling story.

+ A proactive, creative mindset - someone who can spot opportunities and run with ideas.

+ Excellent time management and multitasking skills in a fast-paced newsroom.

+ Strong communication and collaboration skills to work across teams and stakeholders.

**What’s in it for you?**

+ Join a fast-paced, innovative team leading the way in digital storytelling.

+ Competitive employee benefits, career growth opportunities, and professional development.

+ Work for Australia’s most influential media organisation, reaching 16 million people monthly.

+ Employee discounts with top brands like Audi, Qantas, Apple, Samsung, and more.

+ Creative freedom to pitch and produce compelling video content.

**News Benefits**

News Benefits is our way of saying thank you to our people for their valued contribution to News, our audiences, clients and communities. Thanking them for the great things they do daily, for the greater good of Australia. Our benefits include:
+ **Exclusively ours** - Access to publications and products from across the News Corp family

+ **Health & wellbeing** - Advice, support and facilities for healthy minds and bodies (including an onsite gym at our Adelaide, Brisbane & Sydney offices)

+ **Time off** - News offers a range of leave options to support your personal needs and moments that matter in life: Parental leave, Birthday leave, Volunteer leave, Career break and Compassionate leave.

+ **Helping you grow** - Development opportunities (including diversity and inclusion - focused education series) and recognition

+ **Financial wellbeing** - Support on making the most of your money

+ **Perks & discounts** - Exclusive offers across a range of products and services

+ **Giving back** - Make a difference to our communities.

+ **Workplace Inclusion and facilities** - Engage with your passions through various employee-resource groups and accessibility to multi-faith quiet rooms & parents’ rooms

**Who are we?**

The Herald Sun is the voice of everyday Australians - a champion for the battlers, a leader in news, sport, lifestyle, and entertainment. As part of News Corp Australia, we produce world-class journalism that shapes national conversations

**What’s next?**

**Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion** _We know that diversity strengthens our teams and newsrooms as we seek to tell stories that represent the diverse communities of Australia that we serve. Our people make us unique and we all have a story. We encourage people of all ages, backgrounds, races, cultures, religions, sexual orientations, abilities and gender identities to apply. Inclusion is important to us and we want everyone at News to bring their whole-selves to work. If you require any accommodations or adjustments throughout the recruitment process, or would like to outline which pronouns you prefer, please feel free to let us know._

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