Something interesting is happening in media hiring right now, and it goes deeper than the usual remote-versus-office debate. Scan this week’s most compelling job listings and a pattern emerges quickly: employers aren’t just looking for people who can make content, they want people who can go get it. Travel-required social media production. Video work rooted in community impact. Communications roles tied to real organizations doing real things in real places. The throughline is unmistakable.
After several years of algorithmically optimized, studio-lit, could-have-been-made-anywhere content, audiences have developed a finely tuned radar for authenticity, and they’re rewarding creators who deliver it. The brands and organizations hiring this week clearly understand that. They’re not posting travel-required roles because they enjoy the expense reports. They’re doing it because location-specific, experiential content consistently outperforms the generic alternative, and the gap is widening.
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For job seekers, the implications are worth paying attention to. The most competitive candidates in today’s market aren’t choosing between “remote” and “in-office”—they’re positioning themselves as versatile enough to do both, and nimble enough to create compelling work wherever the story lives.
This Week’s Standout Roles
Social Media Producer (Travel Required) — Showplace
Why this one caught our eye: Showplace isn’t a media company per se—they design high-end vacation rentals. But they’ve clearly figured out what many hospitality brands are still learning: content is the product now. This role asks you to travel to properties across the country and create social content that sells an experience, not square footage. You’ll be documenting real guest moments, translating interior design decisions into visual storytelling, and building a social presence that makes people reach for their credit cards. It’s part travel photographer, part brand journalist, part social strategist, and it requires someone who’s genuinely comfortable working independently, far from headquarters, with a camera and a content calendar.
What they’re looking for:
- Willingness (and enthusiasm) for extensive domestic travel to property locations
- Demonstrated ability to produce polished content independently—no production crew, no safety net
- A storyteller’s instinct paired with a strategist’s discipline around data and performance metrics
- Experience turning physical spaces and in-person experiences into scroll-stopping digital content
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Video Producer/Editor, Social Impact — Marketing for Change
Why this one matters: Let’s be honest—most video production roles exist to move product. This one doesn’t. Marketing for Change works exclusively on public health, environmental protection, and democracy issues, and they need a Video Lead who can own projects from concept through final delivery. The difference here isn’t just subject matter; it’s intent. You’re creating work designed to shift how people think and behave around issues that genuinely matter. That’s a different creative muscle, and if you’ve been quietly wishing your production skills served a bigger purpose, this is the listing to bookmark.
What they’re looking for:
- End-to-end ownership of video projects—you’re not handing off to someone else at any stage
- A portfolio that shows experience in cause-driven, social impact, or advocacy content
- Strong collaborative instincts within a creative team that takes its mission seriously
- Genuine investment in using media as a tool for behavioral and social change
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Media Director — Marketing for Change
Why we’re watching this: Most Media Director roles ask you to optimize an existing machine. This one asks you to design and build the machine, oriented entirely around behavioral science and social change rather than commercial outcomes. If you’ve spent years in traditional media buying and feel ready to redirect that expertise toward something with more weight, this is an unusually clean opportunity to do exactly that.
What they’re looking for:
- Proven senior leadership across media planning, buying, and strategy
- A genuine understanding of how media exposure drives behavior change—not just awareness, but action
- An entrepreneurial mindset comfortable with building new capabilities inside a growing organization
- Fluency across paid, earned, and owned media strategies, with the judgment to know when each matters most
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Communications Associate — Kittleman & Associates
The quiet standout: This one’s easy to scroll past—it’s part-time, it’s a communications associate title, it doesn’t scream prestige. But look closer. Kittleman is the nation’s first executive search firm dedicated exclusively to nonprofits. That means this role gives you a front-row seat to how leadership moves across the entire social impact sector. You’ll handle communications for a firm that places CEOs, Executive Directors, and senior leaders at organizations doing consequential work. As a career-building move, especially for someone early in communications or considering the nonprofit space, the access and exposure here punch well above the title.
What they’re looking for:
- Part-time availability with remote flexibility—ideal for balancing alongside other commitments
- Strong fundamentals in nonprofit or mission-driven communications
- Preferred (but not required) location in Chicago, Philadelphia, Boston, or Denver
- Direct reporting line to a Vice President, meaning real mentorship access and visibility
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What This Week’s Listings Tell Us About Where Media Hiring Is Headed
What these roles collectively signal is that the media industry is recalibrating the balance between digital efficiency and real-world credibility. The pandemic proved that remote content creation works. But the market is now telling us that works and wins are different things—and the content that wins increasingly comes from people who were actually there.
If you’re actively searching, consider how your resume and portfolio answer this question: Can you create compelling content outside of controlled conditions? Highlight the on-location shoots, the community partnerships, the projects where you had to adapt on the fly because the real world doesn’t come with a creative brief. Show that you can bridge physical experience and digital storytelling—because that’s the skill set employers are clearly willing to pay for right now.
As remote work matured, the market has become more discerning about which work benefits from a home office and which work demands boots on the ground. The most interesting media careers in 2025 are shaping up to require both.
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