Senior Content & Video Manager

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Identify and cultivate stories for a long-form video platform.

• Establish and sustain a pipeline of story ideas while promoting their significance for channel and brand expansion.

• Conduct thorough pre-interviews and extensive research on subjects.

• Organize productions, recruit crews, collaborate with producers, formulate scopes, schedule around tides and fishing seasons, direct in the field, oversee edits, and ensure timely delivery.

• Develop the long-form channel and disseminate content across short-form platforms.

• Curate the content schedule and manage series structure, release frequency, thumbnails, and YouTube titles.

• Supervise a Social Media Manager and take responsibility for channel growth and brand representation.

• Lead an Editorial Content Producer and Social Media Manager through effective guidance, support, performance reviews, and professional development.

• Drive ideation and creative assessment for long-form video and paid advertisement content.

• Utilize performance data to enhance creative strategies for conversion and engagement channels.

• Produce appealing and practical seafood culinary content alongside culinary experts.

• Safeguard and uphold the integrity of the Wild Alaskan brand.

• Report directly to the VP of Creative and Brand.

⛳️ Requirements

• 7+ years of experience in content creation, documentary filmmaking, or brand film production.

• Proven experience analyzing creative data related to organic and paid social media channels.

• A portfolio featuring at least one deeply character-driven project that you developed independently from concept to delivery.

• Demonstrated experience in management with actual direct reports, performance reviews, and fostering growth.

• Strong familiarity with both outdoor and culinary domains.

• In-depth knowledge of long-form platform mechanics such as YouTube, including viewership metrics and launch strategies.

• Willingness and ability to travel frequently; anticipate approximately 30% travel, predominantly during the summer months.

• Comprehensive understanding of the production process, including research and development, budgeting, crew management, camera work, audio, post-production, color correction, sound design, and final delivery.

• Submission of a required reel or links to three completed projects highlighting your contributions.

• One-page response to a story-development application.

• Three application pitches: one focused on character development, one on culinary themes, and one of the applicant's choosing.

🏝️ Benefits

• Health insurance.

• Vision insurance.

• Dental insurance.

• 401k plan.

• Paid Time Off (PTO).

• Safe/sick leave.

• Vacation time.

• Parental leave.

• A monthly box of delicious free fish.