Video Journalist

Job Description

OVERVIEW

CoStar Group is a leading global provider of commercial and residential real estate information analytics and online in the S&P 500 Index CoStar Group is on a mission to digitize the worlds real estate empowering all people to discover properties insights and connections that improve their businesses and lives.

We have been living and breathing the world of real estate information and online marketplaces for over 35 years giving us the perspective to create truly unique and valuable offerings to our continually refined transformed and perfected our approach to our business creating a language that has become standard in our industry for our customers and even our continue that effort today and are always working to improve and drive is how we deliver for our customers our employees and equipping the brightest minds with the best resources available we provide an invaluable edge in real estate.

ABOUT THE ROLE

CoStar is seeking a highly creative detail-oriented Video Content Creator with a strong focus on video and motion graphic production and strategy to assist in promoting CoStar and biggest news stories covering our markets. This is a fast-paced hands-on production role ideal for someone who thrives in digital storytelling stays ahead of platform trends and knows how to translate complex real estate insights into visually compelling scroll-stopping editorial/newsroom experience desired.

Video content is increasingly taking a critical front door for CoStars news and ecosystems and your work will play a key role in expanding our reach strengthening our brand presence and translating complex real estate insights into compelling accessible motion picture storytelling for a broad audience. As a key member of the News design team you will develop motion assets and short-form video tailored for and CoStar websites and their social media extension channels such as YouTube LinkedIn Instagram Facebook TikTok and X while collaborating closely with the broader CoStar Group and teams to maintain consistency responsiveness and brand excellence across channels.

This role will help expand our storytelling capacity support newsroom initiatives and reinforce our position as the industry leader in commercial real estate news. It will be based on-site at our office in Arlington VA.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Produce engaging daily video content for the companys websites and social media platforms. Develop content that captures attention reinforces editorial authority elevates CoStar and and drives engagement

• Script conceptualize shoot edit and publish video stories entirely on your own.

• Turn breaking news and features into quick punchy social clips

• Serve as a key member of the graphics team in efforts to enhance CoStar news and news brand presence by creating effective communication and relationships between the company and our subscribers (and prospects) and employ best SEO and video practices when to increase engagement and grow number of subscribers

• Develop and curate engaging SEO optimized video content and collaborate with newsroom graphics and CoStar Groups internal communications and marketing colleagues to plan social media calendar

• Help coordinate multimedia media production with the graphics team in a fast-paced news environment to ensure deadlines are met

• Produce long form interview videos; Edit and package short-form video for social platforms (Insta Stories YouTube Shorts TikTok)

• Demonstrate a sense of newsroom and social media best practices and sensibility for segmenting audience per site and per social media channels

• Work closely with reporters editors designers and analysts to visually translate data insights and key editorial themes into accessible engaging per channel-appropriate SEO optimized video content

• Research competitors and commercial real estate industry news and marketing trends that encourage audience engagement

• Maintain unified brand voice across the companys different publishing channels: adhere to brand guidelines to ensure news graphics are on style and on specs

• Collaborate with team members and editors to ensure consistent flow of videos newsroom produces

• Shadow news reporters when they attend industry events and produce videos and live social media content

• Record and produce in house interviews and enhance the final output with graphics and animations

• Contribute to planning social campaigns around major reports releases and investigative pieces

• Work independently while within a team environment

• Occasionally contribute to the newsrooms written content and copyediting efforts

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelors degree in Communications Video Production Marketing Visual Communication Digital Media or related field (or equivalent experience)

• Track record of commitment to prior employers

• 13 years of experience in digital design preferably in social editorial news or marketing environments

• A strong portfolio of self-shot and self-edited social videos. Please submit with your application

• Experience shooting video with modern cameras or mobile devices

• Strong skills in video editing and animation software Premiere Pro and After Effects

• Deep knowledge of video styles social media trends and algorithms

• Ability to work fast under tight daily news deadlines

• Ability to work quickly creatively and efficiently under tight deadlines

• Strong communication and collaboration skills

• Experience writing video scripts

The final salary or hourly rate offered for this role will fall within the range set forth below based on a variety of factors including but not limited to geographic location skills and competencies.

Base Compensation: $54000-$72000 Annually

Whats In It For You

When you join CoStar Group youll experience a collaborative and innovative culture working alongside the best and brightest to empower our people and customers to succeed.

We offer you generous compensation and performance-based incentives. CoStar Group also invests in your professional and academic growth with internal training and tuition reimbursement.

Our benefits package includes (but is not limited to):

• Comprehensive healthcare coverage: Medical / Vision / Dental / Prescription Drug

• Life legal and supplementary insurance

• Virtual and in person mental health counseling services for individuals and family

• 401(K) retirement plan with matching contributions

• Employee stock purchase plan

• Paid time off

• Tuition reimbursement

• Access to CoStar Groups Employee Resource Groups

We welcome all qualified candidates who are currently eligible to work full-time in the United States to apply. However please note that CoStar Group is not able to provide visa sponsorship for this position.

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CoStar Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer; we maintain a drug-free workplace and perform pre-employment substance abuse testing