Associate Coordinating Producer | Full-time
The Role
Forkast is looking for an Associate Coordinating Producer to join our growing editorial team, with an immediate start.
You will be responsible for helping with the coordination of video productions and projects at Forkast and provide support in all aspects of the operations, administration, planning, and production for video content output. You will work with the video production team to assist with producing multimedia news and social media videos that are distributed across partner channels, as well as publishing video content to our website.
As associate coordinating producer, you will have a great eye for detail, the ability to spot mistakes, and be excellent with time management and adhering to strict deadlines. You are often involved in the critical stage of working on the finer details of each project before content is published and liaise with other team members to facilitate the timely and error-free publishing of all content at Forkast.
Responsibilities
Your role will include the following:
Work closely with the producers, liaising between team members and communicating details, to ensure the end result is a unified piece
Manage and upload video content to our website and YouTube channel. This includes accurately tagging content with keywords and setting up YouTube videos for publishing.
Tracking and assist with project managing the stages of video productions
Video support, oversee transcriptions, creating and cleaning up scripts, and ensuring successful upload
Assist the production team with delivering assets to various OTT channels as required. This may require doing manual analysis and checks to ensure all metadata (filenames, airdates, guests, descriptions) meet client specifications
Manage and resolve incoming requests from the production and editorial teams on a day-to-day basis
Qualifications
At least a year’s experience in newsroom production or similar
Associate or Bachelor’s degree required
Thrives in a fast-paced, unstructured startup environment — hungry and willing to roll up your sleeves
Must be highly detail-oriented and have excellent time management skills
Excellent communication skills (native English fluency is preferred)
Familiar with AP Style writing
Familiar with YouTube backend for digital publication
Skills in data analysis and data compilation are a bonus but not required
Flexible and focussed on solutions
As this would be a remote position, our ideal candidate must be a self-started who is organized, self-sufficient, and can work independently
About Us
Forkast.News is a digital media platform covering blockchain and emerging technologies at the intersection of business, economy, and politics, from Asia to the world.
Since our founding in 2018, our proposition has been different: to bring credible journalism and deep-dive analysis into this emerging space. Emerging technology and digital transformation will re-shape our world, and we speak to an audience of professionals and corporate professionals who are interested in the bigger picture of blockchain, digital assets, and web 3.0. Today, Forkast.News serves as an end-to-end media ecosystem bridging the blockchain community and a Fortune 500 audience.
Forkast.News has become the authority voice in Asia in providing a global perspective on blockchain, partnering with organizations like OECD, EY, IBM, Swire, and the UN General Assembly to lead the most important conversations on blockchain regulation, financial inclusion, digital innovation, and industry impact.
The Team
Based in Hong Kong, Forkast supports a growing team across Asia, Europe, and the U.S. The team is led by Editor-in-Chief Angie Lau, a 20+ year veteran journalist most recognized for her role as Bloomberg TV’s lead anchor in Asia, with her flagship morning show “First Up with Angie Lau.”
How to Apply
Email us at recruiting@forkast.news with your resume and cover letter (no more than a page).
Please include this role's title in your subject line (it'll help us to sort through the emails).