Video Producer

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Overview

Careers The Manhattan Institute (MI) is a community of scholars, journalists, activists, and civic leaders who are united by a shared commitment to advancing economic opportunity, individual liberty,

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DesignVideo Producer

We are always looking for entrepreneurial, self-driven, resourceful, and detail-oriented employees to help put MI's work in the hands of key policymakers and others.

Responsibilities

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● Produce and edit original short- and long-form videos for social media, YouTube, podcasts, and other digital platforms

● Manage video projects from initial concept through recording, postproduction, and publication

● Produce MI podcasts, including guest coordination, recording, editing, quality control, and distribution

● Identify compelling moments from interviews, podcasts, events, and media appearances and turn them into highly shareable clips

● Develop visual treatments, hooks, pacing, captions, graphics, sound design, and other elements that help content capture attention

● Prepare studios and field-production setups, including cameras, lighting, microphones, and recording software

● Work closely with MI scholars, correspondents, and communications staff to translate complex ideas into clear and engaging content

● Track emerging formats, platform conventions, editing styles, and distribution strategies

● Maintain an efficient production calendar and turn around high-quality work on tight deadlines

● Help establish a consistent and recognizable visual identity for MI’s video and podcast programming

Requirements

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● Demonstrated experience producing and editing professional video content

● Advanced proficiency with tools such as Adobe Premiere Pro, Final Cut Pro, After Effects, CapCut, or comparable software

● Experience producing podcasts or other interview-based programming

● Strong working knowledge of cameras, lighting, audio, studio production, and remote-recording technology

● A sophisticated understanding of what makes content perform on YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, X, and other platforms

Applications must include a portfolio or reel demonstrating video-production and editing work. Applications submitted without work samples will not be considered.

$80,000 to $115,000 per year

What We Offer

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MI offers generous benefits, including a hybrid work environment, four weeks of paid vacation, a Flexible Fridays program, paid parental leave, medical and dental coverage, medical and dependent-care FSAs, mental-health benefits, telemedicine, a paid company cell phone, life insurance, and a 401(k) with a company-funded match. MI staff also benefit from the opportunity to collaborate and socialize with prominent scholars working on some of the country’s most important policy questions.