Cinematographer

Nox Metals; Detroit (MI); On-site; USD 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity in Nox Metals

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Job summary

Nox Metals is seeking a Cinematographer to visually narrate the rebuilding of American manufacturing. You will shoot diverse content from factory floors to brand pieces, traveling between Detroit and Los Angeles as needed.

We value strong visual storytelling, safe production practices, and the ability to craft interviews and product footage with a clear Nox Metals perspective.

Qualifications

• Strong visual storytelling and camera operation.
• Experience directing talent on camera and telling factory stories.
• Organized preproduction, scheduling, and media management.
• Safety-conscious work in industrial environments.

Responsibilities

• Develop visual treatments, shot lists, lighting plans, and production schedules.
• Direct and capture interviews, factory processes, product footage, and customer stories.
• Operate cinema cameras, lenses, lighting, audio, stabilization, and related gear.
• Work safely around active industrial equipment and follow site requirements.
• Translate campaign goals into images with a distinct Nox Metals POV.
• Collaborate with editors and designers to plan cross-format coverage.
• Organize, label, back up, and hand off footage and notes reliably.
• Maintain equipment and improve in-house production workflow.

Skills

Cinematography

Visual storytelling

Lighting design

Camera operation

Storytelling on camera

Audio capture

Tools

Cinema cameras

Lenses

Lighting equipment

Sound recording

Job description

Cinematographer | Nox Metals | Detroit, MI or Los Angeles, CA

About Nox Metals. American factories deserve a supply chain that moves as fast as they do. Nox Metals is building it, along with the tools that run it. We’re a technology company with operations in Metro Detroit and Los Angeles, supplying aluminum plate, bar, and rounds to aerospace and defense manufacturers. We use software and automation to supply metal to American factories faster than the industry thought possible.

The role.

We’re hiring a Cinematographer to make the work of rebuilding American manufacturing impossible to ignore. You will create distinctive films about our factories, customers, people, and technology, from fast-moving social content to polished brand and recruiting pieces.

This is a hands-on role for someone who can find a story on a noisy factory floor, light it safely, and carry a strong visual idea from planning through capture. You will work closely with marketing, recruiting, sales, and operations and travel between our facilities as production requires.

You will:

• Develop visual treatments, shot lists, lighting plans, and production schedules
• Direct and capture interviews, factory processes, product footage, and customer stories
• Operate cinema cameras, lenses, lighting, audio, stabilization, and related production equipment
• Work safely around active industrial equipment and follow all site requirements
• Translate campaign goals into images with a recognizable Nox Metals point of view
• Partner with editors and designers to plan coverage that cuts cleanly across formats
• Organize, label, back up, and hand off footage and production notes reliably
• Maintain equipment and improve our in-house production workflow
• Balance planned productions with fast-turn opportunities from the floor

You are:

• A strong visual storyteller with excellent composition, lighting, camera movement, and exposure judgment
• Comfortable directing both experienced speakers and people who have never been on camera
• Resourceful in imperfect, fast-moving environments
• Organized about preproduction, releases, media management, and deadlines
• Respectful of safety and the people doing the work
• Curious about manufacturing, machinery, and the people who keep American industry moving
• Low ego, collaborative, and willing to carry gear and solve the unglamorous problems

Nice to have:

• Experience filming industrial, automotive, aerospace, documentary, or commercial work
• Working knowledge of sound recording, color workflows, and motion-control tools
• Experience creating vertical and short-form content without sacrificing craft
• FAA Part 107 certification or experience coordinating drone shoots
• Comfort using AI tools to improve research, planning, and production workflows

Benefits:

• Equity in Nox Metals
• Company-paid medical, dental, and vision insurance

This role is full time and in person in either Los Angeles or Detroit, with travel between sites as needed.

Nox Metals is an equal opportunity employer.

We hire based on skill, attitude, and fit for the work, and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, height, weight, marital status, or any other protected status under federal, state, or local law.

We will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records in a manner consistent with the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, and the California Fair Chance Act.

Compensation Range: $75K - $110K