Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Yahoo is the world’s leading business and financial news platform, helping millions of daily users navigate markets and make informed financial decisions. The Social Editor will create engaging content for various social media platforms, translating complex financial stories into compelling visuals and narratives while maintaining a strong presence in a fast-paced newsroom environment.
Responsibilities
- Pitch, produce, and post social media content, including short-form vertical videos and social graphics that tap into news, markets, and personal finance
- Edit and adapt Yahoo Finance videos, shows, and articles into social-friendly stories
- Create quick-turn reactionary content for breaking news and live events including company earnings, Fed decisions, jobs reports, major stock moves, business news, and live events
- Capitalize on social trends and pop culture moments, finding ways to connect Yahoo Finance to the social conversation
- Bring a strong creative engine and self-starter mindset, consistently generating fresh ideas, proactively pitching concepts, and moving quickly
- Help storyboard or lightly direct on-camera talent (anchors, reporters, executives, and celebrities) for social-first content
- Use platform and third-party analytics to understand what’s performing, what’s not, and adjust work accordingly
- Identify and implement AI-driven efficiencies in day-to-day workflows, utilizing approved generative text platforms (such as Anthropic Claude) to assist in drafting multi-platform social copy, brainstorming hooks, and optimizing video scripts
- Integrate AI-assisted editing tools
Skills
- 2+ years experience creating social content for a journalism or media outlet
- Deep understanding of social media platforms with experience creating engaging content on all major platforms
- Ability to edit video end-to-end in tools like CapCut, Adobe Premiere, Final Cut, etc., as well as static graphic production capabilities using tools like Adobe Photoshop or Canva
- Strong news judgment with an ability to write clear, concise social copy and on-screen text that makes complex topics compelling, clear, and easy to understand
- Familiarity with (or strong interest in) business, markets, and personal finance
- Experience working in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment
- Strong communication and collaboration skills
- Experience using social publishing or analytics tools (e.g., Sprout, native platform analytics)
- Hands-on experience using generative AI tools or copilots to accelerate creative workflows
- An open, experimental mindset with a commitment to continuous learning in an evolving, AI-augmented newsroom environment
- 3-5 years of experience creating social content for a brand with expertise in short-form vertical video
- A proven track record of creating content that grows a brand's social media accounts
Benefits
- Incentive compensation opportunities in the form of discretionary annual bonus or commissions
- Healthcare
- A great 401k
- Backup childcare
- Education stipends
- Flexible hybrid work options
- 11 employee resource groups (ERGs) enhance a culture of belonging with programs, events and fellowship that help educate, support and create a workplace where all feel welcome
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