ProPublica, New York City +2
We are looking for a video editor and motion designer who has a passion for accountability journalism and is excited by the opportunity to bring our reporting to an increasing number of viewers who treat YouTube as a platform to learn about the world around them.
In this role, you will work alongside video producers on the YouTube team and will own the creative and technical postproduction for several assigned videos a month. As this is a new team, you will also be a key part of building the workflows and best practices that make our YouTube video pipeline sustainable as well as creating the visual identity that helps to answer: What should ProPublica look and sound like on YouTube?
The videos you help create for YouTube are meant to serve as standalone editorial products, and we’re looking for your platform-native expertise to drive experimentation that helps us learn quickly, adapt and deliver the most compelling storytelling formats while adhering to our rigorous editorial standards and practices. You should be comfortable working with reporters and editors across the newsroom as well as freelancers we’ll bring on to help with projects.
This is a temporary two-year role that will report to our director of multiplatform audience strategy. The YouTube team sits within the larger ProPublica audience team.
We are looking for candidates who have proven that they can use video editing and design skills for journalistic ends.
This job is full time and includes benefits. ProPublica is based in New York, but we’re open to remote candidates. We have offices in New York City; Washington, D.C.; Atlanta; Chicago; Phoenix; and Berkeley, California. Applicants must be eligible to work in the U.S. and have the ability to travel, as necessary, for team meetings, training and video-related duties.
This role is subject to an in-office work requirement of two days per week in the New York City office. That requirement may be extended to other offices with 60 days’ notice.
This job is covered under the terms of a collective bargaining agreement with The NewsGuild of New York, Local 31003, CWA, AFL-CIO.
The expected salary range for this position is $90,000 to $115,000.
This is a good-faith estimate of what we expect to pay for this position. The final salary figure will take into account a person’s experience, accomplishment and location. ProPublica is committed to paying its staff equitably, and these ranges should not be considered career salary limits or caps.
We will begin reviewing applications as we receive them, but we will continue to consider candidates as long as the posting remains live on our site.
Questions? Send an email to talent@propublica.org.
No phone calls, please.
We know there are great candidates who may not fit into what we’ve described above or who have important skills we haven’t thought of. If that’s you, don’t hesitate to apply and tell us about yourself.
ProPublica is an independent, nonprofit newsroom that produces investigative journalism in the public interest.
Applications will close on Monday, November 16th, 2026, at 11:59 p.m. ET.
In 2024, ProPublica launched a short-form vertical video team to adapt our long-form investigative journalism for audiences on Instagram, TikTok and YouTube Shorts. Since then, the team has amassed nearly 65 million views. Now we’re building out the second phase of our social video strategy and have launched a new YouTube team dedicated to producing midlength adaptations for the platform.
We are an equal opportunity employer and prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind. All employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age or any other status protected under applicable law. We are dedicated to building an inclusive newsroom and encourage people from all backgrounds to apply.
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