Be Part of What's Next
Great stories deserve great video. Join Hearst Magazines' Central Video team and help bring some of the world's most iconic media brands to life through compelling, platform-first content that reaches millions of viewers every day. If you're energized by celebrity talent, cultural moments, and fast-paced production, this is an opportunity to make an impact across a portfolio of industry-leading brands.
About Hearst Magazines (Why Us?)
Hearst Magazines is one of the world's largest publishers, with a portfolio of 30 brands that reach millions of consumers across print, digital, video, social, and experiential platforms. Our brands inspire, entertain, and inform audiences every day through premium storytelling and innovative content experiences.
Key Responsibilities (What You Are Doing)
- Produce and direct high-quality video shoots in studio and on location, working with talent ranging from emerging creators to A-list celebrities.
- Develop creative pre-production materials that capture timely, buzzworthy, and culturally relevant moments tailored to individual talent.
- Lead productions from call time through wrap, ensuring seamless coordination between talent, crew, editorial teams, and brand stakeholders.
- Partner with multiple Hearst Magazine brands—including Cosmopolitan, Delish, Esquire, ELLE, Harper's BAZAAR, and Good Housekeeping—to create engaging video content aligned with each brand's unique voice and audience.
- Identify and produce compelling social-first clips from longform content for platforms including YouTube Shorts, TikTok, Instagram Reels, and other emerging channels.
- Manage production logistics, including crew coordination, transportation, releases, scheduling, media delivery, and on-set operations while maintaining budgets and timelines.
- Collaborate closely with editors, post-production, graphics, and production teams to deliver polished content that meets editorial, creative, and publishing objectives under tight deadlines.
- Monitor video performance and leverage audience insights, platform trends, and analytics to inform future creative strategy and storytelling.
Qualifications (What We're Looking For)
- 3+ years of experience in video production, preferably in fast-paced editorial, digital media, entertainment, or similar environments.
- Demonstrated experience producing and directing both longform and short-form video content across platforms such as YouTube, YouTube Shorts, TikTok, Instagram Reels, and other social channels.
- Experience directing celebrity or high-profile talent with confidence and professionalism.
- Strong editorial instincts with a keen eye for visual storytelling, pacing, framing, and audience engagement.
- Deep knowledge of pop culture, emerging digital trends, and social video best practices.
- Exceptional organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple projects, shifting priorities, and tight deadlines simultaneously.
- Collaborative, adaptable, and resourceful with outstanding communication and problem-solving abilities.
- Experience with Adobe Premiere is a plus.
- Experience in editorial video production is preferred.
- Hybrid role based in New York City with an expectation of working in the office four days per week, plus on-set production as needed. Flexibility to work occasional evenings and weekends is required.
Benefits (What We Offer)
- Work with the Best: Collaborate with top-tier professionals across media, advertising, tech, fashion, lifestyle, and publishing, shaping the future of these dynamic industries.
- Grow Your Skills: Unlock your potential with access to innovative training programs, immersive workshops, and exclusive industry events.
- Work-Life Harmony: Enjoy the flexibility of hybrid work, empowering you to balance professional success with personal priorities.
- Foster Connection & Belonging: Join our Employee Resource Groups and help create a welcoming workplace where everyone feels valued and empowered.
- Wellness First: Prioritize your well-being with a comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, dental, and vision insurance from Day 1.
- Plan for Your Financial Future: Enjoy competitive financial perks, including a 401(k) plan with a generous company match.
The base salary range for this role is $71,400–$75,000. This position is not eligible for bonus or commission compensation. Actual compensation will be determined based on experience, skills, qualifications, and location.
Hearst Magazines is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
This is a position covered under the Writers Guild of America, East, Collective Bargaining Agreement.
Skills Required
- 3+ years of experience in video production, preferably in editorial, digital media, entertainment, or similar environments
- Experience producing and directing longform and short-form video content across YouTube, YouTube Shorts, TikTok, Instagram Reels, and other social channels
- Experience directing celebrity or high-profile talent
- Strong editorial instincts and visual storytelling skills, including pacing, framing, and audience engagement
- Knowledge of pop culture, emerging digital trends, and social video best practices
- Exceptional organizational skills and ability to manage multiple projects, shifting priorities, and tight deadlines
- Collaborative, adaptable, resourceful, and strong communication and problem-solving abilities
- Experience with Adobe Premiere
- Experience in editorial video production
- Ability to work in the New York City office four days per week in a hybrid role
- Flexibility to work occasional evenings and weekends
Hearst Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Hearst and has not been reviewed or approved by Hearst.
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare coverage is described as comprehensive, including medical plan choice, full in-network preventive coverage, dental and vision, telemedicine, prescription coverage, and fertility resources. Mental-health resources and other wellbeing services (e.g., therapy sessions, crisis support, virtual physical therapy, and chronic-condition programs) further strengthen the health offering.
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Retirement Support — Retirement support is positioned as meaningful through a 401(k) plan with company matching and Hearst covering plan administration fees. Performance bonuses are also noted as available in some roles, adding an additional rewards component beyond base pay.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time-off benefits include paid holidays, paid sick days, and vacation time with a commonly cited annual range, alongside paid parental leave and family medical leave. A remote work program and flexibility signals are also included as part of the overall rewards experience.
Hearst Insights
What We Do
Hearst is a leading global, diversified media, information and services company with more than 360 businesses. Its major interests include ownership in cable television networks such as A&E, HISTORY, Lifetime and ESPN; global financial services leader Fitch Group; Hearst Health, a group of medical information and services businesses; transportation assets including CAMP Systems International, a major provider of software-as-a-service solutions for managing maintenance of jets and helicopters; 33 television stations such as WCVB-TV in Boston and KCRA-TV in Sacramento, California, which reach a combined 19 percent of U.S. viewers; newspapers such as the Houston Chronicle, San Francisco Chronicle and Times Union (Albany, New York); more than 300 magazines around the world, including Cosmopolitan, ELLE, Men's Health and Car and Driver, and digital services businesses such as iCrossing and KUBRA; and investments in emerging digital entertainment companies such as Complex Networks.
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