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Freelance Complex News Content Creator

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Hybrid (New York, NY)$250ContractPosted 5mo ago

About the role

Freelance on-camera host and video content creator for Complex News, focusing on music, pop culture, and entertainment. Responsible for scripting, shooting, editing, and delivering fast, audience-first video content across platforms while coordinating with social and strategy teams.

Responsibilities

  • Serve as an on-camera host of Complex News, ensuring major stories in music, pop/internet culture, and entertainment are covered with urgency and authority.
  • Storyboard, film, and edit high-quality video content for multiple platforms—including TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, and the Complex app—optimized for each platform’s storytelling style and audience behavior.
  • Produce and/or host approximately 10x vertical videos per week across formats.
  • Work closely with the Content Strategy Director to develop sharp, audience-first video content that performs across platforms.
  • Monitor the news cycle in real time and deliver fast, informed takes that are relevant to what our audience actually cares about.
  • Work with the social team to maximize the reach of every video.
  • Conduct on-camera interviews with talent, industry figures, and newsmakers to advance stories and build lasting relationships.
  • Plan coverage in advance for major cultural moments and events that align with the Complex brand.
  • Help coordinate scheduling alongside social editors to ensure seamless coverage.

Qualifications

  • 2+ years in a media or entertainment environment with demonstrated experience delivering scripted and unscripted content, interviewing talent, anchoring coverage
  • Deep understanding of Complex's world — internet culture, music, sneakers, pop culture, and entertainment
  • Natural on-camera presence
  • A relentless pulse on culture — always knowing what's popping and what's next
  • Strong editorial instincts and the ability to find the right angle, tone, and energy for every segment
  • Comfortable with teleprompter and fully capable of going off-script with confidence
  • Able to deliver under pressure with tight turnarounds and live or same-day production schedules
  • A self-starter who can carry a segment with minimal direction
  • Must be able to script, shoot, edit, and post your own videos - CapCut experience preferred
  • Must be able to work a flexible schedule and be available after hours to cover breaking cultural moments as they happen

Skills

Required:On-camera hostingVideo production (shooting, editing)
Nice to have:CapCut
Last updated Oct 21, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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