Senior Producer: Video, Audience Growth & Storytelling

The Publish Press; United States; Hybride; USD 90 000 - 140 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

401(k) with employer match

Health insurance

Dental and vision coverage

Paid parental leave

Generous vacation

Professional development stipend

Monthly work-from-home stipend

Résumé du poste

Axios is seeking a creative, highly organized Producer/Senior Producer to own end-to-end video production—from concept through production, post, publishing, and audience growth—for Axios originals such as The Axios Show.

You’ll partner with editorial, video, social, audience, revenue, and external partners to turn strong ideas into engaging, on-brand video, directing shoots, editing, and managing timelines across multiple projects.

Qualifications

• 5–7+ years of relevant video production, journalism, digital media, broadcast, documentary, branded-content, or comparable editorial experience.
• Proven experience producing, shooting, and editing professional video content with a strong portfolio or reel.
• Strong editorial judgment, visual storytelling, and the ability to turn ideas into compelling finished video.
• Experience producing for YouTube and understanding of audience development, search/discovery, retention, and platform-native storytelling.

Responsabilités

• Produce video from ideation through scripting, shooting, post-production, publishing, and promotion.
• Shape ideas into pitches, treatments, scripts, shot lists, run-of-show documents, and other production materials.
• Partner with editorial and video leaders to develop creative concepts and deliver engaging, accurate video aligned with Axios’ voice and standards.
• Lead or support field, studio, and remote-based productions.
• Work effectively with journalists, executives, guests, and other on-camera talent.
• Coordinate work across internal teams, freelancers, contractors, vendors, and production partners.
• Create video optimized for YouTube and other digital platforms, including packaging, audience retention, and distribution.
• Use platform trends and performance insights to inform creative decisions and help grow Axios’ video audience.
• Manage multiple projects, deadlines, production schedules, and review processes in a fast-moving environment.

Connaissances

Video production

Editorial judgment

Audience development

Directing shoots

Editing video

Project management

Communication skills

Team collaboration

Outils

Adobe Creative Suite

Description du poste

1 big thing: Axios is a media company dedicated to providing trustworthy, award-winning news and information in an audience-first format. We are seeking a creative, highly organized Producer/Senior Producer to help grow Axios’ original video portfolio. This hands-on, end-to-end producer will take ideas from concept through production, post-production, publishing, and audience growth.

The role will support original Axios video programming, including The Axios Show, and other editorial video formats across YouTube, social, and digital platforms.

Why it matters: Axios is investing in high-quality, audience-focused video storytelling. The Producer/Senior Producer will partner with editorial, video, social, audience, revenue, and external production partners to turn strong ideas into compelling, visually engaging video. This person will be equally comfortable developing a treatment, directing a shoot, editing a finished piece, managing production timelines, and working with on-camera talent.

Go deeper: In this role, you’ll:

• Produce video from ideation through scripting, shooting, post-production, publishing, and promotion.
• Shape ideas into pitches, treatments, scripts, shot lists, run-of-show documents, and other production materials.
• Partner with editorial and video leaders to develop creative concepts and deliver engaging, accurate video aligned with Axios’ voice and standards.
• Lead or support field, studio, and remote-based productions.
• Work effectively with journalists, executives, guests, and other on-camera talent.
• Coordinate work across internal teams, freelancers, contractors, vendors, and production partners.
• Create video optimized for YouTube and other digital platforms, including packaging, audience retention, and distribution.
• Use platform trends and performance insights to inform creative decisions and help grow Axios’ video audience.
• Manage multiple projects, deadlines, production schedules, and review processes in a fast-moving environment.

The details: You have:

• 5–7+ years of relevant video production, journalism, digital media, broadcast, documentary, branded-content, or comparable editorial experience; additional experience may be considered at the Senior Producer level.
• Demonstrated experience producing, shooting, and editing professional video content, supported by a strong portfolio or reel.
• Strong editorial judgment, visual storytelling skills, and the ability to turn ideas into compelling finished video.
• Experience producing for YouTube and an understanding of audience development, search/discovery, retention, and platform-native storytelling.
• Expert proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite.
• Experience working with on-camera talent, alongside strong writing, communication, and project-management skills.
• A collaborative, entrepreneurial, solutions-oriented approach and comfort working across distributed teams and changing priorities.

Starting salary for this role is in the range of $90,000 - $140,000 and is dependent on numerous factors, including but not limited to location, work experience, and skills. This range does not include other compensation benefits. Axios' compensation philosophy takes into account cost of labor differentials across the country. Because this is a remote-optional job posting, this salary range takes into account all possible locations within the United States, but candidates will only be eligible for the salary range for their location.

Axios is committed to embracing artificial intelligence as a core part of how we work. All team members are expected to actively develop AI literacy and use AI tools to enhance their productivity, creativity, and efficiency. We invest in ongoing learning to ensure every employee is equipped to responsibly and effectively integrate AI into their daily workflows.

What Axios brings to the table besides salary:

• 401(k) with employer match
• Robust PPO and High Deductible health insurance options on the Blue Cross Blue Shield network
• Employer Health Savings Account (HSA) contribution for the high deductible health plan option
• Dental and vision coverage
• Primary caregiver 12-week paid leave
• Generous vacation policy, plus holidays
• One mental health day per quarter
• Annual learning and development stipend
• $100 monthly work-from-home stipend
• Tele-mental health services through Headspace
• OneMedical membership, including telehealth services
• Personal health advocacy resources through HealthAdvocate
• Inclusive fertility, hormonal health, and family-forming benefits through Carrot Fertility
• Access to the Axios “Family Fund”, which was created to allow employees to request financial support when facing financial hardship or emergencies
• Increased work flexibility for parents and caretakers
• Virtual company-sponsored social events
• A strong and positive work environment
• A commitment to an open, inclusive, and diverse work culture

Equal Opportunity Employer Statement

Axios is an equal-opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, age, gender identity, gender expression, veteran status, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state, or local laws.

This policy applies to all employment practices within our organization, including hiring, recruiting, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, leave of absence, compensation, benefits, training, and apprenticeship. Axios makes hiring decisions based solely on qualifications, merit, and business needs at the time.