Jobs at Yaqeen Institute for Islamic Research

Owns an end-to-end qualitative research study for Yaqeen’s ebook library, including research planning, participant recruitment, interviews, synthesis, reporting, and stakeholder presentations. The role will compare findings with prior research, generate prioritized product, editorial, and marketing recommendations, measure user impact, and establish reusable research practices. It also requires careful handling of participant data and sensitivity when researching faith, doubt, and personal practice.

Produces and promotes digital-first content across YouTube, social media, podcast platforms, and other channels. Responsibilities include creating short-form assets, managing publishing workflows, optimizing metadata and thumbnails, monitoring analytics, conducting A/B tests, coordinating editors, identifying audience opportunities, and translating performance insights into content and format recommendations.

Edit long- and short-form video content for YouTube and social platforms, adding motion graphics, captions, lower thirds, audio adjustments, color grading, and transitions. Organize assets and versions, collaborate with producers and designers, incorporate feedback, meet platform specifications, and deliver files in required formats and aspect ratios. The role also requires creative storytelling, quality assurance, deadline management, and submission of a video reel and editing sample.

Leads end-to-end delivery across nine concurrent media production workstreams, managing schedules, task tracking, vendors, budgets, reporting, risks, dependencies, and cross-functional handoffs. The role coordinates creative, technical, marketing, scholarly, and external production teams while maintaining production workflows and documentation. It also builds the studio’s reusable production playbook, improves operational processes, and supports timely launches across weekly programming, limited series, and short-form content.