Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Yahoo is the world’s #1 finance destination, empowering investors with news, information, and tools to make financial decisions with confidence. They are seeking an Associate Producer for their YouTube team to support the day-to-day execution, creative development, and packaging of their YouTube channel, focusing on financial news and storytelling.
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
Skills
- 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
- 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)
Benefits
- Incentive compensation opportunities in the form of discretionary annual bonus or commissions
- Healthcare
- A great 401k
- Backup childcare
- Education stipends
Company Overview
Yahoo is a technology and media company that serves users through its portfolio of digital platforms, products, and services. It is a sub-organization of Verizon Media. It was founded in 1994, and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, USA, with a workforce of 5001-10000 employees. Its website is http://www.yahoo.com.Company H1B Sponsorship
Yahoo has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 197 in 2023, 646 in 2022, 381 in 2021, 463 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.