Responsibilities

• Boots on the Ground: Serve as the primary visual creator at museum events, exhibit launches, and content shoots.
• Raw Asset Collection: Capture high-quality video, photography, and audio that aligns with the National Geographic aesthetic.
• Creative Direction: Translate abstract exhibit themes into compelling visual hooks that stop the scroll.
• The Pipeline Lead: Manage the end-to-end production workflow for both National Geographic Live (NGL) and Museum of Exploration (MOE) handles.
• Platform Formatting: Expertly reformat assets for specific platform UX (e.g., converting 16:9 cinematic footage into 9:16 Reels/TikToks/YouTube Shorts or 4:5 Feed posts).
• Technical Editing: Edit raw clips into cohesive narratives, including splitting long-form content into high-engagement assets like 10-slide Instagram Carousels.
• Turn-key Creative: Provide light graphic design and motion graphics to ensure the museum can react to cultural trends in real-time.
• Asset Branding: Create custom title treatments, lower-thirds, and overlays that maintain brand integrity while feeling native to social media.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Film/Video Production, Digital Media, Multimedia Journalism or Visual Communications preferred.
• 3+ years in content production and editing.
• Experience working in "live" environments (events, festivals, or active spaces)
• A proven history of producing short-form vertical video (9:16) that has reached high engagement levels.
• Software proficiency: Capcut, Adobe Creative Cloud, Premiere Pro, or similar software
• Cinematography & Capture: advance camera ops, mobile proficiency, stabilization, audio, and lighting
• UX Design for Social: Knowledge of "safe zones" on TikTok and Instagram to ensure text/UI doesn't cover critical visual information.
• Carousel Engineering: Ability to design seamless, swipeable narratives for Instagram and TikTok.

Preferred

• 4K/8K Video Editing
• Narrative Storytelling
• Motion Graphics & Lower Thirds
• Situational Awareness (during live and busy spaces)
• Vertical Framing & Reframing
• Cultural Sensitivity & Editorial Integrity
• File Management & Transcoding
• Creative Problem Solving (under tight deadlines)
• Color Grading (Rec.709 & Log)
• Project management

Benefits

• medical, dental, and vision insurance
• engaging and comprehensive wellness program
• 401(k) retirement savings plan with matching contributions after 6 months of employment
• flexible paid time off benefits with up to 22 days of paid annual leave per calendar year (15 days for new hires in their first year, prorated based on the number of pay periods remaining in the year) and 10 days of sick leave
• 12 paid holidays and a paid winter break between December 25 and 31 (May not apply to all roles that are required to work during high volume seasons or essential workers. Please check with the hiring manager for confirmation.)
• paid parental leave, adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, fertility benefits
• learning and development opportunities
• Lifestyle Spending Account
• pet adoption assistance and insurance
• pre-tax transportation benefits with a generous employer subsidy