What are the responsibilities and job description for the Video Producer, Original Content position at Genius?
About Genius @ MediaLab
Genius is the leading destination for music, lyrics, and the stories behind the songs—and part of the MediaLab portfolio of digital brands. MediaLab is a media and technology company that acquires and grows category-defining properties, providing the scale, resources, and expertise to help them thrive. As one of MediaLab’s flagship brands, Genius benefits from this shared foundation while maintaining its unique identity at the intersection of music and culture. Join an exceptionally talented team of engineers, designers, product leaders, and business builders who are shaping the future of music and media. MediaLab is headquartered in sunny Santa Monica, California, with growing Genius teams in New York and across the U.S. and Latin America.
Your Role at MediaLab
As an Video Producer, Original Content you will play a key role in supporting and improving the output of unique video content critical to our brands, specifically Genius. Your initial focus will be on managing the production of our original videos for YouTube and socials from pre-production through post. You will work to enhance efficiency, creativity and cross-team collaboration, ensuring alignment with our overall content goals. Additionally, you will provide support for our Senior Manager of Original Video and liaison with artist teams as needed to achieve success in this role.
What You’ll Do
Genius is the leading destination for music, lyrics, and the stories behind the songs—and part of the MediaLab portfolio of digital brands. MediaLab is a media and technology company that acquires and grows category-defining properties, providing the scale, resources, and expertise to help them thrive. As one of MediaLab’s flagship brands, Genius benefits from this shared foundation while maintaining its unique identity at the intersection of music and culture. Join an exceptionally talented team of engineers, designers, product leaders, and business builders who are shaping the future of music and media. MediaLab is headquartered in sunny Santa Monica, California, with growing Genius teams in New York and across the U.S. and Latin America.
Your Role at MediaLab
As an Video Producer, Original Content you will play a key role in supporting and improving the output of unique video content critical to our brands, specifically Genius. Your initial focus will be on managing the production of our original videos for YouTube and socials from pre-production through post. You will work to enhance efficiency, creativity and cross-team collaboration, ensuring alignment with our overall content goals. Additionally, you will provide support for our Senior Manager of Original Video and liaison with artist teams as needed to achieve success in this role.
What You’ll Do
- Report to our Sr. Manager, Original Video.
- Manage the production of Genius original video series from pre-production through post-production.
- Maintain and organize dates, deadlines, and deliverables via project management tools, primarily Monday.com.
- Manage shoot schedules and post-production calendars for editors.
- Pitch ideas, write scripts, create pre-production documents, and lead pre-production calls.
- Provide creative and practical input during all phases of production.
- Collaborate with the content team to develop new series.
- Partner with branded production to produce sponsored episodes as needed.
- Create publishing documents for each original video and share them with stakeholders.
- Publish fully edited videos to the Genius YouTube channel.
- Organize, manage, and maintain our cloud-based video archive to ensure easy access, proper storage, and long-term preservation of assets.
- 5 years of experience in music-focused media.
- Experience working with artists and on-camera talent.
- A deep passion and knowledge of music, especially Hip-Hop, Pop, R&B, and/or Latin music.
- Strong editorial judgment and understanding of storytelling in music culture.
- Proficiency with project management and collaboration tools such as Monday.com, Asana, and Frame.io.
- Experience working with cloud-based storage solutions such as LucidLink.
- Ability to manage multiple productions or projects with competing deadlines simultaneously.
- Excellent communication and organizational skills.
- Bachelor’s degree preferred but not required.
- Fluency in Spanish is a plus.