About This Role
This hybrid position requires a presence in New York and involves creating premium branded video content for digital, social, and custom content campaigns. The role is a hands-on production and post-production job for someone with strong technical filmmaking skills and a sophisticated eye for editing, working alongside the Director of Brand Studio to translate creative concepts into polished, visually compelling video.
Responsibilities
- Serve as a lead camera operator and technical production partner on Brand Studio shoots
- Collaborate with the Director of Brand Studio on shot planning, visual approach, and production execution
- Translate creative direction into thoughtful cinematography and visual coverage
- Capture interviews, properties, architecture, lifestyle, events, and documentary-style footage
- Build and operate professional camera, lighting, and audio packages
- Make informed technical decisions around camera settings, lenses, lighting, audio, and production workflow
- Anticipate coverage needs and capture the B-roll, establishing shots, details, and transitions necessary to build a polished edit
- Troubleshoot technical and production challenges efficiently on location
- Help coordinate equipment, crew, and production logistics when necessary
- Maintain a high technical standard across productions ranging from efficient small-crew shoots to premium productions
- Edit premium branded videos from raw footage through final delivery
- Work from creative direction, interview material, briefs, and production notes to develop strong first cuts
- Shape interviews and footage into clear, engaging edits with strong pacing and visual structure
- Make thoughtful editorial choices around selects, B-roll, music, sound design, graphics, and transitions
- Collaborate closely with the Director of Brand Studio throughout the edit while bringing independent editorial judgment and solutions to the process
- Understand both the narrative and visual intent of a project and translate that direction into the edit
- Create multiple deliverables from a single production, including approximately 2–5 minute hero videos, 60–90 second edits, and short-form social cutdowns
- Reframe and adapt content thoughtfully for 16:9, 9:16, 1:1, and other platform-specific formats
- Handle color correction, audio cleanup, music editing, graphics integration, and finishing
- Collaborate with motion designers or other post-production specialists when projects require advanced graphics or animation
- Incorporate internal and client feedback efficiently while maintaining creative and technical consistency
- Prepare final masters and platform-specific deliverables
