Executive Strategic Storyteller and Videographer

Nordea Group; Helsinki; Hybrid; EUR 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Nordea Group Creative is seeking an experienced Executive Strategic Storyteller and Videographer in Helsinki to lead high-impact video production for senior leadership and strategic communications. You will coach executives, plan and manage end-to-end shoots, and deliver channel-ready content across disciplines.

We value strategic storytelling, strong craft, and the ability to collaborate with senior leaders in a regulated, listed environment.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of professional experience in video production with a strong portfolio.
• Proven experience working directly with senior executives, including narrative development and on-camera coaching.
• Advanced hands-on skills in camera, lighting, sound, editing and post-production; able to own production from brief to final delivery.
• Strong stakeholder and production management, including concurrent productions, deadlines and approvals.
• Excellent written and verbal English; ability to translate complex topics into accessible stories.
• Experience with Adobe Creative Suite and Davinci Resolve or similar tools.
• Fluent in English and at least one Nordic language.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end executive video production from brief to channel-ready delivery.
• Deliver videos for Nordea Group Corporate Communications and strategic internal communications.
• Collaborate with senior leaders to turn strategy and priorities into compelling video narratives.
• Lead end-to-end production of executive communications, including annual and quarterly reports.
• Prepare executives for on-camera delivery and conduct interviews for clarity and impact.
• Plan, direct, film and edit high-quality content with motion graphics as needed.
• Ensure brand and regulatory suitability by coordinating with SMEs and stakeholders.

Skills

Video production

Executive storytelling

On-camera coaching

Camera operation

Lighting

Sound design

Editing

Motion graphics

Adobe Creative Suite

DaVinci Resolve

Tools

Adobe Creative Suite

DaVinci Resolve

Job description

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Executive Strategic Storyteller and Videographer

Helsinki, FI, 00500

Job ID:7396

We are looking for an experienced Executive Strategic Storyteller and Videographer for a permanent, full-time position at Nordea Group Creative, our in-house agency. In this role, you will help senior leaders turn complex business topics into clear, credible, and human communication through high-quality video and visual storytelling. Reporting to the Head of Group Creative, this role will be based in our Nordea Headquarter Office in Helsinki.

About our team

Meet the Nordea Group Creative team. Our role is to turn business priorities and customer needs into distinctive, consistent brand experiences across channels and Nordic markets. We are an in-house agency within Group Brand, Communication & Marketing, collaborating with many teams such as executive communications, corporate communications, marketing, social media, technology as well as external agencies and specialist partners. We offer a hybrid work model, combining remote work with regular in-office collaboration.

Collaboration. Ownership. Passion. Courage. These are the values that guide us in how we work and how we make decisions – and that we imagine you share with us.

Main responsibilities in this role:

• Own the end-to-end creation of high-impact executive video production, collaborate with senior communicators and the strategy office to develop the narratives, do speaker coaching, plan and manage the full production to channel-ready deliveries.
• Ensure to deliver videos for Nordea Group Corporate Communications and strategic internal communications with Group Leadership Team members and other key external spokespeople.
• Partner up with senior leaders and communication teams to turn strategy, financial performance and organisational priorities into compelling video narratives, scripts and interview formats.
• Lead end-to-end production of executive communications, including annual and quarterly report announcements, thought leadership topics and strategic internal communication.
• Prepare and coach executives for confident, authentic on-camera delivery, and conduct interviews that bring clarity and a human perspective to complex topics.
• Plan, direct, film and edit high-quality content, including camera handling, lighting, sound, colour grading and audio post-production, motion graphics, prepared into channel-ready adaptations.
• Protect the Nordea brand and communication quality by working closely with subject-matter experts and relevant stakeholders to ensure accuracy, consistency and suitability for a regulated environment in a listed company.

Who you are

This is the right role for you if you are a strategic storyteller and highly skilled filmmaker who is equally comfortable shaping a narrative together with senior executives and making creative decisions behind the camera and in the editing process. You are a trusted storyteller with executive presence, journalistic instinct and commercial understanding, bringing exceptional craft, sound judgement and discretion, even when the stakes are high and under time pressure.

You build trust quickly, listen carefully and know when to challenge, simplify or reframe a message. You are calm under pressure, comfortable with short deadlines and able to manage several productions while maintaining a consistently high creative standard. You are proactive, collaborative and solution-oriented, and you care about creating communication that genuinely informs, engages and inspires.

Your background and skills include:

• 7+ years of professional experience in video production preferably in television production and filmmaking, combining journalism and corporate storytelling supported by a strong portfolio.
• Proven experience working directly with senior executives, politicians or other high-profile stakeholders, including narrative development, interviewing and on-camera coaching.
• Advanced hands‑on skills in professional camera, lighting, sound, editing and post-production, with the ability to own a production from brief to final delivery.
• Strong stakeholder and production management skills, including the ability to manage concurrent productions, deadlines, feedback and approvals.
• Excellent written and verbal English, with the ability to translate complex business or financial topics into accessible and engaging stories.
• Proven ability to develop videos from briefing to final production using Adobe Creative Suite, Davinci Resolve or similar photo and video tools.
• Fluent in English and at least one Nordic Language.

It would be ideal if you also:

• Have experience working within financial services or another regulated environment in an internationally listed corporation.
• Have documented work experience from corporate communications and investor relations, been part of newsroom or experience from similar roles within a PR agency focused on corporate public affairs.
• Have skills in crafting motion graphics, animations and visual design as well as spokesperson photography.
• Are curious about AI-enabled creative tools and understand how these new tools can accelerate video production while preserving human judgement, quality and brand integrity.

What we offer

People come here when they want to get somewhere. For some, it’s to take their career to the next level. For others, it’s to break new ground within their area of expertise – in other words, with us, you will always move forward.

A culture that fosters performance and growth in the only truly Nordic Financial Service Group, offering various opportunities to evolve, develop and learn from brilliant colleagues with diverse backgrounds in a vibrant working environment.

Diversity and inclusion are a natural part of our daily work. We know that an inclusive workplace is a sustainable one. We genuinely believe that our diverse backgrounds, experiences, characteristics, and traits make us stronger together. Every day we strive to find new ways to improve diversity and inclusion within our community e.g. we have signed the European Diversity Charters in the countries where we operate to show our commitment and engage with others to continue learning and improving.

We enable dreams and aspirations for a greater good

We build relationships. We add a personal touch to everything we do – when advising our customers, collaborating with colleagues, and meeting our potential candidates.

We learn and develop. We take pride in being experts and thinking ahead. We use our expertise to meet our customers’ needs, from the simplest to the most complex. We bring a growth mindset to our work that enables us to focus on a broader perspective in our daily challenges.

We lead change. We are responsible and aware of the impact of our decisions, both for our customers and for our local and global communities. Mindful of our responsibility towards current and future generations, we have made sustainability an integrated part of our business strategy.

We are Nordea. We have a 200-year history of supporting and growing the Nordic economies, and our values are deeply rooted in these open, progressive and collaborative societies. As one of the biggest employers in the Nordics, Poland and Estonia, you have excellent opportunities to evolve, develop and move forward with us.

A security clearance will be performed for the person selected for this position.

Department: Communication / PR / Marketing