**Description** Applied Research Associates, Inc. (ARA) Strategic, Communication, Marketing, and Training Group is seeking a **Senior Videographer** to join our team in an onsite position in Panama City, Fl where you will exercise your creativity in writing scripts, producing, directing and editing the videotaping of programs and trainings. As a **Senior Videographer,** you will be a key member of a team that is solving real-world problems for customers in the military, medical, commercial, and intelligence industries. Our products are award-winning, reflecting the creativity, dedication, and vision of every member of our group. You can be part of our team! **Activites could require candidate to:** + Deliver expertly shot 4K footage that meets professional broadcasting standards and enhances the visual narrative of each project. + Edit video content quickly and efficiently in Adobe Premiere Pro, crafting engaging narratives that align with project goals and client vision. + Create eye-catching animation and motion graphics to support video projects. + Develop motion graphics for interactive media/web projects. + Produce, record, and process audio for narration or VOs using Adobe Audition. + Maintain organized archived project folders. + Maintain and be responsible for any issued video production equipment owned or leased by ARA. + Concept to delivery video production responsibility to include scripting, storyboards, shooting, editing, audio processing, and delivery to clients. + Create or assist in the creation of advertising and promotion concepts for new products and/or specialty items. + Develop, test, and implement new interactive designs. + Coordinate with instructional system designers to develop multimedia content. + Optimize multimedia, graphics, video and audio for web delivery. Candidate will participate in creative team meetings when necessary to assess project needs and recommend appropriate design solutions to meet stated project and messaging goals. **Required Experience:** + Knowledge and understanding of the engineering and technical aspects of broadcast quality video production equipment. + Comprehensive body of knowledge related to videography related to training videos and developing storyboards and scripts. + Planning and developing video programs by transforming training and other objectives into production ideas requiring the determination of format, approach, content, and level of presentation. + Knowledge and experience with integration of other multi-media into videos, such as animation and motion graphics. + Experience in using a video studio/green room to develop training videos. + Directing and assisting staff to fabricate sets, props, and wardrobes, as needed, and secures permits, consents, and releases to meet the legal requirements for videotaping persons and places. + Must be highly organized and motivated, have excellent interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills, ability to execute multiple projects from inception to completion, and the ability to meet short deadlines. + Must be team oriented and be able to collaborate with other ARA videographers, artists, and animators to develop and refine media products. + Must be proficient in Adobe Creative Suite (Premiere, Audition, After Effects, Illustrator, and Photoshop) **Required Qualifications:** + Minimum of BS or higher and at least five years of experience in professional communications development and delivery to include videography, photography, and graphic design. **Desired:** + Portfolio of video/graphic work. Understand media file types, codecs and encoding processes as well as closed captioning processes. **Travel Requirements:** + Must be able and available to travel as much as 25% of work schedule. **Why work with us:** + The opportunity to make a real impact. Our team has been making quality training for over 20 years. Everyone who works here is important, from new faces to those who have worked here since the beginning. Your contribution matters—you won’t be just a number! + Flexible, reasonable hours. We encourage all employees to have a good work/life balance. We do not believe in burning you out! We invest in our people and want you to be happy with us for the long-haul. + Competitive salaries and outstanding benefits. We provide generous retirement contributions and company stock over and above salary; medical, dental, and vision coverage; company-paid life and long-term disability insurance; and annual performance bonuses. **COMPANY INFORMATION:** Applied Research Associates, Inc. is an employee-owned international research and engineering company recognized for providing technically superior solutions to complex and challenging problems in the physical sciences. The company, founded in Albuquerque, NM, in 1979, currently employs over 2,300 professionals. ARA offices throughout the United States and Canada provide a broad range of technical expertise in defense technologies, civil technologies, computer software and simulation, systems analysis, environmental technologies, and testing and measurement. The corporation also provides sophisticated technical products for environmental site characterization, pavement analysis, and robotics. At ARA, employees are our greatest assets. The corporation realizes that employee ownership spawns greater creativity and initiative along with higher performance and customer satisfaction levels. ARA gives its employees the tools, training, and opportunities to take more active roles as owners. The culture is challenging; innovation and experimentation are the norm. Employees are eligible for contributions which not only add to the company’s success, but also their own through the Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP). The motto, “Engineering and Science for Fun and Profit” sums up the ARA experience. For additional information and an opportunity to join this unique workplace, please visit our website at www.ara.com . Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities This employer is required to notify all applicants of their rights pursuant to federal employment laws. For further information, please review the Know Your Rights (https://www.eeoc.gov/poster) notice from the Department of Labor.