Producer – Shows

Producer, Shows

Location: MailOnline Head Office – London

Position: Permanent

The Daily Mail is seeking a brilliant producer and editor to work on original, long-form series designed for YouTube. This person will work under the supervision of a showrunner to produce, edit, shoot, or animate (based on the requirements of the show and the skills of the producer) episodes.

The Daily Mail shows team produces repeatable, identifiable formats that are longer than 20 minutes. This is a new role on a new team that’s tasked with developing a slate of original programming that viewers will fall in love with.

Key Responsibilities: 

• Produce, edit, shoot, or animate original shows that are designed to work on YouTube.
• Work closely with the senior producer/showrunner to set the direction of the show, contributing to conversations around development, episode ideas, and technical aspects of production
• Pitch episode ideas and constantly push to improve the quality of the show.
• Take an analytical approach to show performance, using data to understand which parts of the show are working and which aren’t.

Required Skills and Qualities: 

• Experience producing, editing, or shooting long-form videos.
• A deep curiosity about YouTube as a platform.
• A world-class story sense and ability to assess pitches.
• An ability to clearly communicate and give detailed, specific feedback.
• A lack of fear of failure and a willingness to pivot when an idea doesn’t work out as planned.
• A deep understanding of the principles of good journalism.

If you are passionate about creating videos that inform, engage, and grow audiences, and you thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative environment, we would like to hear from you. Please submit your resume, cover letter, and a portfolio of your work.

The MailOnline operates a 24/7 newsroom, and flexibility will be required to work shifts according to the demands of the news cycle.

About Us

dmg media’s brands deliver highly engaging, trusted content to millions of loyal customers around the globe, 24-hours a day, seven days a week. The Mail brand reaches one in two Brits every month and is officially the best-read, most recognised, most engaged newsbrand in the country.*

Together, Daily Mail, The Mail on Sunday, MailOnline, Mail+, Metro, Metro.co.uk, i and inews.co.uk reach more than 10.1m people daily in the UK.*

Globally, dmg media’s brands reach 190M unique browsers every month across its domains and apps.**

 Our newsbrands maintain an unwavering commitment to uncovering the stories that matter most to our readers, ensuring that we remain experts at delivering relevant and insightful content.

 In October, the Mail became the largest news publisher on TikTok with over 7- million followers. 

*PAMCo H2 2023

**GA 2023 September

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.