Media Resident

AstroForge • Seal Beach, CA

2d • Onsite

About The Position

AstroForge is seeking a Media Resident to join its in-house creative team and help tell the story of commercial deep space exploration. The role supports the full lifecycle of photo and video content, including capture, archiving, editing, and preparing social and web content. The Media Resident will also contribute to creative production for launches, investor events, and public-facing campaigns. This is a hands-on position for someone eager to learn across disciplines, work quickly, and translate complex engineering work into compelling visual stories.

The position is onsite in Seal Beach, California, pays $30.00 per hour, and lasts 12 weeks, with the possibility of conversion to a permanent, salaried employee. Flexible availability is required for launches, tests, and events outside normal hours.

To comply with U.S. Government export regulations, including ITAR, candidates must be a U.S. citizen or national, lawful permanent resident, refugee, or asylee, or be eligible to obtain the required U.S. Government authorizations.

Requirements

• Working proficiency with design software such as Figma and Adobe Creative Suite, including Premiere Pro, Photoshop, and Lightroom; a portfolio or reel demonstrating a range of creative work is required.
• Experience with photo or video capture and post-production, and an eye for composition, lighting, and storytelling.
• Strong organizational and technical skills, ability to learn tools and workflows quickly, manage multiple projects, and keep work on track without being prompted.
• Strong media management skills, including ingest, file naming, backups, and maintaining a searchable archive.
• Working knowledge of Instagram, YouTube, LinkedIn, X, and TikTok, including their formats, specifications, and performance considerations.
• Comfort working directly with engineers to understand technical material and make it accurate and accessible.
• Basic understanding of spaceflight and aerospace concepts, and of how the space industry is covered in the media.
• Strong written communication skills for captions, shot lists, briefs, and post copy.
• Flexible availability for launches, tests, and events outside normal hours.
• Must meet ITAR-related U.S. citizenship, immigration, or authorization requirements.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with Canon mirrorless and Z CAM cinema camera systems, including log workflows.
• Live stream production experience, including switching, encoding, and multi-camera streams to YouTube or X using tools such as OBS, vMix, or ATEM.
• Experience with motion graphics, color grading, audio production, or podcast production.
• Familiarity with aerospace concepts such as orbital mechanics, electric propulsion (including Hall-effect thrusters), and mission phases, or prior experience covering space or engineering topics.
• Working proficiency in Illustrator or After Effects.

Responsibilities

• Capture, ingest, organize, back up, and archive photo and video assets, maintaining a searchable archive.
• Edit footage and prepare content for social media and the web.
• Contribute to creative production for launches, investor events, and public-facing campaigns.
• Work with engineers to understand technical material and translate it into accurate, accessible content.
• Write captions, shot lists, briefs, and post copy.
• Support media production and creative workflows across multiple projects.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed