Video Intern, Quanta Magazine

Quanta Magazine is looking for a motivated video intern for the summer of 2025 to help create videos for the website and Quanta’s YouTube channel with over 1M subscribers. This is an outstanding opportunity for an early-career video producer to learn about the production of animated explainers, series and short documentaries about biology, physics, computer science and mathematics. The intern will receive training and mentoring from the video team and the magazine editors and will potentially leave with some nice portfolio pieces.

This paid internship is full time at 40 hours per week. It will take place on-site at the Simons Foundation offices in New York City between May 27 and August 15, 2025.

Learn more about summer internships at Simons Foundation here: https://www.simonsfoundation.org/summer-at-simons.

Essential Functions/Responsibilities

• Assist the video director and producer with research for video explainers, series and documentaries.
• Contact scientists and press officers to arrange interviews for videos.
• Assist the video team with producing shoots; for example, researching and writing interview questions and collaborating with crew and subject on location.
• Assist the video team with sourcing archival material, selecting music tracks, and completing color and sound passes.
• Assist the video team with video production tasks, for example, end cards and subtitling.
• Assist Quanta’s engagement editor to create social assets for videos as needed.
• Assist the video team with creation and strategy of vertical shorts.
• Perform any other duties or tasks as assigned or required.

Minimum Qualifications

• Candidates should be working toward a career in video, film, media or journalism.
• Working knowledge of Adobe Premiere and Adobe Photoshop is essential, and familiarity with Adobe After Effects is desirable.
• An enthusiastic interest in science and science communication.
• Strong writing skills.
• Good judgement of video quality with an understanding of animation, cinematography, editing, production and post-production processes that contribute to success.

Required Application Materials

• Please submit a résumé and cover letter describing your interest in this position.
• Two examples of scripts you have worked on and/or videos that you have edited, with explanation of your role.

Compensation

• This internship pays $20 to $25 per hour, depending on experience.

About Quanta

Quanta Magazine is an award-winning, editorially independent online publication launched by the Simons Foundation to enhance public understanding of science. Our reporters and editors focus on developments in mathematics, theoretical physics, theoretical computer science and the basic life sciences, with an emphasis on delivering timely, accurate, in-depth and well-crafted articles for our broad, discerning audience. In addition to many other awards and accolades, Quanta won the Pulitzer Prize in explanatory reporting in 2022 and a National Magazine Award for general excellence in 2020. Quanta has syndication partnerships with Wired, The Atlantic and other publications, has published two books (Alice and Bob Meet the Wall of Fire and The Prime Number Conspiracy) and our articles have been translated into several languages.

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