A Little About Us
The Yahoo Finance YouTube team is dedicated to building the premier video destination for a new generation of investors. We move beyond basic stock updates to explore how business, money, and power show up in real life and shape our world. Operating as a fast-paced, collaborative team, we transform complex market narratives into highly engaging, culturally relevant visual stories.
About the Role
We are seeking an Associate Producer, YouTube to support the day-to-day execution, creative development, and packaging of our YouTube channel. Sitting at the intersection of financial news, storytelling, and digital media, this is a hands-on production role focused on the logistical, creative, and technical elements of video creation. Working under the guidance of the YouTube Lead, you will help shape daily stories, package video assets, and use performance data to iterate on what works to drive views and channel growth.
Responsibilities
Produce and package daily YouTube content from Yahoo Finance’s extensive content library of shows, and interviews into clear, standalone, platform-native video packages.
Support senior producers in translating complex financial concepts into structured, visually engaging video concepts.
Develop concepts for YouTube-native formats that translate complex financial topics into visual, culturally resonant videos that drive views, engagement, and growth.
Execute day-to-day video packaging — titles, thumbnails, descriptions, chapters — grounded in audience behavior and real-time trends.
Use YouTube Analytics to monitor performance (CTR, views, watch time, retention, subscribers) and support ongoing A/B testing and content experiments.
Partner collaboratively with editorial, social, senior producers, and talent to adapt live video segments across the Yahoo ecosystem.
Actively experiment with and adopt emerging internal and approved third-party AI video and productivity tools to identify new operational efficiencies in daily creative workflows.
Utilize approved AI tools to draft multiple variations of highly engaging, search-optimized video titles, descriptions, and descriptive metadata for final editorial review.
Required Qualifications
1–3 years of experience in digital, streaming, or social video production, journalism, or social video creation.
Proficiency in Adobe Premiere Pro, Final Cut Pro, or similar editing systems to execute high-quality, quick-turn video edits daily.
Solid understanding of core YouTube packaging mechanics, including thumbnails, title optimization, playlists, and community features
Interest in markets, personal finance, and business trends, with a strong curiosity to learn and translate financial topics for a broader digital audience.
Strong written communication and editorial judgment, with a focus on writing clear, compelling headlines and descriptions.
Commitment to continuous learning, experimentation, and adapting workflows to evolving digital platforms and AI-augmented environments.
Outstanding organizational skills and high attention to detail while managing multiple deadlines in a fast-paced news environment.
Comfort working with basic data dashboards and performance analytics to support content decisions.
Flexibility to work a variable schedule, including occasional early mornings, evenings, or weekends aligned with major financial market events or earnings cycles.
Preferred Qualifications
2–5 years of experience in digital video production or social content creation.
Advanced proficiency in the Adobe Creative Cloud suite, particularly Premiere Pro, After Effects, and Photoshop for graphic and basic motion asset creation.
Experience utilizing generative text models to systematically brainstorm, draft, and refine creative video hooks, copy variations, and distribution angles.
Proficiency in Adobe Photoshop for thumbnail and graphics creation.
Familiarity with YouTube analytics and structured channel testing (A/B testing titles, formats, thumbnails, and publishing times).
Experience growing a YouTube channel, with measurable impact on views, watch time, subscribers, and audience composition.
Core knowledge of financial news sectors (e.g., markets, cryptocurrency, corporate earnings).
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The material job duties and responsibilities of this role include those listed above as well as adhering to Yahoo policies; exercising sound judgment; working effectively, safely and inclusively with others; exhibiting trustworthiness and meeting expectations; and safeguarding business operations and brand integrity.
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The compensation for this position ranges from $56,250.00 - $117,500.00/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. Our comprehensive benefits include healthcare, a great 401k, backup childcare, education stipends and much (much) more.Currently work for Yahoo? Please apply on our internal career site.
Skills Required
- 1-3 years of experience in digital, streaming, or social video production, journalism, or social video creation.
- Proficiency in Adobe Premiere Pro, Final Cut Pro, or similar editing systems for quick-turn video edits.
- Solid understanding of YouTube packaging mechanics including thumbnails, title optimization, playlists, and community features.
- Interest in markets, personal finance, and business trends and ability to translate financial topics for digital audiences.
- Strong written communication and editorial judgment for clear, compelling headlines and descriptions.
- Commitment to continuous learning, experimentation, and adapting workflows to AI-augmented environments.
- Outstanding organizational skills and high attention to detail while managing multiple deadlines in a fast-paced news environment.
- Comfort working with basic data dashboards and performance analytics to inform content decisions.
- Flexibility to work a variable schedule, including occasional early mornings, evenings, or weekends.
- 2-5 years of experience in digital video production or social content creation.
- Advanced proficiency in Adobe Creative Cloud, particularly Premiere Pro, After Effects, and Photoshop for graphics and motion assets.
- Experience utilizing generative text models to brainstorm, draft, and refine creative video hooks and copy variations.
- Proficiency in Adobe Photoshop for thumbnail and graphics creation.
- Familiarity with YouTube analytics and structured channel testing (A/B testing titles, formats, thumbnails, publishing times).
- Experience growing a YouTube channel with measurable impact on views, watch time, subscribers, and audience composition.
- Core knowledge of financial news sectors (markets, cryptocurrency, corporate earnings).
What We Do
Yahoo is a global media and tech company that connects people to their passions. We reach nearly 900 million people around the world, bringing them closer to what they love—from finance and sports, to shopping, gaming and news—with the trusted products, content and tech that fuel their day. For partners, we provide a full-stack platform for businesses to amplify growth and drive more meaningful connections across advertising, search and media.
