Associate Video Producer

🏢 Ycombinator · 📍 San Francisco · ⏰ FullTime

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Position Summary & Responsibilities

Y Combinator is the leading startup accelerator for entrepreneurs. Since 2005, YC has invested in over 6,000 companies, including Airbnb, Dropbox, OpenAI, Stripe, Reddit, DoorDash, Coinbase, and Instacart. Today, YC has built the most powerful startup community in the world and is committed to supporting founders for the life of their company.

Job Description:

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.

What you'll do:

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, an

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