Digital Producer & Video Editor

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San Diego Magazine has been the region’s leading lifestyle and culture publication for 78 years. We reach approximately 6 million readers monthly across print, digital, newsletter, and social platforms. We are locally owned, locally led, and committed to telling the stories of San Diego—its people, food, arts, civic life—with the kind of authority and access that has defined the magazine at its best.

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This September, San Diego Magazine is launching an Arts & Culture editorial initiative—backed by an unprecedented Co-Publisher partnership with the Arts & Design District and SDFC Playmakers. The September issue anchors a six-month integrated editorial program extending across digital, social, video, podcast, and newsletter through early 2027.

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We are hiring a part-time, contracted Digital Producer and Video Editor to own the digital, social, and short-form video extension of this program, taking the issue’s editorial off the page and onto the platforms where today’s audience lives.

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The Digital Producer is the connective tissue between the magazine’s print editorial and the digital, social, video, and newsletter platforms where the September issue and the broader arts and culture program will be discovered, consumed, and shared.

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You will produce and edit the native digital experiences that bring the Arts & Culture issue to life outside print. You will create a social show for YouTube and translate our long-form magazine journalism—features, profiles, reporting, photography—into native digital experiences: web features, social-first storytelling, newsletter packaging, and short-form video that performs on the platforms it’s built for.

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You are both a digital producer and a hands-on video editor. You cut your own short-form social video (Reels, TikTok, vertical) and you may pick up a camera to shoot occasional content as needed, working alongside the magazine’s staff videographer who owns primary shoot production for longer-form video and podcast content.

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You will work closely with the Editor at Large, the Creative Lead, the project manager, the magazine’s social media manager, and Here We Are Studios (the magazine’s in-house production studio). You will own the digital, social, and video rollout of the September issue August through October.

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What You’ll Do

• Lead the creation of a new YouTube series that brings the artists and creators featured in the magazine to life digitally—working alongside our creative team and guided by a robust brief
• Translate print editorial into native digital and social content—taking features, profiles, and photography into web pages, Instagram carousels and Reels, TikTok, LinkedIn, and newsletter packages built for each platform
• Edit short-form social video—Reels, TikTok, vertical and square video—in Adobe Premiere Pro, working from footage shot primarily by the magazine’s staff videographer
• Shoot occasional content as needed—pickup b-roll, quick interviews, social-first content where having a camera in hand is faster than scheduling a full shoot. This is a hybrid role; you don’t have to be a full production-grade DP, but you should be comfortable with a camera
• Coordinate with the magazine’s staff photographer and videographer on production planning—shoot lists, editorial calendar alignment, and dividing primary shoots (videographer) from quick-turn social content (you)
• Produce native social content—including carousels, Reels, vertical video, and platform-specific storytelling
• Coordinate with the Editor at Large on which stories travel digitally and how, and partner with the Creative Lead on visual identity across digital platforms
• Track performance across platforms—meaningful metrics, not vanity ones—and bring audience data back into editorial planning
• Help support the Playmakers Spotlight—the recurring labeled partnership feature within the magazine’s digital arts and culture coverage—coordinating with the Editor at Large on production cadence

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Who You Are

• A digital and social native who has produced editorial content for media brands, publishers, or culturally relevant organizations
• Proficient in Adobe Premiere Pro with a real reel of short-form social video editing—Reels, vertical, TikTok, square—that demonstrates pacing, cuts, captioning, and platform fluency
• Comfortable picking up a camera when needed—DSLR, mirrorless, or phone, as the situation calls for. You’re not the primary shooter on the team, but you can capture quick, usable content yourself
• Deep fluency in how stories work on Instagram, YouTube, TikTok, LinkedIn, and newsletter platforms—not just posting, but producing native content built for each platform’s specific form
• Strong editorial instincts—you can take a 2,500-word feature and find the three pieces of it that will travel, and you can find the 15-second cut inside a five-minute interview
• Familiar with newsletter platforms and what makes an editorial newsletter actually get read
• Collaborative, scrappy, and energized by the pace of digital-first work
• A genuine interest in arts, culture, civic life, or lifestyle journalism is a strong plus
• Familiarity with San Diego’s creative and cultural community is an asset, not a requirement

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Terms

• Contract role
• Start date: 7/22
• End date: 10/15
• Compensation: $90-$125/hr, 20 hours a month
• Location: San Diego preferred; hybrid arrangements possible for the right candidate
• Reports to: Executive Creative Director

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How to Apply

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Send a brief note about why this role interests you, your résumé or CV, links to digital and social work you’ve produced, and a reel of short-form social video you’ve edited to [email protected].

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Applications reviewed on a rolling basis until filled.