YouTube Producer

Job Description:

Shield AI is seeking a YouTube Producer to lead the development, production, publishing, and growth of the company’s YouTube channel. This role combines the craft and editorial judgment of a senior video editor with channel strategy, audience development, and performance ownership.

The YouTube Producer will turn Shield AI’s work in autonomy, aviation, defense, and artificial intelligence into clear, accurate, audience-focused stories. They will manage projects from concept through final edit, packaging, publishing, and analysis while partnering with technical experts, executives, and communications teams.

What you'll do:

• Own Shield AI’s YouTube programming strategy, editorial calendar, publishing cadence, and channel-growth plan.
• Develop and produce video concepts including explainers, product stories, interviews, flight-test content, event coverage, customer narratives, and short-form video.
• Lead projects from creative brief through scripting, interviews, production planning, editing, review, and delivery.
• Edit high-quality long-form and short-form content, including story structure, pacing, sound, graphics, color, captions, and final delivery.
• Package and publish videos using effective titles, thumbnails, descriptions, chapters, playlists, metadata, and calls to action.

Required qualifications:

• 7+ years of experience in video production, post-production, digital media, editorial, or content marketing.
• Strong portfolio demonstrating video editing, visual storytelling, interview production, narrative structure, and digital-video judgment.
• Advanced proficiency in Adobe Premiere Pro and working knowledge of After Effects, Photoshop, Audition, DaVinci Resolve, or equivalent tools.
• Demonstrated experience producing and publishing content for YouTube or similar digital-video platforms.
• Strong understanding of YouTube packaging and analytics, including thumbnails, titles, audience retention, click-through rate, watch time, and subscriber growth.
• Ability to independently develop concepts and manage productions from idea through published video.
• Willingness to travel periodically for production, events, customer activities, or field shoots.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience managing or growing a YouTube channel for a technology, aerospace, defense, industrial, science, or mission-driven organization.
• Experience with camera operation, lighting, location audio, and directing interviews or on-camera talent.
• Experience managing freelance editors, motion designers, production crews, agencies, or vendors.
• Familiarity with YouTube Shorts and adapting long-form content for short-form distribution.
• Experience working with regulated, security-conscious, or high-growth technology organizations.

What success looks like:

• A consistent YouTube publishing cadence that supports Shield AI’s brand and business priorities.
• Clear, compelling content that makes Shield AI’s mission, people, products, and technology more understandable to broad audiences.
• Stronger channel performance across watch time, retention, engagement, returning viewers, and subscribers.
• Reliable, scalable production workflows that maintain quality, accuracy, and security.