Harvard Business Review seeks digital video producer

Harvard Business Review, the world’s most influential source of management ideas and an innovative multiplatform media brand, is looking for a digital video producer.

This is a six-month contract position. To be successful in this position, you must be curious, flexible, and data-driven, and you must love the web. You’ll be happy at HBR if you like working with smart, engaged people, are fascinated by the changes taking place in the media and publishing industry, and believe that good ideas and well-run organizations can change the world for the better.

Responsibilities 

Create compelling web videos featuring new data or research; practical management advice; or strong storytelling (and sometimes all of the above). Many of these videos will feature animations, graphics, music beds, and voiceovers, though some may also feature live-action recordings. This will require strong skills in video editing, sound editing, music sourcing and selection, animation, and design, as well as the ability to make sound editorial judgments. Here are some recent examples of the kind of videos we currently make, and which we hope you can help us improve upon:

https://hbr.org/video/4220594919001/how-egos-distort-the-way-we-see-each-other

Collaborate well with subject matter experts, editors, designers, developers, and other producers.
Obsess over metrics and user experience. Ask good questions and construct experiments to test hypotheses about how we might better meet audience needs and increase engagement. Experiment with new ways to tell management stories with video.

Requirements 

• Minimum 2 years’ experience (or equivalent) in digital video
• Excellent video editing skills, with the ability to handle every stage from storyboarding to final QA
• Wide-ranging, creative intellect and sharp editorial judgment
• Good instincts for thinking graphically
• Up-to-date understanding of digital trends and metrics
• Collegial and collaborative
• Sensitivity to user experience

Please visit our careers page at http://harvardbusiness.force.com/careers/ to apply!