Part-time contract, remote position

About Better Future Media

Better Future Media builds narratives that challenge extractive systems and steer society towards a more regenerative future. We cover stories of a better future across three focus areas:

• New Economic Systems: the economic movements and policies that support life within planetary limits
• Power & Movements: the constituencies, campaigns, and organizing efforts working to change the system, from electoral politics to grassroots movements
• Planetary Wellbeing: grounded in the premise that ecological and human wellbeing are inseparable, covering the work of ecological restoration and building a world where both humanity and nature can thrive

We create media that meets people where they already are – across the platforms billions of people use to make sense of the world today – and moves them towards a deeper understanding of the systems shaping their lives. Our content ecosystem includes carousels, short-form explainer videos, and podcast clips for social media, which invite our audience to dive deeper into our ideas on the Better Future Podcast and our Substack.

The Role

We're looking for a Podcast Social Video Producer/Editor who can turn each episode into viral short-form vertical videos for social media.

Hosted by our founder and CEO Michael Mezzatesta, our podcast features leading academics, organizers, and policymakers in the climate and economic justice movements. Recent guests include Kate Raworth, Jason Hickel, Johan Rockström, and Timothée Parrique. The clips are published on Instagram Reels, TikTok, YouTube Shorts, and other social platforms, and are an important distribution channel for the podcast. For many viewers, the clips are the first encounter with the ideas platformed on Better Future Media.

The most important skill in this role is judgment: knowing which moments of each 90-minute conversation will resonate on social media, and why. The next most important skill is the ability to edit those moments into high-performing videos for vertical social platforms. You can see all our previous clips on the Better Future Podcast's Instagram page. Here are a few standout clips from recent episodes with Timothée Parrique, Jason Hickel, and Rob Hopkins.

This is a part-time contract role, starting at 20-30 hours per month (5-10 hours per week), with an expectation to scale up over time. (We expect this hire to spend 15-20 hours producing and editing clips for each episode, and the episodes are currently published every 2-3 weeks. Soon we expect to scale up to publishing every 2 weeks consistently.)

Better Future Media launched in May and has seen early momentum across content platforms since. The person who fills this role will be getting in on the ground floor of a media brand with momentum and ambitious plans for the future. You'll work closely with our Founder and CEO, Michael Mezzatesta, and Head of Operations, Danielle Lee.

What You'll Do

• Watch full podcast episodes and identify the moments worth clipping
• Produce and edit viral short-form vertical clips for Instagram Reels, TikTok, YouTube Shorts, and other social platforms
• Coordinate with the BFM team to process edits and meet publication deadlines
• Use performance analytics to inform future podcast clip selection

Who You Are

You might be a good fit for this role if you: