Crooked believes that we need a better conversation about politics, culture, and the world around us—one that doesn’t just focus on what’s broken, but what we can do to fix it. We are a media network that showcases stories, voices, and opportunities for activism that inform, entertain, and inspire action, because it’s up to all of us to do our part to build a better world.
Job Summary:
Crooked is hiring for a Video Editor in the Production department reporting to a Senior Video Producer. This role will focus on editing a video version of Crooked’s daily news podcast, What a Day for YouTube. This role will require a shifted work schedule from Sunday through Thursday with 1:30pm - 10:00pm being the primary shift of work.
Crooked has adopted a hybrid work model for our entire staff. We believe that the best work is done in a hybrid capacity as it combines the flexibility of working from home with in person collaboration. We are looking for LA based candidates, or candidates willing to relocate within the first 3 months of accepting an offer.
How You’ll Spend Your Time:
Converting What a Day into a Daily Video Product
- Working with the video producer to edit the video version of the show each day
- Adding elements like graphics, b-roll, and music when possible to make the video version more visually appealing
- Address any notes the producer may have on various drafts
- Package video piece for uploading in quick turnaround time
- Work with the social media team to pull and format clips from the full episode for social platforms
What You’ll Bring To The Table:
- 2+ years as a professional video editor in the digital media space
- High proficiency with Adobe Premiere, Photoshop, After Effects, and other parts of the Adobe Suite
- Experience cleaning up audio files for best possible audio quality
- Ability to work collaboratively with a team and take notes from a wide variety of stakeholders
- Ability to deliver quality work on a tight schedule
- Creativity with a flair for strong visual elements
- Ability to bring humor to a video edit when called for
- Thorough knowledge of timing, motivation and continuity
- Bachelor’s degree preferred
- Excellent written and verbal communication
- Understanding of digital media files, organization and formatting
- A passion for news, politics, and popular culture
This job description provides a summary of how you’ll spend your time but is nowhere near exhaustive, so other duties may be assigned over time.
Pay and Perks:
At Crooked, we believe in paying employees at or above market rates that are informed by salary surveys and industry benchmarks. In addition to competitive salaries, we offer full-time employees excellent benefits including:
- Paid healthcare
- 401k match
- Generous vacation
- 16 weeks of paid parental leave
- A discretionary year-end bonus
- Did we also mention our offices are closed at the end of the year?
When we open up a position, we conduct a market analysis to ensure we have the most up-to-date data. Once we’re ready to extend an offer, we look at the individual’s years of relevant experience and other compensable factors to determine a competitive offer. And for this role, the starting salary range is $70,000 - $80,000.
About Us
We welcome everyone—as an inclusive workplace, we invite all our employees to bring their authentic, whole selves to work. Our mission and intent is to encourage people from every nation, race/ethnicity, belief, gender, gender identity, sexual identity, disability, and culture to feel respected and valued for their unique contributions to our company.
We approach our work courageously, adapt and improve constantly, and celebrate the wins big and small. We cultivate a culture of creativity and expression at Crooked Media. We hire the best talent, ensure they have the tools and training they need, and set them free. If you have a high degree of ownership and are driven to excel, you’ll fit right in.
That’s it. End of mission.
What We Do
In 2016, a sane conversation about politics was most needed but hardest to find. Cable news panels, you may have noticed, are not the best.
Twitter is a great place to slowly lose your mind. Everywhere, the work of excellent journalists competes with click-bait, fake news, and whatever Donald Trump is tweeting about. We need a better conversation about politics in this country. That’s why we launched Crooked Media — to talk about politics in a way that doesn’t make you want to throw your phone out the window – with shows and analysis and other forms of sweet, sweet content that inform, entertain, and inspire action. No, we’re not unbiased, we’re not always serious and we’re certainly not always right. But we promise a no-bullshit conversation about politics and culture where you can laugh, cry, scream, ridicule us daily, share your ideas, and hopefully decide that you want to help fix this mess too. That’s it. End of mission.
Check out Crooked's newsletter along with our slate of podcasts on iTunes including: Pod Save America, Pod Save The World, Lovett or Leave It, Keep It, Majority 54, With Friends Like These, Crooked Conversations, and Pod Save The People.
