Visual Content Producer, Food & Lifestyle

Who We Are

The Mediterranean Dish is the No. 1 online destination for modern Mediterranean recipes and lifestyle. Founded in 2014 by Suzy Karadsheh, a native of Port Said, Egypt, it has grown from a food blog into a multimedia brand that reaches millions of home cooks across our website, Instagram, YouTube, TikTok, Facebook, and Pinterest.

Suzy is the author of two New York Times bestselling cookbooks, The Mediterranean Dish and The Mediterranean Dish: Simply Dinner, and appears regularly on national television, including the Today Show. Beyond recipes, we run an online shop of olive oils and spices sourced from Italy, Spain, and Greece, and lead culinary tours through the Mediterranean.

We’re a small, close-knit team based in Alpharetta, Georgia, working from our home studio and corporate office. Everything we make is built to help people cook and live the Mediterranean way, with bold flavor, simple ingredients, and joy at the table. This role sits at the center of how millions of people experience that.

About the Role

Video is at the heart of this role — someone who can film and edit food and lifestyle content that’s built for social from the first frame, with the pacing, hooks, and visual instincts that make people stop scrolling. This person stays sharp on what’s trending on Instagram and brings that instinct into how they shoot and edit. Alongside that, they bring a strong eye for food and lifestyle photography, food/prop styling, and directing a person naturally on camera. This is a creative partnership: working closely with a food creator and social media manager to bring their vision to life — the steam rising off a dish, the pour, the crack, the bite, the candid laugh — and turning it all into scroll-stopping video first, and beautiful photography alongside it.

This role calls for someone highly creative but also deeply collaborative — able to take direction, run with feedback, and show up with a willing, can-do spirit every time. This is a pure asset-creation role — no posting or account management required.

A strong portfolio is required to be considered for this role. Please include examples of food/lifestyle video, editing specifically for social platforms, photography, and (if available) portrait or styling work.

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Will you now or in the future require sponsorship for employment visa status? *

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Can you work on-site at our Alpharetta, GA studio at least 3 days per week? *

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Can you travel 3–5 times per year for media appearances, culinary tours and book events? *

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Full-time salary expectation *

• Under $50K
• $50K – $60K
• $60K – $75K
• $75K – $90K
• Over $90K

What is your highest level of education? *

• High School
• Associates
• Bachelors
• Graduate
• Other

The questions below relate to situational experiences. Please select the answer that best describes you.

Which best describes your short-form vertical video work (Reels, TikTok, Shorts) over the last two years? *

• A. I shoot and edit, but the concepts usually come from a producer, client, or the talent
• B. I own it end to end (concept, shoot, and edit) and have published 50+ videos
• C. I mostly shoot; someone else edits
• D. I own it end to end and have published fewer than 50 videos
• E. Most of my work is horizontal or long-form; vertical is a small part

You have a week of studio days with Suzy and no brief. What's your first move? *

• A. Ask Suzy and the team which recipes are priorities this month, then plan how to shoot each one
• B. Build a calendar around seasonal recipes and upcoming holidays, then shoot in that order
• C. Pull TMD’s strongest and weakest short-form videos from the last 90 days, find the patterns, and bring a slate of concepts and hooks for approval
• D. Shoot a spread of trending formats and audio, then double down on whatever tests best

Which best describes your experience directing people on camera? *

• A. I’ve filmed people, but someone else directed them
• B. I’ve directed a creator, host, or founder on an ongoing basis (weekly or more), coaching delivery and reshaping lines in the moment
• C. Most of my work is food, product, or b-roll without people
• D. I’ve directed on-camera talent for campaigns or one-off projects
• E. I’ve occasionally directed non-professionals (clients, customers, interview subjects)

It's the third take of a recipe intro, and Suzy still sounds scripted. What do you do? *

• A. Keep rolling; the energy usually loosens up after a few more takes
• B. Use the best take and fix the pacing in the edit with cuts and music
• C. Put the script down, ask her a question about the dish, and film her answer
• D. Break the intro into short lines and shoot it line by line
• E. Cover the intro with voiceover and b-roll instead

At a market in Greece, a vendor starts an unplanned, animated exchange with Suzy while you're still setting up. The light is harsh. What do you do? *

• A. Ask them to pause briefly so you can finish setting up, then have them pick it back up
• B. Roll immediately, handheld, on whatever mic is already running, and grab cutaways afterward
• C. Let it play out; you can recreate a similar moment once you’re set
• D. Finish the setup quickly, since clean audio and exposure are worth a minute of lost footage

Which best describes your location and travel shooting? *

• A. Mostly studio or controlled sets
• B. Single-day location shoots
• C. Multi-day domestic travel shoots
• D. Multi-day international trips, unscripted, with a lean kit, handling my own gear and logistics

What's the best-performing short-form video you personally concepted and produced that you can link to? *

• A. Under 50K views
• B. 50K–250K views
• C. 250K–1M views
• D. Over 1M views
• E. I don’t have access to performance data for my work

Have you been the primary video producer for an account while it grew? (You'll be asked to name it in the interview.) *

• A. Yes, it grew by 100K+ followers during my time
• B. Yes, it grew by 25K–100K
• C. Yes, it grew by under 25K
• D. I contributed, but wasn’t the primary producer
• E. No

How much of your work over the last two years features food or cooking? *

• A. More than half
• B. About a quarter to half
• C. Occasional projects
• D. None

Which best describes your photography? *

• A. I capture stills alongside video shoots, but photography isn’t a focus
• B. I shoot and edit professional stills that are published regularly (editorial, brand, cookbook, or social)
• C. I don’t shoot stills
• D. I shoot professional stills, but it’s secondary to my video work

After one studio day covering 2–3 recipes, how many finished short-form videos would you typically deliver the following week? *

• A. 1–2
• B. 3–5
• C. 6–10
• D. More than 10

Which parts of the short-form process have you personally owned? (Select all that apply) *

• A. Concept and hook
• B. Script or outline
• C. Shot list
• D. Shooting
• E. Directing talent
• F. Editing
• G. Sound and music
• H. On-screen text and captions
• I. Cover image
• J. Posting and scheduling
• K. Reviewing analytics to decide what to make next

How does AI fit into your video workflow? *

• A. I don’t use AI tools
• B. I’ve experimented with them, but don’t use them regularly
• C. I use specific AI tools in a repeated part of my workflow (such as transcript editing, captioning, or rough cuts) and know where they fall short
• D. I rely on AI tools to generate most of my concepts and edits

Rate your short-form storytelling (hook, pacing, and payoff) from 1 to 5. *

• A. 1
• B. 2
• C. 3
• D. 4
• E. 5

Link to the best-performing short-form video you referenced above *

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