Videographer/Editor- Yahoo Sports

Yahoo Sports connects fans to the sports and fantasy games they love most, providing personalized quality content and superior fan experiences every day.

Yahoo Sports is looking for a Videographer/Editor for original sports content. This position will be responsible for all facets of capturing video — working closely with producers, editors, talent, and other remote/studio production crew.

Candidates must have the ability to go onsite to our LA or NYC office, up to 5 days a week, as needed.

 

Responsibilities:

·   Shoot and edit high-quality, short-form video content in an efficient manner that informs, engages and entertains

·   Coordinate with on-camera talent & producers on style of individual segments & repeatable franchise series

·   Establish filming location (in-studio or field) with excellent lighting, audial and visual setups 

·   Gather and prepare production elements for editing including photos, motion graphics, and sponsor integrations

·   Generate creative video ideas to support Yahoo Sports goals across reach, engagement, and revenue 

·   Collaborate with video producer for approval on final edits

·   Serve as lead videographer in the field at major tentpole sporting events when needed

·   Familiarity and comfort working across numerous distribution channels (e.g., app, web, social media) and formats (live, long-form VOD, short-form VOD)

Qualifications/Requirements:

·   College Degree or equivalent

·   Minimum five (5) years of production experience, preferably with a sports media focus

·   Familiarity with all sports — in particular NFL, NBA, College Football, College Basketball, and MLB

·   Flexibility to operate within a fast-paced environment 

·   Strong work ethic, self-start initiative, positive attitude, and the ability to handle multiple tasks and set priorities is a must

·   Excellent communication and organizational skills

·   General knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite preferred — including Premiere, After Effects & Photoshop. Experience editing motion graphics is a plus.

·   Ability to film with ENG camera, record audio (using lavalier / handheld or boom microphones), set standard 3-point lighting

·   Experience with streaming devices (i.e. LiveU) is a plus

·   Open to working evenings/nights and/or weekends/holidays when necessary based on the sports calendar

Yahoo is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, and will not be discriminated against based on age, race, gender, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, disability or any other protected category. Yahoo is dedicated to providing an accessible environment for all candidates during the application process and for employees during their employment. If you need accessibility assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability, please submit a request via the Accommodation Request Form (www.yahooinc.com/careers/contact-us.html) or call 408-336-1409. Requests and calls received for non-disability related issues, such as following up on an application, will not receive a response.

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The compensation for this position ranges from $72,750.00 - $151,250.00/yr and will vary depending on factors such as your location, skills and experience. The compensation package may also include incentive compensation opportunities in the form of discretionary annual bonus or commissions, in addition to equity incentives. Yahoo provides industry-leading benefits including healthcare, 401K savings plan, company holidays, vacation, sick time, parental leave and an employee assistance program. Eligibility requirements apply.

Yahoo has a high degree of flexibility around employee location and hybrid working. In fact, our flexible-hybrid approach to work is one of the things our employees rave about. Most roles don’t require specific regular patterns of in-person office attendance. If you join Yahoo, you may be asked to attend (or travel to attend) on-site work sessions, team-building, or other in-person events. When these occur, you’ll be given notice to make arrangements. 

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