Videographer

ACORNSTRATEGY; Abu Dhabi; Hybrid; AED 60,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading creative agency in Abu Dhabi is seeking a Videographer for a full-time position focused on producing high-quality social-first video content. The successful candidate will manage all aspects of video production, ensuring adherence to client brand guidelines while maintaining a collaborative environment. This role requires 2-4 years of professional videography experience and offers a hybrid work model. The agency values creativity, innovation, and a proactive approach to teamwork, aiming for excellence in delivering client projects.

Benefits

Opportunity to work on high-profile clients

Collaborative agency environment

Creative ownership of projects

Qualifications

• 2-4 years of professional videography experience.
• Proven experience in end-to-end video production for social media.
• Strong interpersonal skills when working with senior stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Plan, film, and edit social-first video content.
• Ensure timely delivery of video outputs.
• Manage multiple shoot schedules and editing deadlines.

Skills

Videography

Video editing

Interpersonal skills

Time management

Technical proficiency in camera operation

Job description

JOB TITLE: Videographer

LOCATION: Abu Dhabi, hybrid work model

CONTRACT TYPE: Full-time, 6-month contract

REPORTING TO: Creative Services Studio Manager

Purpose of the role

The Videographer will be responsible for the end-to-end production of social-first video content across multiple client accounts.

You will ensure the consistent, high-quality, and on-brand delivery of video content, while reducing reliance on freelance support and enabling smooth, cost-effective content production for the wider client servicing team.

The successful candidate will be confident managing filming schedules, working independently on shoots and edits, and collaborating closely with account, content, and social teams to meet campaign objectives and publishing timelines.

Key responsibilities

• Plan, film, and edit social-first video content aligned to approved briefs, content calendars, and campaign objectives.
• Deliver all planned monthly video outputs on time.
• Ensure all video content adheres to client brand guidelines, tone of voice, and platform best practices, with minimal revision cycles.
• Provide clear direction and reassurance to on-camera participants, helping them feel comfortable and prepared, particularly those with limited media experience.
• Manage multiple shoot schedules, editing deadlines, and stakeholder availability across different client accounts.
• Identify when additional freelance support or internal editing resources are required and proactively flag this to the team to maintain quality and delivery timelines.
• Collaborate closely with account managers, content leads, designers, and social teams to ensure assets are delivered within agreed internal timelines.
• Represent Acorn Strategy professionally on-site, engaging confidently with academics, executives, staff, and other stakeholders during filming.

Qualifications

• 2-4 years of professional videography experience.
• Proven experience in end-to-end video production for social media, ideally within an agency or fast-paced content environment; demonstrated ability to independently plan, shoot, and edit social-first video content across multiple platforms.
• Strong interpersonal skills and confidence working with senior stakeholders, executives, academics, and staff.
• Collaborative, reliable, and proactive approach to working within cross-functional teams.
• Excellent organisational and time management skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities and deadlines.
• Strong technical proficiency in camera operation, lighting, audio capture, and post-production editing.

Why join us?

• Opportunity to work on high-profile education and corporate clients in Abu Dhabi.
• Collaborative agency environment with close integration across account, content, and social teams.
• Hands‑on role with creative ownership across end-to-end video production.

About Acorn Strategy

Voted Large Agency of the Year and winner of multiple international awards, Acorn Strategy is a full-service communications consultancy with offices in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Melbourne, Perth, and London, and an ever-expanding client roster. We are an integrated marketing, public relations, and digital consultancy that delivers sharp, agile, and creative strategies to help grow our clients’ business.

Our culture

We understand that our success depends on recruiting and retaining the highest quality individuals. We have created an environment for people to grow and learn through a culture that empowers creativity, innovation, and professionalism. The core values we live by are collaboration, agility, bravery, curiosity, and growth.

Our people

Over the years we have come to realise that although each of our team members are unique, we each share a series of personal traits that have successfully linked us culturally as a team and as an agency at large.

Acorn Strategy is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are dedicated to creating and building a respectful and empowering environment. We aim to create an inclusive workplace that supports our diversity and increases our potential to produce work that better represents and resonates with the world around us.