Video Producer – Freelance

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

📋 Description

• Create both organic and paid social media content for two prominent brands in the social media and telecommunications sectors.

• Develop quick concepts, recurring formats, sketches, cultural responses, and creator-driven ideas.

• Oversee the creative process from initial briefs and cultural insights to final presentation.

• Collaborate with conceptual creatives, strategists, producers, and account teams.

• Manage the entire production process, including scripting, storyboarding, casting, talent briefs, location scouting, props, production planning, camera work, sound, lighting, directing, editing, finishing, and delivery.

• Utilize compact camera or phone-based setups for production and independently edit social-first content.

• Produce various formats such as comedy, character-driven content, reactions, interviews, day-in-the-life pieces, and personality-focused formats.

• Direct actors, creators, staff, event participants, and non-professional contributors.

• Document events and cultural moments, producing timely edits, recaps, and social media cutdowns.

• Convert brand briefs and strategic objectives into engaging content.

• Monitor emerging formats, memes, creator behaviors, and platform-specific editorial styles.

• Present work, incorporate feedback, and handle multiple deliverables within tight deadlines.

⛳️ Requirements

• A minimum of 5 years of practical experience in creating social video, branded content, digital comedy, creator-led projects, or a comparable portfolio showcasing similar expertise.

• A robust portfolio indicating personal accountability for shooting, directing, and editing short-form content.

• Proficiency in understanding organic social microtrends, behaviors, language, and nuances.

• Strong conceptual skills with the ability to generate multiple ideas rapidly.

• Expertise in short-form storytelling, including hooks, pacing, comedic or performance timing, and social-native content.

• Proficient in operating compact camera systems or mobile devices, capturing clear audio, and utilizing basic lighting and minimal resources.

• Advanced skills in Adobe Premiere Pro or a similar editing platform.

• Capability to perform trick shots, visual transitions, practical effects, and editorial techniques independently.

• Experience in self-producing small shoots, encompassing casting, props, locations, releases, schedules, and file management.

• Ability to direct actors, creators, and non-professional talent effectively.

• A self-sufficient, organized, and solutions-oriented approach to work.

• Capacity to manage several fast-paced deliverables at once.

• Occasional on-camera appearances, experience in comedy/sketch/improv, event capturing, advanced motion graphics, animation, compositing, sound design, and familiarity with both organic and paid social content are considered advantageous, but not mandatory.

🏝️ Benefits

• An equal-opportunity employer dedicated to fostering a respectful and empowering workplace.

• Hiring processes focused on diversity, equity, and inclusion.

• Engagement opportunities for freelance and temporary workers.