Associate Video Producer

Y Combinator is looking for an Associate Video Producer to join the YC Media team. This is a role for someone who is smart, organized, resourceful, and already immersed in startups and technology. You’ll work closely with our Senior Video Producers across videos, podcasts, interviews, and other editorial projects. You’ll help with everything from research and pre-interviews to editing, publishing, scheduling, guest communication, and keeping our production calendar on track.

A lot of this job is making sure things actually get finished. You should be the kind of person who notices what needs to happen next, follows up without being asked, and is happy moving between creative work and the less glamorous details that keep a production running smoothly.

Just as importantly, you should understand the world YC operates in. You follow startups, AI, technology, and the people building them. You know what people in this world are talking about, can quickly understand why something matters, and have enough context to ask good questions rather than starting from zero every time.

Help produce YC videos and podcasts

* Work with Senior Video Producers to move projects from idea to shoot to final publication.

* Research guests, companies, technologies, and topics.

* Help write interview questions, briefs, descriptions, and other editorial material.

* Schedule and conduct pre-interviews, take detailed notes, and report back to producers.

* Coordinate shoot dates and logistics with founders, companies, and guests.

* Review edits and help prepare projects for final approval.

* Edit short-form clips and other video content.

Keep productions organized

* Maintain notes and project documentation throughout the production process.

* Keep project cards, production schedules, shoot calendars, and publishing calendars up to date.

* Track where every project is in the pipeline and make sure nothing falls through the cracks.

* Manage transcripts, video files, review links, and other production assets.

* Download and organize final videos and other assets in Dropbox.

* Transcribe finished recordings.

* Send final edits, transcripts, file links, and YouTube links to YC partners and other collaborators.

Help publish and distribute our work

* Upload and publish episodes across YouTube, podcast platforms, and other channels.

* Make sure titles, descriptions, thumbnails, transcripts, chapters, and other publishing assets are ready.

* Help coordinate the final steps between editorial, production, and distribution.

Help things run smoothly on shoot days

* Welcome guests and help get them where they need to be.

* Make sure guests have water, food, and anything else they need.

* Help keep sets clean, reset, and ready for the next shoot.

* Occasionally assist as a camera operator.

* Help keep our production gear and equipment organized.

You might be a good fit if: