What are the responsibilities and job description for the Associate Video Producer position at POLITICO?
Job Description
POLITICO is seeking an associate video producer-editor to join our growing audio and video team.
The ideal candidate is a strong video editor and producer, capable of producing quick clips and longer, polished, multi-cam shoots. Sharp news judgement and a deep understanding of/interest in U.S. politics are critical. Experience creating compelling content for social media and familiarity with editing podcast video are both strong pluses.
Who You Are
Let’s keep in touch. You can view our list of open positions here.
About Us.
POLITICO illuminates the forces shaping global power. Since 2007, we have delivered intelligence that anticipates tomorrow's headlines, not reports on yesterday's news. As politics has increasingly become the defining force of our era, our work has never been more vital.
Cabinet secretaries and Ministers start their mornings with our analysis. CEOs shape strategy around our reporting. Advocacy leaders rely on our insights to move policy. We deliver the straightforward facts and clear-eyed analysis they need to navigate the most complex political landscape of our lifetimes.
Our 1,100 publishing professionals across the world's key democratic capitals—Washington, Brussels, London, Paris, Berlin, Sacramento, and New York—form the world's premier politics and policy newsroom. We tell the story of how power really works by explaining who wields it and how they plan to exercise it, connecting dots others miss and delivering scoops from sources others don't even know exist.
Innovation has always been a core tenet of our story. At launch, we bet that depth would trump scale, that talent would trump traffic, and that politics would become central to modern life. In 2011, we made another bet and launched POLITICO Pro to help decision-makers understand the business of government, transforming both how they shape government action and the business of journalism itself.
These bets have made POLITICO the most successful digital news startup of its generation and the indispensable resource for leaders who shape the future. Today, we are a rarity in media: a growing, profitable, and sustainable news organization.
POLITICO is a subsidiary of Axel Springer SE, a family-owned transatlantic media company headquartered in Berlin and New York. Axel Springer is dedicated to shaping the future of journalism in the free world, believing that a free and informed society is essential to democracy. The company’s guiding principles - first articulated as The Essentials by founder Axel Springer in the aftermath of World War II - remain a cornerstone of the company’s foundation today. Learn more about Axel Springer.
Posting Date
2026-01-13
Title
Associate Video Producer
POLITICO is seeking an associate video producer-editor to join our growing audio and video team.
The ideal candidate is a strong video editor and producer, capable of producing quick clips and longer, polished, multi-cam shoots. Sharp news judgement and a deep understanding of/interest in U.S. politics are critical. Experience creating compelling content for social media and familiarity with editing podcast video are both strong pluses.
Who You Are
- A sharp, news-driven visual storyteller who thrives on speed, clarity and editorial precision
- Proficient in the rhythms, personalities and power dynamics of Washington politics
- Calm under pressure and decisive in breaking news moments
- Comfortable juggling multiple projects while maintaining high visual and editorial standards
- Curious, observant and quick to spot the visual or narrative angle others might miss
- Audience-minded, with an instinct for building loyalty through smart video
- Collaborative by nature and proactive about communicating across teams
- Produce, write and edit daily news and enterprise videos, including short explainers, multi-cam interviews, vertical video for social, and filmed podcasts.
- Work with POLITICO reporters and editors covering politics and policy to support video storytelling
- Identify moments within articles that can be enhanced with video elements such as soundbites, speeches and breaking news clips
- Pitch video ideas tied to events, reporter coverage and emerging trends
- Adapt print stories into clear, visually engaging videos under editorial guidance
- Help develop creative approaches to using video to explain complex policy issues
- Collaborate with video teammates on script edits, fact checking and video revisions
- Coordinate with the video team to meet daily deadlines and production needs
- 1-3 years of experience in digital video production and editing
- Expertise in Adobe Premiere. After Effects and Photoshop competence is a strong plus
- Ability to edit quickly and cleanly for a variety of platforms
- Comfortability to shoot in studio, in the field and remotely when required
- Ideas and knowledge to pitch innovative stories
- Appetite for D.C. politics and insider knowledge
- Confidence to work with high-profile newsmakers including inside the newsroom
- Strong communication and organizational skills
- Social media chops and a good understanding of use of visuals, particularly video
Let’s keep in touch. You can view our list of open positions here.
About Us.
POLITICO illuminates the forces shaping global power. Since 2007, we have delivered intelligence that anticipates tomorrow's headlines, not reports on yesterday's news. As politics has increasingly become the defining force of our era, our work has never been more vital.
Cabinet secretaries and Ministers start their mornings with our analysis. CEOs shape strategy around our reporting. Advocacy leaders rely on our insights to move policy. We deliver the straightforward facts and clear-eyed analysis they need to navigate the most complex political landscape of our lifetimes.
Our 1,100 publishing professionals across the world's key democratic capitals—Washington, Brussels, London, Paris, Berlin, Sacramento, and New York—form the world's premier politics and policy newsroom. We tell the story of how power really works by explaining who wields it and how they plan to exercise it, connecting dots others miss and delivering scoops from sources others don't even know exist.
Innovation has always been a core tenet of our story. At launch, we bet that depth would trump scale, that talent would trump traffic, and that politics would become central to modern life. In 2011, we made another bet and launched POLITICO Pro to help decision-makers understand the business of government, transforming both how they shape government action and the business of journalism itself.
These bets have made POLITICO the most successful digital news startup of its generation and the indispensable resource for leaders who shape the future. Today, we are a rarity in media: a growing, profitable, and sustainable news organization.
POLITICO is a subsidiary of Axel Springer SE, a family-owned transatlantic media company headquartered in Berlin and New York. Axel Springer is dedicated to shaping the future of journalism in the free world, believing that a free and informed society is essential to democracy. The company’s guiding principles - first articulated as The Essentials by founder Axel Springer in the aftermath of World War II - remain a cornerstone of the company’s foundation today. Learn more about Axel Springer.
Posting Date
2026-01-13
Title
Associate Video Producer