Subscription-driven magazine publisher spanning digital, audio and video journalism
The Atlantic is a Washington, D.C.-based magazine publisher whose stack pairs newsroom production tools (Premiere Pro, Pro Tools, Descript, InDesign) with subscriber marketing tech like Sailthru and Lytics. Hiring tilts toward senior marketing, media and design talent, and job posts repeatedly cite email conversion, A/B testing and subscriber acquisition, which points to a push on growing paid readership. A test-automation stack (Playwright, Cypress, Applitools) alongside QA-maturity pain points signals an early-stage quality engineering build-out.
Notable leadership hires: Art Director, Creative Director
The Atlantic is a privately held American publisher founded in 1857 and headquartered in Washington, D.C. It produces journalism covering politics, business, foreign affairs and culture across print, digital, podcast and video formats. The company employs 201–500 people and hires in the United States. Its operations span editorial and newsroom teams, audio and video production, design, product, engineering and a marketing function focused on subscriptions and advertising. Infrastructure runs across AWS, GCP and Azure, managed with Terraform.
The Atlantic uses Adobe Creative Cloud, Premiere Pro, Pro Tools and Descript for production, Sailthru and Lytics for audience marketing, Looker and Google Analytics for analytics, and AWS, GCP, Azure and Terraform for infrastructure.
Yes, hiring is accelerating, concentrated in marketing, media, design and product, with mostly senior-level roles in the United States plus leadership openings like Art Director and Creative Director.
Current initiatives include an A/B testing strategy, ad performance products, subscriber journey work, a monetization roadmap, trigger-based email journeys, The Atlantic Book Club and new podcast seasons.
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