Creative Strategist and Video Producer

Collective Shift Pty Ltd; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Travel costs covered

Melbourne office

Job summary

Collective Shift Pty Ltd is expanding its Melbourne-based media team. We’re seeking a video producer who can take ideas from hook to finished cut, accompanying founder Ben Simpson on shoots and traveling as needed to film wherever he is.

You’ll shape the short-form videos and ads used to reach business owners and investors on social platforms. You’ll own the shot list, direct shoots, and fast-cut edits with captions for Instagram Reels, YouTube Shorts, and paid ads.

Qualifications

• Experience producing short-form video for founder-led brands.
• Ability to translate ideas into hooks and shot lists.
• Comfort traveling with a founder and filming in various locations.

Responsibilities

• Turn topics into hooks and shot lists for social videos.
• Film with Ben in Melbourne and travel as needed.
• Deliver finished cuts with captions and pacing.
• Coordinate with an editor and ensure compliance.

Skills

Video production

Camera operation

Lighting

Audio recording

Directing

Tools

Premiere Pro

Final Cut Pro

CapCut

DaVinci Resolve

Job description

The short version

We need a Melbourne-based video producer who can take an idea from the hook to a finished cut, working side by side with our founder, Ben Simpson, and travelling with him to film wherever he is. You'll turn his ideas into the short-form videos and ads that bring people to Collective Shift.

About us

Collective Shift is a Melbourne-based digital asset research and education company. Ben Simpson founded it in 2020 to give business owners and professionals a clear, rules-based process for investing in digital assets, with a team that invests alongside our members. We do that through our membership, our YouTube channel and The Wealth Shift podcast, and we're now expanding into the US.

We're building an in-house media team with a proper system behind it. Our YouTube producer runs long‑form, the Content Operations Lead we're hiring alongside this role will run the calendar and publishing, our ads team runs the campaigns, and you make the short‑form videos and ad creative with Ben.

Why this role is exciting

• You'll work side by side with Ben on every shoot, turning his ideas into videos and ads.

• You'll travel with Ben to film wherever he is, including the US as we expand there.

• The style is yours to shape. Our short‑form team is new, so you'll help set up the hooks, the shoot days and the edit style from the start.

• Your work goes out every week to business owners and investors on Instagram, YouTube Shorts and in our paid ads, and you'll see the numbers on what worked.

• We're small and growing, including into the US, so the work you do shows up quickly.

What you’ll own

• The shot list and the hooks. Each week you'll turn the topic and the news into hooks and shot lists for Instagram Reels, YouTube Shorts and paid ads.

• The shoot, wherever Ben is. You'll shoot organic content and ads with Ben in Melbourne and travel with him to film when he's away, including trips to the US when needed. We cover your travel costs when you travel with Ben.

• Same-day footage. Every recording day ends with the raw footage uploaded to our Drive.

• The edit. You'll cut fast, sharp short‑form with captions, B‑roll, pacing and sound, or brief and manage our editor when volume calls for it.

• Getting better each week. Our ads team launches the campaigns, and you use their results and the organic numbers to bring Ben a clear recommendation on what to make next.

You won't own scheduling, YouTube scripts or email, which sit with the rest of the team. Everything you make goes through our compliance checklist before it's published, because we're a financial education business.

What success looks like at 90 days

• Every recording day ends with the footage in the Drive.

• Cuts are delivered on the calendar, ready for our Content Operations Lead to publish.

• Ben's hours on content are falling month on month, because you've planned each shoot before he arrives and delivered the cuts afterwards.

You're probably right for this if

• You've shot and cut for a founder‑led brand before, and can show us the work and which parts were yours

• You think like a producer: you can explain why a video worked, from the first three seconds onwards

• You're confident with camera, audio and lighting, and fast in Premiere, Final Cut, CapCut or DaVinci

• You're comfortable directing a founder and giving him honest notes

• You're sharp and quick to learn, you have your proven track record in this kind of role, you're hungry for it, and you're coachable

• You want a full-time role, you're based in Melbourne and can be in our Melbourne office at least three days a week, you have your own car, and you're happy to travel with Ben

It's a plus if you edit everything yourself, and you'll stand out if you can shoot ads or a quick sales video without a brief. Finance or education content, or an interest in digital assets, also helps (we'll teach you the subject).

This isn't for you if

You only edit and don't want to plan or run the shoot, you're after a fully remote role, you can't travel, you don't have a car, or you're after a part‑time or freelance gig alongside other clients.

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