Hospitality Videographer & Content Creator at Haute Dolci (Watford)

Haute Dolci (Watford); Leicester; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 31,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Casual dress

Discounted or free food

Employee discount

Store discount

Work from home

Work Location: In person

Job summary

Haute Dolci is seeking a Hospitality Videographer & Content Creator based in Leicester. The role requires at least 3 years of videography experience in hospitality, with a strong showreel and ability to shoot and edit compelling food, beverage and venue content for social platforms.

You will travel to venues including Bristol and Watford, coordinating shoots with staff and influencers, and producing engaging content for campaigns and brand storytelling.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years' professional videography/content-production experience.
• Verifiable hospitality/food & beverage content experience essential.
• Outstanding video portfolio/showreel required.
• Strong camera skills and lighting knowledge.
• Experience creating content for TikTok and Instagram.
• Ability to work independently with strong organisational skills.
• Full UK driving licence preferred.

Responsibilities

• Plan and execute professional food, beverage, lifestyle and venue shoots.
• Produce premium short-form video for Instagram Reels, TikTok, YouTube Shorts and paid social campaigns.
• Capture food and venue content with a cinematic approach.
• Direct staff, models, influencers and talent during shoots.
• Build a high-quality library of reusable footage for each brand.
• Edit footage as needed: colour, sound, captions, platform formatting.

Skills

Video production

Hospitality content

Camera skills

Lighting knowledge

Video editing

TikTok/Instagram content

Attention to detail

Directing people

Portfolio/showreel

Organisation

Driving licence

Job description

Hospitality Videographer & Content Creator

Location: Leicester

Salary: £26,000–£31,000 per annum, depending on experience

Job Type: Full-time, Permanent

Experience: Minimum 3 years' relevant professional experience

Hospitality experience: Essential and must be verifiable

Travel: Regular travel to our venues, including Bristol and Watford

Primary Responsibility — Shooting & Production

You will take ownership of the quality of our visual capture. You will:

• Plan and execute professional food, beverage, lifestyle and venue shoots.
• Produce premium short-form video for Instagram Reels, TikTok, YouTube Shorts, paid social and digital campaigns.
• Capture food in a way that makes it look genuinely irresistible.
• Film restaurant atmosphere, customer experiences, events and key trading occasions.
• Direct staff, models, influencers and talent confidently during shoots.
• Understand composition, camera movement, lighting, exposure, lenses, frame rates and audio.
• Create cinematic hero shots alongside fast-moving organic social content.
• Capture both planned campaign material and spontaneous/real-time content.
• Photograph products, venues and events where required.
• Build an organised, high-quality library of reusable footage for each brand.
• Work from creative briefs but also identify content opportunities independently.

Secondary Responsibility — Editing

You will also be capable of taking footage through post-production when required, including:

• Short-form social editing
• Colour correction and grading
• Sound design and audio clean-up
• Captions and subtitles
• Transitions and motion
• Music selection
• Platform-specific formatting
• Basic motion graphics
• Rapid turnaround edits for trending content

Hospitality Experience Is Essential

This is one of the most important requirements of the role. We are specifically looking for someone who has previously created professional content for: restaurants, cafés, dessert brands, food & beverage businesses, hotels, events venues or closely related hospitality businesses. You must be able to demonstrate this through a verifiable commercial portfolio, previous employer/client work or live social media accounts. A strong general videography portfolio without meaningful hospitality/food experience will not by itself meet the requirement.

You’ll Understand Social Content — Not Just Cameras

• Why the first 1–2 seconds of a Reel matter
• Hooks and visual hooks
• Watch-time and retention
• Food-content trends
• TikTok and Instagram-native filming styles
• How organic content differs from polished advertising
• When imperfect/fast content will perform better than overly produced content
• How to shoot enough variations during one session to create weeks of usable content

Travel & Working Style

The role is based in Leicester, with regular on-location shooting across our portfolio. You should expect to visit each location typically once or twice each month depending on the content calendar, with more frequent work across the Leicester venues. Travel will include Watford and Bristol, and reasonable authorised business travel expenses will be covered. Because hospitality does not operate only between 9am and 5pm, occasional evening or weekend shoots will be necessary for launches, events and peak trading periods. These will normally be planned in advance.

What We’re Looking For

• Minimum 3 years' professional videography/content-production experience
• Verifiable hospitality/food & beverage content experience — essential
• An outstanding video portfolio/showreel
• Strong professional camera skills
• Excellent understanding of lighting
• Strong food and product composition
• Good post-production/editing ability
• Experience creating content specifically for TikTok and Instagram
• Excellent attention to detail
• Ability to work quickly without sacrificing quality
• Strong creative instincts
• Confidence directing people on camera
• Ability to work independently without needing constant instruction
• Excellent organisation and footage-management discipline
• Full UK driving licence preferred
• Experience working across multiple brands or multiple restaurant locations would be a significant advantage

Why Join Us?

• You won’t be producing the same content behind a desk every day. One week could involve shooting a luxury afternoon tea at Haute Privé; another could involve creating a cinematic dessert launch, filming a packed restaurant atmosphere, capturing a new Naan Staap product, working with influencers or producing content around a major event.
• You’ll have the opportunity to:
• Shape the visual identity of several growing hospitality brands
• Experiment with new content formats
• See your work published to large audiences
• Produce content with genuine commercial impact
• Work across food, desserts, drinks, events and lifestyle
• Develop a substantial hospitality portfolio
• Work alongside another dedicated content specialist rather than doing everything alone

Pay: £26,000.00-£31,000.00 per year

• Casual dress
• Discounted or free food
• Employee discount
• Store discount
• Work from home
• Work Location: In person