Creative Director (Director on Field)

Fluidscapes Consultants; Mumbai; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 3,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Fluidscapes Consultants is seeking a Creative Director to lead field production, focusing on visual style, camera and drone operation, and ensuring top-tier audio and lighting for live events.

You will train the crew, coordinate equipment and crew movements, and liaise with electricians to maintain a smooth production flow from planning through post-production.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of experience in field production/creative direction.
• Degree in film, art, or photography is advantageous.
• Strong leadership, communication, and supervisory skills.
• Ability to train crew and manage on-site production.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement the event's visual capture style for on-site coverage.
• Supervise the camera crew and direct camera movements.
• Train crew on equipment settings, framing, and safety.
• Coordinate lighting, audio, and power needs with crew and electricians.
• Resolve production-related issues promptly and professionally.

Skills

Direction

Lighting control

Audio production

Crew training

Camera operation

Drone operation

Equipment planning

Education

Degree in film, art, or photography

Tools

Camera equipment

Drone

Lighting equipment

Audio equipment

Job description

Job DescriptionWe are looking for a talented and motivated Creative Director to lead our company's Field Production.Functions & related Operations who has expertise in Creative Production Work, directing the right Camera and light work. Creative Director is responsible for an event’s complete coverage with proper capture of critical aspects of the events, which will then be taken to the post-production for final asset development like Promotional videos, Advertisements, and Corporate/ individual branding videos. Primary duty includes developing an event’s visual capture style with Great stable video shots, detailed coverage of critical aspects of the events with smooth transitions, along with impeccable audio and light exposure qualityThe primary responsibility of the Creative Director is to ensure Production SuccessGet all the best possible raw footages of various natured events, of which few are in controlled environments and few in not-so-controlled environments such as Live events etc.

• 1. Know-how of direction
• 1.1. Determining, deploying, controlling, and finally developing an event’s visual style of coverage perspectively (during planning) and the day deployment with Camera & Drone
• 1.2. Determining, deploying, and controlling lighting (natural or artificial lighting conditions) on the field
• 1.3. Determining, deploying, and controlling top audio quality production
• 1.4. Training the crew is a very integral part of this role as it’s a function which needs guided teamwork for top-notch coverage with the best camera angles and frames for events
• 1.5. Determining, deploying, and training the crew for settings such as filters, shutter speed, angles,focus, depth of field, & camera distance & placements, etc. in accordance with the nature of the event & asset quality outcome.
• 1.6. Supervising a camera crew; technicians and directing camera movement
• 1.7. Be a part of shortlisting production equipments for ordering; testing; learn and train the utility know-how of them to self & the team
• 1.8. It’s expected from the Field CD - Time to time keep aligned oneself with the latest technology & production techniques & upgrade self-learning as well with a few course.
• 1.9. Liaising with electricians to ensure adequate electrical supply
• 1.10. Serve & assist clients in resolving issues by responding to questions in a timely and professional manner for production-related troubleshooting
• Job Requirement2.1. Validating documents A minimum of 5 years of experience in the relevant industry A degree in film, art, or photography is advantageous
• Desirable qualities in the candidate Creative visual thinking. Attention to detail. Good technical camera operating skills. Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Strong supervisory and leadership skills. Strong analytical and problem-solving skills. Good physical fitness to accommodate flexible to dynamic working hours.