Producer, Video

The Atlantic is seeking a creative, fast-moving producer to help execute our video strategy. This will include regularly translating The Atlantic’s award-winning journalism, including its archives and newsletters, into shareable videos, while upholding the Atlantic’s editorial standards and larger editorial vision. This producer will shoot, edit, and produce social-first video projects, including filming during reporting trips and at live events; maintain consistent and high-quality video output; nurture relationships with audiences on video-first platforms; and analyze key performance metrics. 

This producer will amplify our presence on new and existing platforms, increase our publishing cadence, enhance our visual style, and diversify our video portfolio. The producer will also be expected to keep The Atlantic at the forefront of relevant industry trends and innovations, and seek new publishing opportunities to connect our journalism with wider and newer audiences. This position will also require general audience duties, collaboration across the newsroom, and occasional night and weekend work.

Please submit links to three relevant clips with your application, and indicate your level of involvement with the production of the clips.

Responsibilities will include: 

• Produce and edit short- and medium-form videos, audiograms, animated swipes, and more, while maintaining the highest levels of sophistication and quality, at a competitive pace.

• Script, set up, film, and produce videos in office and in the field to accompany and enhance The Atlantic’s reporting and analysis.

• Pitch and develop video projects, including short-form social videos, writer-led videos, ambitious social-first reported short videos, and more.

• Contribute to the enhancement of The Atlantic’s video strategy, including design, workflows, distribution, and innovation.

• Work closely with writers and editors to translate our journalism into video formats.

• In collaboration with our insights team, evaluate performance metrics to inform our video strategy.

• Write share text and titles to accompany social videos, with eye toward clarity, engagement, editorial excellence, and SEO.

Qualities of a successful candidate include:

• 5+ years of experience filming and editing digital/social video, preferably for a media organization

• Experience working with cameras, lighting equipment, gimbals, and microphones, both in studios and in the field

• Ability to conceptualize, plan, script, and execute high-level video pitches and projects 

• Ability to juggle regular quick-turn video needs and longer-range feature projects

• Highly collaborative and energized by a fast-paced news environment

• A competitive spirit and a desire to grow audiences through social video

• Ability to tailor videos for diverse social media platforms and audiences 

• Demonstrable record of innovation in video concept, format, and execution

• Fluency in Adobe PremierePro, AfterEffects, CapCut, or equivalent programs

• Strong writing skills, and excellent news and editorial judgment

• Media and social media fluency

• Ability to generate and lead social conversations across a wide range of topics

• Keen eye for design

• Ability to collect and analyze video performance metrics

• Familiarity with working with branded design portfolios

Salary Minimum: $85,000; Salary Maximum: $100k

This position is based in Washington, DC.

This is a Guild position.

About The Atlantic:

The Atlantic has, for more than 160 years, advanced ideas that matter and sparked global conversation on the most important issues of our time. We aim to bring clarity and original thinking to questions of consequence, on topics ranging from politics, the economy, and global affairs to technology, science, and culture. As the third-longest-running magazine in America, we find ourselves at a remarkable moment: one of both continuation and transformation, of upholding our legacy while continuously reinventing ourselves for the future.

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The Atlantic Monthly Group LLC ("The Atlantic") is an Equal Opportunity Employer.The Atlantic is committed to diversity and encourages members of traditionally underrepresented communities to apply, including women, LGBTQ people, people of color, and people with disabilities.We do not discriminate against our applicants because of race, color, religion, sex (including gender identity, sexual orientation, and pregnancy), national origin, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other status protected by applicable law.  

Job offers to work at The Atlantic are contingent upon the candidate’s successful completion of reference checks and compliance with The Atlantic's COVID-19 vaccination policy. The Atlantic requires all employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19, including subsequent boosters, and submit proof of vaccination status. Employees who cannot receive the vaccine because of a disability/medical contraindication or sincerely-held religious belief may request an accommodation (e.g., an exemption) to this requirement.