America’s Test Kitchen is seeking an organized and detail oriented Production Project Manager to oversee the logistics, coordination, and execution of marketing video projects. This role is integral to supporting our in-house video marketing team by ensuring smooth production workflows.
The ideal candidate is a strong project manager and/or production coordinator with experience in planning and executing video logistics and has a deep understanding of short-form video production. We are looking for someone that thrives in a creative environment and enjoys bringing ideas to life using visuals, audio and motion. A passion for food media is a plus.
Key Responsibilities
Production Project Management
- Support the Supervising Producer, Marketing Video in optimizing and maintaining end-to-end video production processes, including pre-production, shoot production and post-production phases.
- Maintain and optimize production timelines, project management tools, and asset management systems to ensure timely delivery of all video marketing assets across multiple platforms.
- Serve as the central point of contact for all in-house marketing video production needs, streamlining communication between culinary, creative and social teams.
- Collaborate with producers who own day-to-day project delivery; provide operational support, oversight, and escalation management when needed.
- Document and refine production processes, identifying opportunities to improve efficiency, consistency, and clarity across the team
- Facilitate pre-production logistics, including shoot planning, call sheets, and coordination with internal resources
- Maintain video team gear inventory tracking and organization
- Handle legal/compliance issues such as copyright, appearance releases, and proper licensing of music or footage.
Qualifications
- 3-5 years of production or project management experience, ideally in a content-driven environment (social, lifestyle, or food media preferred).
- Strong organizational and problem-solving skills and experience managing production calendars, workflows, resources, and deliverables across multiple stakeholders.
- Demonstrated ability to streamline processes, document workflows, and identify opportunities to improve team efficiency.
- Familiarity with social-first content workflows and short & mid-form video production.
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to thrive in a collaborative, cross-functional environment and translate creative direction into actionable project plans and timelines.
- Working knowledge of production workflows, including asset tracking and pre- and post-production processes
- Proficiency in project management software (e.g., Wrike, Notion, Asana, Monday).
- A passion for food, cooking, and ATK’s mission is strongly preferred.
This position is located in our Boston, MA office in the Seaport district. It is the expectation that the person in this role will work a hybrid schedule of 3 days per week (Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday) in the office and 2 days per week remotely.
Salary Range: $63,500 - $70,000
About America’s Test Kitchen
The mission of America’s Test Kitchen (ATK) is to empower and inspire confidence, community, and creativity in the kitchen. Founded in 1992, the company is the leading multimedia cooking resource serving millions of fans with TV shows (America’s Test Kitchen, Cook's Country, and America’s Test Kitchen: The Next Generation), award-winning magazine (Cook’s Illustrated) and limited-edition newsstand issues, cookbooks, a podcast (Proof), FAST channels, short-form video series, and the ATK Essential Membership for digital content. Based in a state-of-the-art 15,000-square-foot test kitchen in Boston’s Seaport District, ATK has earned the trust of home cooks and culinary experts alike thanks to its one-of-a-kind processes and best-in-class techniques. Fifty full-time (admittedly very meticulous) test cooks, editors, and product testers spend their days tweaking every variable to find the very best recipes, equipment, ingredients, and techniques. Learn more at https://www.americastestkitchen.com/.
Why America’s Test Kitchen:
We're passionate about cooking, and about creating the best place to work. We're small enough for your ideas to make a big impact, and large enough to offer you opportunities to grow professionally at any stage of your career. We want you to take risks and make mistakes — that's how innovation happens in our test kitchen, in our offices, and in life.
We at America’s Test Kitchen believe food media can be a powerful force for social change. We are passionate about building an inclusive workforce that represents many different cultures, backgrounds, abilities, identities, and perspectives.
We welcome your application.
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