Video Editor/Producer

Ziff Davis is hiring a Video Editor/Producer at theSkimm in New York, New York, to drive the day-to-day social video output for one of digital media’s most recognized women’s news brands. This role sits within theSkimm’s multimedia team, reporting to the Director of Video and Audio, and owns the post-production workflow from raw footage ingestion through final delivery across social, YouTube, and owned channels. It suits an editor with strong editorial instincts who thrives in a high-volume, news-reactive environment and knows how to cut for social-first audiences without losing the story.

About the Role

The multimedia team operates across four brand properties, including @theskimm, @iamwellandgood, @wellplayedbytheskimm, and @skimmshopping, covering entertainment, politics, sports, pop culture, and health. A typical day means pulling selects from podcast recordings, junket interviews, or red carpet footage and turning them into postable edits before the moment loses heat. The role also touches pre-production planning, live event coverage, and recurring franchise development, making it closer to a producer/editor hybrid than a straight finishing role.

Key Responsibilities

• Edit a high volume of social-first video content daily, cutting raw footage from interviews, live events, and podcast recordings into platform-ready clips with speed and editorial precision.
• Cut longer-form content for YouTube and owned channels, maintaining consistent quality across short-form and long-form post-production deliverables.
• Monitor breaking news and cultural moments in real time, building timely clip packages that align with theSkimm’s editorial voice and audience expectations.
• Cover live events including award shows, sports championships, and major political moments, producing shareable video content on-site and under deadline.
• Support in-office and on-location production shoots, contributing to interview ideation and pre-production planning alongside the editorial team.
• Create static graphics in support of video packaging and promotion across theSkimm’s brand properties.

What You Bring

• 2 to 4 years of video editing experience at a media brand, publisher, or consumer-facing company with a documented track record of fast turnarounds.
• Proficiency in Adobe Premiere Pro is required; After Effects, Photoshop, and Figma are a plus.
• Deep working knowledge of social platform best practices across Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube, including how those platforms reward or penalize editorial choices.
• Fluency across pop culture, entertainment, politics, sports, and health topics relevant to theSkimm’s core audience.
• Comfort appearing on camera when the content calls for it, with equal creative investment in organic storytelling and branded partnership content.

Why This Role

Ziff Davis gives this position real production range, covering everything from red carpet junkets to breaking political news within a single editorial calendar. theSkimm has built a loyal, measurable audience, which means the work here has a direct feedback loop that most social video roles lack. For an editor looking to grow into a producer role within a structured multimedia team, this is a clear path.

Apply now for the Video Editor/Producer position at Ziff Davis and bring your post-production workflow into one of New York’s most consistent digital media operations.