Producer, Video

The Atlantic is seeking a creative, fast-moving producer to help execute our video strategy, and reimagine what our award-winning journalism will look like beyond the pages of the magazine. This role will involve end-to-end production, including pitching exciting ideas, scripting videos, filming, and editing footage.

This producer will join The Atlantic’s audience team, and be focused on developing high-impact, social-first video that embodies our editorial excellence, while possessing the agility and autonomy to manage multiple projects and deliver on deadline. They should be comfortable with a variety of video styles—with an eye toward what makes engaging social video—and capable of working both in-office with our writers and editors, or in the field on reporting trips.

The ideal candidate will be excited about The Atlantic’s mission to deliver the highest quality journalism and storytelling in the business. They will have an experimental spirit, and are eager to find ways to connect new audiences to our publication.

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: 

• End-to-end production of short- and mid-form videos, with an eye for a social-first audience, including pitching stories, scripting, filming, and editing,all while maintaining the highest levels of sophistication and quality, at a competitive pace.

• Working closely with writers and editors to translate our award-winning journalism into video formats.

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

• Training newsroom staff on video best practices, including equipment usage both in-office and in the field, how to be on camera, editing workflows, and more. 

• Writing copy for videos on our social platforms, 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

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

• 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, or equivalent programs

• Strong writing skills, and excellent news and editorial judgment

• Media and social media fluency

• 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 or New York City. 

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.