What you will be doing

• Brainstorm and execute delightfully weird and engaging video concepts, including – but not limited to – high-quality educational content, changelog news flashes (we’ll explain), and quirky campaigns.
• Direct, shoot and edit videos that make our audience laugh, learn, and maybe cry (probably in a good way).
• Turn any location – whether an office, studio, hotel resort, or James’ living room – into a creative studio. We’ll provide the tools and tech that you think would be good for this.
• Occasionally showcase our enviable merch in videos that make people shout, “I need that!”
• Manage external agency and freelance relationships on an ad-hoc basis.
• Bring general shenanigans and vibes as the go-to person for anything video-related, including on-the-fly ideas at offsites or other events.
• Some travelling. We're fully remote, but we like to meet up for whole company offsites once a year, and small team offsites throughout the year. Our next company offsite is in Tulum, Mexico. ☀️ We need someone who can attend some (not all) of these events and shoot (actually good) behind-the-scenes content ~2-3 times a year.

What you won't be doing

• Anything boring.
• Managing, or building a team (initially).
• Eating pineapple on pizza in James' house.

Requirements

• Expertise shooting with DSLRs/lighting/mics and editing with Final Cut Pro, Adobe Premiere Pro, or your preferred app.
• A strong sense of brand, tone of voice, and creative direction.
• A love for creating unforgettable content – funny, shareable, and stuff that makes people think “That was weird, but I liked it.”
• Fluent in internet trends, and meme culture lives in your head rent-free.
• A knack for anticipating production challenges and remedying them with creative solutions.
• Excellent organisational skills, especially when managing multiple projects and tight editing deadlines.
• house one day a week, and sometimes in a London studio. We will cover your expenses. Able to shoot in Cambridge at James’ house one day a week, and sometimes in a London studio. We will cover your expenses.

• Confidence in front of the camera, behind the camera, and with a puppet on your hand (karaoke, improv sketches, and bizarre ideas welcome).
• Motion graphics skills. We have budget to contract out anything, but the more you can do yourself the better.
• Experience creating content for developer communities or technical audiences.