Video Production Team Head

Key Responsibilities

• Responsible for executing the over-all video content strategy; reviewing and suggesting tweaks in the strategy to the Chief Content Officer if needed
• Responsible for strategic video content planning, and overseeing day-to-day video production and operations.
• Develops innovations in video content and execution as a standalone product, and as a compliment to enhance other content for visually impactful story-telling.
• Manages video production and other video unit staff functionally and administratively.
• Works with Channel Editors to enhance existing content with video.
• Works with Social Media, Analytics, and Design teams to ensure that video content – as a standalone or supplement – contributes to boosting traffic, engagement, and monetization, and to achieving targets across channels.
• Directs the video production process and provides technical advice and techniques required in video production
• Audits video execution on all platforms, ensuring quality and on-brand video galleries, video stories, clips, and other video content.
• Helps write scripts or lead-ins for videos to be produced.
• Spearheads live-streamed or posted news coverage and other executions where the story-telling involves video.
• Determines the training needs of video production staff and other video team members, and recommends resources for learning.
• Participates in editorial and special meetings to regularly coordinate and synchronize video content direction and plan;
• Ensures that the guidelines of the Editorial Stylebook are observed in all produced videos and other video executions such as live streams
• Ensures alignment of video team targets to editorial page views and video views targets, as well as social media video engagement targets.
• Helps in ideation, testing, and R&D of products/ initiatives that may involve or may be related to video and/or multimedia (meaning outside of text and photo).
• Performs other related tasks that may be assigned.

Minimum Qualifications: Education

• College Graduate, Multimedia Arts, Journalism, Mass Communications, Marketing, Advertising and/or any related course

Work Experience

• At least five (5) total years of experience in Journalism, Broadcast Journalism, or video coverage operations management for a local media outlet
• At least two (2) years in a people management role in video coverage operations is required for this position
• At least one (1) year of experience in copy editing is required for this position
• On-camera experience such as hosting is preferred

Knowledge and Skills

• Expertise in all aspects of video production for digital distribution - theory, conceptualization, execution, post-production, operations management, and monetization are required to succeed in this role.
• A nose for news and current affairs is needed.
• Familiarity with data analytics-driven content creation will be very helpful.

Inquirer Interactive, Inc., better known as , is the official news website and social media arm of the INQUIRER Group of Companies (IGC). It has been at the forefront of online news publishing for the past 27 years. features breaking news 24/7, as well as the latest on national and foreign issues and current events. It also highlights compelling commentaries and features on Politics, Entertainment, Sports, Lifestyle, Business, and Technology, as well as stories from around the world that are relevant to Filipinos overseas. offers multimedia features, easy channel navigation, strong social media presence and numerous engagement platforms that allow the readers to experience content anytime, anywhere, always. Under the umbrella are titles which cater to different audience segments and interests. Among them are CDN Digital (formerly Cebu Daily News, which was acquired in 2019), Bandera (acquired in 2019), Lifestyle.INQ, POP, Esports, US & Canada, and the Hinge Inquirer titles (acquired The company continues with its mission to bring credible news and information to Filipinos in and around the world through its award-winning brand of journalism.