Videographer, éShop Content Services

Amazon; City Of London; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading e-commerce company is seeking a creative Videographer to join their team in London. You will film, edit, and produce a variety of video content while innovating visual representations of the brand. The ideal candidate has a background in photography/videography, experience in commercial production, and proficiency in video editing software. The role offers a chance to contribute to video standards and creative strategies in a dynamic work environment.

Qualifications

• Commercial video production experience.
• Strong organizational skills.
• Excellent communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Film, edit, and produce a wide variety of video content.
• Manage complex production problems and systems.
• Contribute to strategic vision statements and roadmaps.

Skills

Motion Tracking

Keying

Rotoscopy

Match moving

Color Correction

Typography

Strong film and photographic lighting skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in photography or videography

Degree in Broadcast, Animation, Design, Media or Artistic related field

Tools

Adobe Premiere

After Effects

Mocha

Photoshop

Color Grading

Job description

Overview

We are looking for a creative, enthusiastic, proficient and versatile Videographer to join our team. This is a permanent role that will be based out of our Hoxton studio, five days a week. Portfolio is mandatory, please attached to your CV. Joining our team provides a unique opportunity to help represent the Amazon brand visually, set global video standards, and innovate with creative sensibility for our customers.

Responsibilities

• Film, edit, and direct, and/or produce a wide variety of video content.
• Be tactical as well as strategic, working on set when required and knowing how to prioritize projects.
• Create own-brand videos to shape the look and feel of the Amazon Style Guide.
• Identify category trends, past performance metrics, and creative insights and aggregate these to make recommendations to leadership.
• Manage complex systems problems and productions. Bring solutions, simplify, optimize and remove bottlenecks, making short term vs long term trade-offs.
• Be proficient in the majority of production processes - digital content creation, location capture, on-set photography, footage post-processing.
• Taking projects where the implementation is not defined and deliver on schedule, applying appropriate technologies and industry VP best practices.
• Contribute to team strategic vision statements, playbooks, roadmaps, and business reviews.

About the team

Elevated Shopping builds the world’s best online shopping experience through photography, video, and usability design enabling millions of customers to make more informed purchasing decisions. eShop at Amazon is a large and fast-growing network of teams located throughout North America, Europe, and Asia, focusing on fashion and product photography, photo retouching, graphic design, video, 3D, VP, automated image acquisition, and image support services. We are continually innovating and setting new industry standards for showcasing tens of millions of products across multiple global marketplaces. We are obsessed with innovating on behalf of our customers, and continually push beyond the boundaries of traditional e-commerce photography and videography.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in photography, videography or related field
• Commercial video production experience
• Proficiency in Adobe Premiere, After Effects, Mocha, Photoshop, Color Grading
• Skill sets required: Motion Tracking, Keying, Rotoscopy, Match moving, Color Correction, Typography
• Strong film and photographic lighting and compositional skills
• Supervise and direct projects with outside creative agencies and production companies
• Understanding of the video production process, equipment, technology and roles
• Be a creative problem solver
• Be able to maintain a positive attitude within a fast-paced environment
• Self-starter with strong organizational skills
• Proficient working knowledge of Mac and PC computing platforms, including Microsoft Office
• Excellent written/verbal/presentational communication skills and collaborative skills
• Experience in communicating with stakeholders across multiple teams
• Strong proofreading and content creation skills
• Ability to maintain high levels of confidentiality
• Degree in a Broadcast, Animation, Design, Media or Artistic related field
• Experience working in a metrics/productivity-based environment
• Demonstrate ability to analyze problems logically
• Demonstrate positive, results oriented attitude open to stakeholder feedback

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