Videographer & Editor

TH Media creates; Des Moines (IA); Hybrid; USD 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fuel and internet allowance

Company retirement plan with company 匹

Company-sponsored health insurance

Employee Wellness Days

Unlimited PTO + 11 paid company holyd?

Job summary

TH Media in Des Moines, IA is seeking a Videographer & Editor to bring client stories to life through social-first video content. The role focuses on short-form vertical video, interviews, project stories, and monthly storytelling that helps brands grow online.

You’ll collaborate with Content & Social Media Strategists and our Video Production team to plan and execute high-volume, high-quality productions across Iowa and the Midwest.

Qualifications

• Strong portfolio or reel required.
• 2+ years shooting and editing experience, including social media content.
• Fluent in short-form content; understands what makes it work.
• Technically strong on set: camera, lighting, audio; strong post skills.
• Able to manage multiple clients and deadlines while staying organized.
• Willing to travel for shoots across Iowa and the Midwest.

Responsibilities

• Plan, shoot, and edit social-first video content for ongoing clients.
• Create content with strong visuals, hooks, storytelling, pacing, sound, and captions.
• Partner with strategists to turn strategy into production plans.
• Arrive prepared at shoots; capture needed footage and additional opportunities.
• Maintain organized project files and archives per TH Media standards.
• Own edits from rough cut to final delivery, including color and sound.
• Support larger productions with camera, lighting, and audio.
• Work with the production team to ensure work aligns with client strategy.

Skills

Video production

Shooting

Video editing

Social media content

On-location shooting

Job description

Full-Time – Des Moines, Iowa (Must be local)

*Travel required for monthly client shoots across Iowa, with occasional project shoots across the Midwest

Reports to: Director of Video Production

About TH Media

TH Media is a Des Moines creative agency specializing in Video + Content Marketing. Our purpose is simple: We connect businesses to their community by telling their story.

We're video-first, relationship-driven, and believe in an old-school approach to doing business: communicate, work hard, and do what you say you're going to do. We're growing quickly, but we're intentional about how we grow. We want to do exceptional work for great businesses, build relationships that last, and create a place where talented marketers and creatives can do the best work of their careers.

Our vision is to Dominate Des Moines — becoming the most sought-after video and content marketing partner in our market while staying selective enough to build meaningful relationships with every business we serve.

Our core values are at the center of everything we do:

Take Ownership – We do what we say, take initiative, stay accountable, and make it right.

Humble Always – We don’t take any opportunity for granted, we give more credit than we take, we stay open to being wrong, and we never let pride get in the way.

Relationship First – We protect the reputation of our team and our clients through reliability, professionalism, and honesty.We lead with value, support, and a genuine desire to see our clients and our team win.

Ignite the Energy – We show up with positive energy, creative solutions, and a genuine belief that great work is possible.

Value Excellence – We are students of our craft. We stay curious, we embrace change, and continuously sharpen our skills so we can tell the very best story for our clients.

EVERY DAY!

About the Role

TH Media is looking for a Videographer & Editor to bring our clients' stories to life through exceptional video. Most of your time will be spent creating social-first video content for our social media clients — short-form vertical video, interviews, project stories, educational content, recruiting content, and the consistent monthly storytelling that helps businesses build their brands online.

You’ll also have opportunities to work on larger productions including testimonials, brand films, campaigns, commercials, and Premium Creative projects throughout Iowa and the Midwest. You’ll work closely with Content & Social Media Strategists, Client Success Managers, and our Video Production team. Our Strategists help determine what stories we should tell, who we’re trying to reach, and why the story matters. Your job is to bring the production expertise and creative instincts that determine how we tell that story exceptionally well.

That means this role is about more than knowing how to operate a camera. You’ll regularly work with business owners, executives, employees, customers, and people who may have never been on camera before. You need to be able to walk into an unfamiliar business, understand what we’re trying to accomplish, make people comfortable, recognize great moments, and come away with the footage needed to tell the story.

This is a role for someone who loves the craft but doesn’t need every project to be a massive production. You should care just as much about making a 30-second social video exceptional as you do a brand film. Our goal is to produce a high volume of content without ever making the work feel high-volume.

Key Responsibilities

Social-First Production (~70%)

Plan, shoot, and edit social-first video content for our ongoing social media clients

Create content built to earn attention through strong visuals, hooks, storytelling, pacing, sound, captions, and platform-native creative choices.

Partner with Content & Social Media Strategists to turn strategy and concepts into strong production plans and finished content.

Arrive at shoots prepared, understand what needs to be captured, and recognize additional story opportunities in the moment.

Capture photography and occasional mobile-first content when the client, platform, or moment calls for it.

Bring new production techniques, formats, trends, and creative ideas to the team rather than simply executing a shot list.

Shoot and edit for marketing and advertising campaigns, brand films, commercials, customer testimonials, and other high-end video productions.

Execute professional camera, lighting, and audio setups across a wide range of production environments.

Own assigned edits from footage organization and rough cut through final delivery, including color, sound, captions, and motion graphics as needed.

Support larger productions through camera operation, lighting, audio, second-unit coverage, and other production responsibilities.

Maintain organized project files, footage, media, and archives according to TH Media production standards.

Continually sharpen your craft and help raise the quality and consistency of video work across TH Media

Work closely with Content & Social Media Strategists, Client Success Managers, and the Director of Video Production to make sure the work supports the client's strategy and expectations.

Build trust with the clients and people you work with while representing TH Media professionally on every shoot.

Manage multiple clients, shoots, edits, revisions, and deadlines without sacrificing quality.

Take ownership of assigned work from production planning through final delivery.

Bring a creative point of view — don't just execute what's handed to you. Look for opportunities to make the story and final product better.

What We're Looking For

A strong portfolio or reel is required. Applicants without examples of their video work will not be considered.

Experienced in professional video production, with 2+ years of shooting and editing experience, ideally including social media content for brands or local businesses.

Fluent in short-form content — You understand what makes short-form content work and how shooting and editing for social differs from traditional video production.

Strong technically — camera, lighting, and audio on set; confident in your edit, color, and sound work in post.

Able to carry long-form storytelling, understanding that video is not one size fits all.

Organized enough to manage multiple clients and monthly deadlines at the same time.

Comfortable on location with business owners and their teams, and good at putting people at ease on camera.

Willing to travel for shoots across Iowa and the Midwest.

Someone who brings a strong creative point of view and isn't afraid to advocate for the better creative choice.

Bonus points if you also bring: photography experience, drone experience, or additional post-production capabilities.

Why This Role Matters

Video is at the center of how TH Media tells stories. You'll create work that people across Iowa see every day — from the consistent social content that builds a local business's brand to larger campaigns, commercials, testimonials, and brand films.

You’ll also get something that's hard to find working for a single brand: reps. Different industries. Different people. Different environments. Different stories. Different creative challenges.

And we're intentionally building TH Media into one of the best places in Des Moines to build a career in video production — a place where talented videographers can sharpen their craft, learn alongside other talented people, take on increasingly ambitious productions, and build a meaningful creative career right here in Iowa.

• Fuel and internet allowance
• Company retirement plan with company match
• Company-sponsored health insurance
• Employee Wellness Days
• Unlimited PTO + 11 paid company holidays