ABOUT VICE MEDIA GROUP

VICE Media Group is the world’s largest independent youth media company.  Launched in 1994, VICE has offices in 35 cities across the globe with a focus on five key businesses: VICE.com, an award-winning international network of digital content; VICE STUDIOS, a feature film and television production studio; VICE, an Emmy-winning international television network; a Peabody award-winning NEWS division with the most Emmy-awarded nightly news broadcast; and VIRTUE, a global, full-service creative agency with 21 offices around the world.  VICE's content has been recognized by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, Peabodys, Golden Globes, Sundance Film Festival, George Polk, Scripps Howard, PEN Center, Cannes Lions, Knight Foundation, American Society of Magazine Editors, LA Press Club, James Beard and Webbys, among others. 

VICE Media Group’s portfolio includes Refinery29, the leading global media and entertainment company focused on women;  PULSE Films, a London-based next-generation production studio with outposts in Los Angeles, New York, Paris and Berlin;  i-D, a global digital and bimonthly magazine defining fashion and contemporary culture; and Garage, a digital platform and biannual publication converging the worlds of art and design.

Role x You

VMG is looking for a Freelance publishing coordinator to help carry out Google Web Stories publishing across Vice and Refinery29. The ideal candidate is an organized self-starter who understands the unique voice of each brand in our portfolio and is well rounded in interests. You should be as excited about news as you are about food and beauty tips. This role would be perfect for someone who is interested in writing and creating content in the shortform vertical video space (i.e., TikTok, Snapchat, IG).

Google Web Stories is a storytelling format using 9x16 slides, similar to Instagram or Snapchat stories, and viewable in a mobile web browser. Google Web Stories can be video or text based. Currently, our focus is on video stories.

What you'll do

Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with senior social media editor and post production team to facilitate Google Web Stories workflow efficiently
• Review videos and assist with editing decisions for cutdowns (timecodes for longer videos)
• Assist with SEO and headline writing on stories
• Build Google Web Stories in our CMS
• Assist with programming videos
• Archive and organize published Google Web Stories
• Pitch & shoot original stories when time allows

Qualifications:

• Strong copywriting skills and an understanding of the VMG brands’ voices.
• Organized and a self-starter
• Working knowledge of SEO best practices
• Video editing skills are a plus but not a requirement

Please include an informal cover letter with your application. Tell us about yourself and link us to a short form vertical video (on any platform) that spoke to you recently. Tell us what you think made that video so good.

Working at VICE

VICE prioritizes the ideas and people that other media companies miss. We believe that innovation is a direct result of diverse, inclusive cultures so we don’t just “tolerate” differences, we celebrate it and see it as essential to our staff, culture, and business. To learn more read the VICE Guide to VICE

Agencies: VICE Media Group is not partnering with agencies nor accepts unsolicited resumes and will not be responsible for any fees or expenses related to such unsolicited resumes and/or applicants.