Assistant Producer - Social Media

Day-to-Day Responsibilities:

• Own the process of curating, creating, and delivering content to be featured on Newsmax’s social media profiles.
• Share news stories, articles, video segments, and graphics in distinct styles across Newsmax’s different social platforms.
• Keep up-to-date on the latest breaking news and trends, and share details as needed with Newsmax TV and web producers.
• Optimize video content with a goal to maximize audience retention and monetization.
• Create promotional graphics and video to promote upcoming TV segments and guests, and to accompany news stories.
• Work with Newsmax TV producers and show production teams to get ahead on content, segments, and for photo/video opportunities.
• Occasional podcast production and live-streaming producer duties

What you bring to our team:

• A passion for news, politics, pop culture and current events
• Strong news judgment, with the ability to thrive under pressure while being precise, quick and accurate.
• Eagerness to use analytics and performance data to improve social content creation and engagement metrics.
• Ability to work successfully with teams and independently on multiple projects under tight deadlines with limited supervision.
• Willingness to adapt working schedule to cover special/breaking news events, including nights, holidays and weekends if needed.
• Experience with Adobe Creative Suite, specifically in Premiere Pro and Photoshop, or other non-linear video editing software.
• Experience with 3rd party social campaign management platforms (i.e. Hootsuite, Sprinklr, Emplifi)
• Experience with video production and past coverage of breaking news is preferred, with the ability to write catchy and accurate copy on the wide variety of topics Newsmax covers, and the ability to identify and prioritize the most socially engaging and newsworthy items of the day from broadcast and website sources to quickly convert to social content.

Preferred Qualifications:

• 1-3 years of newsroom experience and/or social media content production at a news, entertainment or other media brand on social media.
• Excellent writing ability and a strong understanding of English grammar and AP Style rules.
• Degree in journalism, communications, public relations or a related field a plus.
• Experience with social content management systems and analytics programs a plus.

To learn more about NEWSMAX’s social media, please visit our accounts:

Facebook | X (formerly Twitter) | YouTube | Instagram | Threads | GETTR | Truth Social | Bluesky

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $50,000 - $70,000 per year