Major League Baseball is looking for a passionate YouTube expert to lead our rapidly expanding YouTube original content operation. As our Director, YouTube Original Programming, you will oversee creative direction for all original content series on the platform.

The ideal candidate has 10+ years of experience and a proven track record of growing brands and channels in the YouTube space. You will work with a cross-functional team of strategists, editors, and platform specialists to create content that helps new audiences fall in love with baseball and gives fans more reasons to cheer and engage.

Responsibilities

Set the overall creative direction for original content series
Bring a deep expertise in YouTube-specific content creation, algorithms, and analytics, and use that expertise to shape and evolve our creative process
Partner with a team of editors to develop new content series and refine existing series
Develop creative best practices that sets a creative standard for the platform - editing style, cadence, filming style, music etc.
Be obsessive with performance and optimization, with an emphasis on iterative improvements from one video to the next
When appropriate, serve as an on-channel host to provide a consistent voice and give the channel a personality
Partner with Social Production, Influencer, and MLB Network teams to bring additional creative firepower to the channels

Qualifications & Skills

10+ years experience in video and content production
10+ years experience of managing creative teams
5+ years experience making sports and/ or entertainment content
Ability to submit a portfolio that demonstrates outstanding quality of past work
Working knowledge of the technical aspects of the video production process including shooting, lighting, sound, and editing
Experience with Adobe Creative Cloud – especially Premiere, After Effects, and Photoshop
A perspective on what makes baseball special
Experience producing Spanish language content is a plus

Salary Range: $110,000 - $135,000 (Base Salary) + Bonus

As a candidate for this position, your salary and related aspects of compensation will be contingent upon your work experience, education, skills, and any other factors MLB considers relevant to the hiring decision. In addition to your salary, MLB believes in providing a competitive compensation and benefits package for its employees.

Top MLB Perks & Benefits

Competitive Benefits Package
Company 401K Contribution
Paid Time Off and Holidays
Paid Parental Leave
Access to Free Tickets to Baseball Games & MLB.TV
Discounts at MLB Store | MLBShop.com
Employee Assistance Programs (EAP)
Onsite/Online Training & Development Programs
Tuition Reimbursement
Disability Benefits (short term and long term)
Life and Accidental Death Insurance
Pet Insurance

Why MLB?

Major League Baseball (MLB) is the most historic of the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada. Employees love working at MLB because of the culture of growth, teamwork, and professionalism. Employees who are most successful at MLB take initiative, know how to identify problems and provide solutions, and always put the Team first. For those ready to step up to the plate and join the major leagues, MLB takes the same approach as teams do with their players: empowering our “workforce athletes” to be at their best by engineering experiences that put employees in the best position to succeed. Major League Baseball is looking for candidates who are passionate about growing America’s pastime to best serve its fans for decades to come.

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Are you ready to Step Up to the Plate? Apply below!

Director, YouTube Original Programming

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