Head of Marketing Video

Boston, MA (Hybrid)

$115K/yr – $130K/yrSenior Level12+ years expFull time

Posted 1 day ago

Job Summary

Own and lead the strategy, production, and delivery of ATK Marketing Video across organic, brand, streaming, and partner channels while coaching a small creative team to maintain high storytelling and production quality.

  • Directs video strategy and team development to support subscriber growth, brand.building, and campaign goals.
  • Shapes concepts, scripts, shoots, and edits for vertical and branded content across multiple platforms.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Head of Marketing Video leads the strategy, development, production, and delivery of video content that supports America’s Test Kitchen’s marketing objectives, primarily through our Organic Social Media content, Brand initiatives, Streaming and Sponsored / Partnership deliverables.
  • Working across internal teams, this role oversees a diverse portfolio of video assets including Marketing Video (brand content and paid content), all Organic Social video, YouTube membership promotions, PBS marketing integrations, FAST and OTT promotional campaigns, sponsored content, and partner activations.
  • Head of Marketing Video is a brand and creative steward responsible for setting a vision for our Marketing video outputs and continuing to uplevel the work of their team.
  • Ultimately this is a hands-on player-coach role.
  • A team of 3-5 social shooters / editors who produce the bulk of our Marketing Video outputs will report to this person.
  • At times, the Head of Marketing Video will personally develop concepts, write scripts, shoot, edit and produce content, and should have command and a comfort level for this work, in addition to the leadership skills, creative taste and production expertise to lead a video organization.
  • Marketing Video Strategy & Production
  • Lead development and production of marketing video assets across key Marketing touchpoints within paid, owned, earned, and partner channels, creating video content that supports our business goals (like subscriber acquisition, product marketing, and brand-building).
  • Develop concepts, scripts, messaging, and creative approaches tailored to platform, audience, and business objectives; at times these will necessitate a new shoot, at other times they will leverage existing ATK footage / editorial content / photography.
  • You should be equally comfortable and proficient with vertical video (for Social channels) as you are with branded and sponsored content (ads)

Requirements

  • 12+ years of experience in video production, successfully telling brand and product stories in advertising, social media, and beyond. Experience in-house on the client side, or within an agency environment, are ideal.
  • Proven track record of managing and mentoring a video team, including overseeing production and post production processes.
  • Expertise in scripting, shooting / directing, editing are important.
  • Strong communication skills, with the ability to give and receive constructive feedback in a small team environment.
  • Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously, meeting strict deadlines.
  • Collaborative, team-oriented mindset and ability to work independently when required.
  • Experience in culinary video production is critical.
  • This position is located in our Boston, MA office in the Seaport district. It is the expectation that the person in this role will work a hybrid schedule of 3 days per week (Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday) in the office and 2 days per week remotely.
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America's Test Kitchen

The mission of America’s Test Kitchen (ATK) is to empower and inspire confidence, community, and creativity in the kitchen. Founded in 1992, the company is the leading multimedia cooking resource serving millions of fans with TV shows (America’s Test Kitchen, Cook's Country, and America’s Test Kitchen: The Next Generation), award-winning magazine (Cook’s Illustrated) and limited-edition newsstand issues, cookbooks, a podcast (Proof), FAST channels, short-form video series, and the ATK Essential Membership for digital content. Based in a state-of-the-art 15,000-square-foot test kitchen in Boston’s Seaport District, ATK has earned the trust of home cooks and culinary experts alike thanks to its one-of-a-kind processes and best-in-class techniques. Fifty full-time (admittedly very meticulous) test cooks, editors, and product testers spend their days tweaking every variable to find the very best recipes, equipment, ingredients, and techniques. Learn more at https://www.americastestkitchen.com/.The perks of the job include more than surprise calls to sample recipes in development (“Need tasters for Chocolate-Caramel Layer Cake in the on-set kitchen!”). We also keep the whole team happy with some special perks:Christmas Eve to New Year’s Day Break - The whole company powers down for a winter break. No vacation time needed and no one comes back to a full email in-box!Take-Home Fridge - What’s inside . . . a slice of pie, ingredients for a salmon dinner, both? You never know.Free Copies of Publications - Get a selection of our iconic cooking magazines and cookbooks (we publish 10+ each year) before they hit stores.Equipment Giveaways - Employees circle this date on our calendars each year. Score equipment we’ve used for product testing, from high-end blenders and stand mixers to knives and cookware. Dogs at work - They make us happy and more productive, and they make sure we take regular work breaks. Win, win, win!

Founded in 2001
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
275 employees (143 in marketing)

Salaries

Posted range

$115K/yr – $130K/yr

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Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
108 (39% of company)
Median Career Experience
18 years
Median Tenure
5.7 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
3

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
2.9M
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$158.4K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
37.4%
Direct
52.8%
Referral
3.1%
Social
6.4%
Paid
0.2%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~275

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