Video Producer (Contract)
understood Open · verified Sep 10, 2026 Mid-level Video Production role at understood. New York · no salary stated · we estimate $81,000–$120,625.
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What you'll do
- You’ll prep interviewees, shape questions, and equip hosts with scripts and research
- You’ll write quick-hook social scripts and more developed YouTube narratives
- You’ll fact-check pitches, scripts, and released work before publication
- You’ll manage milestones, tracking software, and updates so episodes finish on schedule
- You’ll review published videos, cut promotional clips, and flag needed corrections
What you bring
- You bring at least three years of production work in one or more listed formats
- You can create content for YouTube and social platforms in at least one listed format
- For news work, you understand science or health journalism and can assess peer-reviewed research
- For podcast work, you can record, engineer, edit, sound-design, and mix audio professionally
- You can manage several timelines and deliver final files and promotional materials on deadline
Who this fits
This suits a mid-level producer comfortable with interviews, scripts, editorial review, and production coordination. The role is remote, with the New York City area preferred, and is part-time hourly work with contract length and hours varying by assignment. Apply by email with your resume, cover letter, and two to three writing or script samples.
From the employer
Understood is a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting neurodivergent people in the United States, such as those with ADHD and dyslexia.
Understood's Content Studio is looking for several video producers with experience creating content for YouTube and social platforms. We're hiring across four content types, and you should have experience in at least one:
- Evergreen explainers: short-form social and/or YouTube long-form
- News content: short-form social and/or YouTube long-form
- YouTube and video podcasts
- YouTube livestreams
To apply for this role, please send your resume, cover letter, and 2-3 writing or script samples to podcast@understood.org. Applications submitted through other channels will not be reviewed.
What you'll do
All producers
- Produce interviews: pre-interview guests, write interview questions, and prepare hosts with scripts and background research ahead of recording
- Write video scripts for multiple formats: short-form scripts (TikTok, Instagram, YouTube Shorts) optimized for fast hooks and retention, and longer-form YouTube scripts with more narrative depth
- Contribute to editorial vetting and fact-checking: review scripts, story pitches, and published content for accuracy before they go out the door
- Coordinate production timelines and deliverables to ensure on-time completion of assigned episodes and videos, including coordinating with the video team as needed
- Track project milestones and provide regular status updates to relevant Understood contacts, ensuring adherence to agreed timelines
- Quality-check published episodes and videos, and promptly report any issues or errors for correction
- Support show marketing by cutting ads and short-form promotional content as requested
- Participate in periodic project planning meetings to align on assigned deliverables
- Build and manage episodes in our production tracking software, monitoring subtasks and deadlines and flagging delays as needed
Podcast producers, in addition to the above
- Provide creative and technical support across assigned episodes, including research, scripting, editing, engineering recording sessions, sound design, requesting remote kits, mixing, and implementing feedback, in line with Understood's editorial guidelines
What you bring
All producers
- 3-4+ years of producing experience in one or more of the formats listed above
News producers
- Experience in science or health journalism, with a demonstrated ability to work under journalistic standards
- Comfort reading peer-reviewed studies beyond the abstract, with an eye for overstated claims, correlation-versus-causation errors, and industry-funded spin
Podcast producers
- Hands-on experience with audio production: recording and engineering sessions, editing, sound design, and mixing to a professional standard
- Experience prepping hosts and guests for interviews, including writing scripts, questions, and background research
- Ability to manage multiple production timelines and deliver final audio files, host and guest prep materials, and marketing assets to spec and on deadline
Additional details:
- Remote -NYC area preferred.
- Part-time, hourly work: contract length and hours vary based on role
- Rate: $80-100/hour
Sound like you? Send your resume, cover letter, and 2-3 writing or script samples to podcast@understood.org.
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