Welcome to The Shade Room
Where Black Culture Leads and the Content Always Delivers.
Founded in 2014, The Shade Room is one of the fastest-growing digital media brands in the game, leading the conversation on entertainment, news, politics, and real-life moments that shape and reflect Black culture. Millions of people come to TSR daily for what’s really happening, and we never miss.
With a lean, powerhouse team behind the scenes, we mix editorial instincts with social media expertise. We break stories, spark conversation, and keep our audience informed, engaged, and entertained 24/7.
We’re headquartered in Los Angeles but fully remote, which means we move fast, think big, and collaborate from wherever we are. Flexibility, creativity, and cultural authenticity are built into our DNA. Whether it's crafting viral headlines, covering breaking news, or celebrating Black excellence, we do it with purpose and style.
If you're driven, creative, and ready to be part of something that’s shifting the media landscape—you’ll feel right at home at The Shade Room.
AI Social Video Producer (TEMP)
Priority Hire | Target Start Date: August 31, 2026
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About the role
The Shade Room is seeking an experienced temp AI Social Video Producer to lead hands-on creative and production work for a multi-phase, high-priority content innovation initiative for a project up to 6 months.
This role will support TSR's Content teams by leveraging proven experience in creating AI-enabled social and video content to help internal teams build fluency with the technology.
The producer will turn TSR-approved creative briefs into platform-native social and video content, test and refine prompts and workflows, support rapid iteration, and document repeatable production practices.
What you'll do
- Write, develop, edit, and produce engaging, high-quality content and copy tailored for social media platforms, including but not limited to Instagram, X, TikTok, Facebook, and YouTube.
- Write, develop, edit, and produce engaging, high-quality, platform-native content and copy for social media, including but not limited to Instagram, X, TikTok, Facebook, and YouTube.
- Create AI-generated and AI-assisted social and video content using OpenAI and other approved tools, translating creative concepts, briefs, scripts, and story ideas into effective prompts and production-ready outputs.
- Stay ahead of developing news, cultural moments, social trends, and emerging topics that connect with The Shade Room audience and identify timely opportunities for original content.
- Develop content that authentically reflects The Shade Room’s voice, audience, franchises, and storytelling standards while adapting creative and execution for each platform.
- Generate, test, edit, and refine creative concepts, video, graphics, copy, and other content elements based on editorial direction, audience response, platform considerations, and performance.
- Collaborate across Social, Editorial, Studios, and other relevant teams to support AI-assisted content development and production across social, digital, and video programming.
- Maintain organized prompts, assets, project files, and production workflows, and document successful techniques and learnings to support repeatable best practices and internal team knowledge.
- Stay current on emerging AI capabilities, social platforms, content formats, and industry developments, identifying opportunities to improve creative output and production workflows.
- Apply established brand, editorial, legal, rights, and platform guidelines to content development and flag potential accuracy, quality, clearance, compliance, or brand-safety concerns to the appropriate leads.
- Manage multiple assignments and quick-turnaround requests while maintaining strong standards for accuracy, quality, creativity, brand consistency, and attention to detail.
Knowledge/Skills/Abilities
- Great news judgment and a strong understanding of Black culture across the diaspora, with familiarity with The Shade Room’s brand, voice, audience, and content style.
- Demonstrated hands-on experience producing high-quality AI-generated or AI-assisted social and video content; experience with OpenAI creative tools strongly preferred.
- Strong understanding of social media best practices and platform-native storytelling across Instagram, X, TikTok, Facebook, YouTube, and emerging platforms.
- Strong prompting and creative-development skills, with the ability to translate concepts and briefs into compelling AI-generated visual and video outputs.
- A creative producer with the ability to write and self-edit in a witty, fun, culturally relevant, and trendy tone that appeals to The Shade Room’s core 18–41-year-old demographic.
- Working knowledge of short-form video production, editing, motion, graphic composition, pacing, captions, sound, and social publishing standards.
- Impeccable attention to detail, strong organizational and collaboration skills, and the ability to manage multiple priorities in a quick-turnaround environment without sacrificing quality, accuracy, or personality.
- Ability to experiment with evolving technology, troubleshoot creative and technical challenges, and translate learnings into repeatable production practices.
- Stay up to date on industry and cultural trends, AI tools, social platform developments, and legal and digital media compliance requirements, escalating potential accuracy, rights, compliance, or brand-safety concerns as appropriate.Describe the attributes of the ideal candidate.
Education and Experience
Minimum of 2+ years of relevant experience in social video, digital content production, creative production, emerging media, or a comparable field preferred. A portfolio demonstrating hands-on AI-generated visual and/or video work is required. Experience supporting publishers, media organizations, entertainment brands, or high-volume social teams is strongly preferred. Equivalent practical experience may substitute for formal education.
Duration
This is a six-month temporary assignment with a tentative start date of August 31, 2026. There is no guarantee of an extension or permanent employment following the assignment. As a temporary employee, your employment and payroll will be administered through TeamPeople, the staffing company.
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We’re a team that works smart, supports each other, and actually enjoys what we do. Does this sound like you? We might just be your next favorite place to work.
