Videographer

Ninja Theory; Cambridge; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A BAFTA award-winning games studio in Cambridge is seeking a creative Videographer & Editor. This role involves leading the production of engaging video content for social channels, collaborating closely with the Senior Communications team. Ideal candidates are passionate about video games and have strong skills in video production, editing, and motion graphics. Join a team that values excellence and creativity, and enjoy a flexible working model with numerous benefits.

Benefits

Flexible work model

5 weeks holiday plus additional days

Enhanced family leave

Private healthcare

Bonus scheme

Qualifications

• Proven experience in video editing with a strong portfolio.
• Fluency in modern social media platforms.
• Ability to work independently and deliver polished content.

Responsibilities

• Lead the ideation, filming, editing, and delivery of video content.
• Grow and engage the online community through video.
• Ensure content reflects the studio's voice and tone.

Skills

Passion for video games

End-to-end video production

Storyboard and ideation

Social media fluency

Excellent communication skills

Tools

Adobe Premiere Pro

Adobe After Effects

DaVinci Resolve

Job description

Location

You’ll be based in our Cambridge studio so being within a commutable distance is essential. If this requires you to relocate, we offer relocation assistance.

Level

Open to all levels.

About us

Ninja Theory is a six-time BAFTA award winning games company based in Cambridge, UK, and part of Xbox Game Studios. Our diverse and welcoming team values collaboration, quality, and excellence. We strive to maintain an inclusive culture that empowers deep focus, rewards creativity, and supports personal and professional growth.

Our Mission is: To Craft Life-changing Art with Game-changing Tech and we are committed to bringing together the best talent in the industry help us fulfil that promise.

Our Values: Greatness through Excellence, Teamwork & Integrity.

Your Role

We’re looking for a creative and self-motivated Videographer & Editor who is passionate about video games, storytelling and creating high quality video content. In this role, you’ll work closely with our Senior Communications Ninja to help shape and grow Ninja Theory’s in-house content capabilities.

Based in our Cambridge studio, you’ll lead the ideation, filming, editing, and delivery of video content across Ninja Theory’s social channels, as well as publisher channels, third party placement, and more. You’ll also play a key role in growing and engaging Ninja Theory’s online community through entertaining and informational video content. You’ll be someone who can spot a great story or moment, film it, edit it and help shape how we present it to our community, ensuring all content reflects the studio’s voice and tone.

Requirements

We believe that skills and experience are not mutually exclusive. For that reason, we encourage you to apply even if you feel you don't meet 100% of the desirable requirements listed below.

Your Skill: This role is hands-on and fast moving, requiring someone with a strong sense of initiative and the ability to creatively solve problems as they arise. You should be confident making content decisions without waiting for a brief. You will:

Essential:

• Have a passion for video games and their development.
• Be highly skilled in end-to-end video production, ideation, filming, editing, motion graphics, sound and publication. Including creating lower-third graphics and text treatments for video content.
• Be able to capture high quality gameplay for use in video assets.
• Be confident working independently to deliver high quality, polished video content.
• Be able to create rapid content assets for timely marketing needs across social platforms.
• Be fluent in modern social media platforms (TikTok, YouTube, Instagram) and know what resonates there.
• Have good insights into marketing and social media trends.
• Have excellent communication skills.

Desirable:

• Livestreaming experience
• Skilled in creating motion graphics in After Effects or similar.

Your Experience

Essential:

• Proven experience in video editing and video production with a strong portfolio of content you have shot and edited.
• Adobe Creative Suite experience, especially Premiere Pro and After Effects or equivalent.
• A good understanding of camera equipment and lighting.
• Experience creating content that balances creativity with marketing goals.

Desirable:

• Experience in producing content for games studios or similar creative industries.
• Experience working in a game studio or working closely with dev teams.
• Experience creating trailers for video games, movies or TV.
• Experience working with external agencies and partners.
• Experience using DaVinci Resolve.
• Understanding of copyright, licensing, consent and other legal considerations for video production.
• Understanding of ratings requirements for online video content.

Benefits

Our Benefits: We offer wide-ranging benefits, including, but not limited to:

• Hybrid, flexible work model with no fixed working hours.
• 5 weeks holiday plus 1 additional day for each year of service up to a maximum of 33 days per annum, plus bank holidays.
• Enhanced family leave.
• Bonus scheme.
• Annual wellbeing allowance.
• Private healthcare including medical, dental, and optical cover.
• Mentoring and career development.
• Income protection.
• Life Insurance.
• Where applicable, relocation assistance and visa sponsorship.

Working from Ninja House, you will benefit from our custom-built studio which offers a luxurious setting with cutting-edge facilities at your fingertips, including full motion capture stage and a newly built video recording studio space. You’ll also receive complimentary catered lunch from our on-site pub, The Bird or Worm?

Our Process: To ensure a fair and inclusive hiring process which aligns to our studio equality, diversity and inclusion (ED&I) strategy, we use anonymised screening which automatically obscures personal identifying information from applications, helping to reduce unconscious bias from the start.

Where possible, we kindly ask that you submit anonymised reels/portfolios to support our ED&I commitments.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a BAFTA Award winning studio in the Xbox Game Studios Group and be part of pushing the boundaries of interactive entertainment.

Please note: Successful candidates will be asked to complete a test as part of the recruitment process. This advert closes on Sunday 5th October.