Social Videographer (LA or NYC Based)

The role

The Social Videographer will perform social-first video capture for product storytelling, event reels, and brand moments. This person will translate creative concepts into video content using professional camera systems, lighting, and iPhone.

What you will do

• Own social-first video capture across product storytelling, event reels and key brand moments.
• Translate creative concepts and briefs into social video.
• Capture both planned and quick-turn content using camera and iPhone.
• Partner with the Social Art Director on concepting, shot lists, capture and post-production.
• Help bring larger campaign and creative concepts to life through social extensions.
• Capture event and in-store moments.
• Edit video for social platforms.
• Support still photography when needed.
• Stay close to social, culture and emerging visual behaviors.
• Help build efficient, repeatable capture and editing workflows.

Required qualifications

• Minimum 5 years experience shooting and developing content for social media.
• Strong portfolio demonstrating primarily social-first video work.
• Professional experience shooting and editing video for social platforms.
• Experience bringing creative concepts to life through video capture, including product, events, retail/in-store and talent.
• Professional experience shooting with camera systems, lighting equipment and iPhone.
• Strong video editing skills and proficiency in Adobe Premiere Pro and/or other professional editing software.
• Strong understanding of composition, lighting, movement, pacing, and visual storytelling.
• Strong understanding of social platforms and how creative translates across formats and placements.
• Strong ability to work quickly and independently.
• Ability to travel for shoots, events and key brand moments as needed.
• Must be able to work from Corporate Office at least 60% of the time.

Nice to have

• Photography experience is a plus, particularly for event, BTS and social capture.

Benefits

• medical insurance
• dental insurance
• vision insurance
• life insurance
• accident insurance
• critical illness insurance
• disability insurance
• retirement savings plans and company match
• paid family leave
• education-related programs
• paid holidays
• discretionary vacation time

About the company

Hourglass Cosmetics is a vegan and cruelty-free beauty brand. It is part of the Unilever Prestige division.