Video Journalist

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Do you live and breathe Tik Tok & Insta? Are you up-to-date with the latest trends? Do you have the eye for a story? If so, this could be the role for you!

We are looking for a social media guru within our video licensing division to source and acquire content for our internal and external clients, with a good eye for what makes a viral video funny, shocking, heart‑warming, unique or awesome. This person should be a high-performing team player willing to exhaust all resources to get the job done, while being confident enough to ask for assistance when needed.

The position requires strong written and oral communication skills and is comfortable speaking to people on the phone about how great their videos are. The right candidate will find the best videos on the internet each day, source trending videos, identify content from multiple platforms to fit customer briefs in a short space of time.

• Your job is to hunt down the most incredible video content on digital platforms, archives, social media, and wherever else it might be lurking.
• Do detective work to ensure the videos you find are legit and eligible for licensing and distribution.
• Act as our quality guru: check videos to meet our high standards and match client needs.
• Keep everything organized by tracking all videos and key information in our database.
• Collaborate with the Licensing Team to understand required content for different markets and clients.
• Stay on top of the latest trends and viral hits to keep content fresh.
• Use research insights to support licensing deals and create collections of videos for promotions, campaigns, and special events; translate contract lingo into everyday language.
• Write articles and headlines, and edit videos to attract clients.

• Go-getter attitude and sense of humor.
• Comfortable on the phone with content creators.
• Results-oriented and performance driven.
• Resourceful with initiative.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Excellent writing skills.
• Basic video editing skills preferred.
• Copyright and licensing experience preferred but not required; quick learner.

• Entry level

• Full-time

• Marketing, Public Relations, and Writing/Editing

• Online Audio and Video Media

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