Job Description

Vertical Video Producer, freelance

Location: i Headquarters - London

Position: Freelance





The i Paper is seeking

Video Producers

to join our freelance pool as we accelerate our growth on TikTok, Instagram Reels and YouTube Shorts.



This role involves delivering fast, accurate and engaging news clips in addition to video explainers, vox pops and new formats.



You will have solid news judgement and excellent production skills to produce high-quality video content, targeted towards The i Paper's social channel, using creativity to respond to the news agenda across our vertical video social platforms.



This includes responsibility for pitching, pre-production, shooting and editing your videos as part of this role. You will also work with our social team to ideate, experiment and find new audiences to reach with our videos.



Successful applicants should be

available on a flexible Monday - Friday basis

over the coming months and will be required to work their shifts from our London office.



Candidates are expected to use their own video equipment on occasion.

Key responsibilities:

Produce and publish video content tailored for The i Paper's target audiences on TikTok, Instagram and YouTube Shorts. This will involve end-to-end production: pitching, writing, shooting, editing and publishing content. Making data-led decisions to pitch ideas for subjects, framings and new formats with audience growth in mind. Craft compelling captions and messaging to drive engagement and viewer loyalty. Track content performance to inform future creative and strategic decisions. Work closely with teams across the organisation to develop standout video material. Monitor emerging trends to keep content relevant and platform-optimised. Collaborating with news desks and reporters to tell stories in a video format.

Key skills:

Excellent understanding of video for social media and the differing requirements for each platform. Experience in pitching, writing, shooting and editing shortform videos. Fast, efficient editing in Adobe Premier Pro or similar tools. Strong communication skills, including ability to pitch stories well. An experimental, creative approach to problem solving. Strong news sense and a passion for telling stories that reach new audiences. Good knowledge of trends and how to spot emerging topics.

About The i Paper

i is Britain's youngest national news publisher - and one of the most trusted. i has a unique mission: publishing non-partisan reporting and intelligent opinion. With a strong digital subscriber audience and a healthy print circulation, i has also grown digital reach to 11m users a month. Its newsroom breaks some of the biggest stories in UK journalism. Growing in influence and profitable, i is shortlisted for News Website of the Year and National Newspaper of the Year in the 2024 Press Awards, and is a recent winner of Daily Newspaper of the Year (London Press Club) and News Website of the Year (Online Media Awards). We pride ourselves on having a dynamic, collegiate work environment that celebrates creativity, innovation and success.

Our Commitment

We are committed to increasing diversity and maintaining an inclusive workplace culture. We welcome applications from all qualified candidates regardless of their ethnicity, race, gender, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, age, marital status, or disability.



We are Disability Confident Committed. Please let us know if you require any recruitment documentation in other formats or if you require reasonable adjustments to be made during the recruitment process. Please be assured that any such information will be held separately to your recruitment application and will not be considered as part of the selection process.