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.
Post-Production & Technical Optimization 50%
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.
Rapid-Response Design & Animation 10%
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
Educational Background
Bachelor's degree in Film/Video Production, Digital Media, Multimedia Journalism or Visual Communications preferred.
Minimum Years of Experience:
3+ years in content production and editing.
Necessary Skills and Knowledge:
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.
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
Collaboration & Communication
Salary Information
The National Geographic Society offers a competitive and holistic total rewards package. Our compensation structure and transparent pay philosophy are based on industry-specific market data for similar-sized nonprofit organizations.
The salary range for this position is $80,750.00 - $85,000.00.
In addition, the National Geographic Society offers a competitive and comprehensive benefits package that includes, but is not limited to, medical, dental, and vision insurance; engaging and co
Benefits
Dental insuranceVision insurance
Additional Information
How You'll Contribute
The National Geographic Society headquarters, based in Washington, D.C., is soon opening a state-of-the-art attraction, The National Geographic Museum of Exploration, which will be open June 2026. Components of the new guest experience will include a state-of-the-art pavilion entrance, auditorium, iconic photo gallery, exhibition space, immersive walk-through attraction, retail, food and beverage, education center, archives, tours, public programming and exciting new event space.
How You'll Contribute
The Business Strategy and Performance team is responsible for creating the overall business strategy of all revenue streams on campus that meet or exceed gross and net revenue targets across all business lines including, but not limited to ticketing sales, tours group sales, food and beverage, retail, event rentals, and event programming.
The Social Content Producer is the visual storyteller and technical engine behind the National Geographic Museum of Exploration's digital presence. This is a highly mobile, creative, and technical role designed for someone who lives behind a lens and inside an editing suite.
Reporting to the Sr. Manager, Content & Creative, this role will work closely with the Social Media Manager who focuses on strategy and community management, the Producer is the "boots on the ground" creator. This role is responsible for capturing the magic of our exhibitions, events, and behind-the-scenes discoveries, then transforming that raw footage into high-performing, platform-optimized assets.
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