Responsibilities

• Shoot and direct with taste and craft
• Serve as primary camera operator across productions — owning framing, lensing, lighting, and location audio on everything from single-camera interviews to multi-camera shoots.
• Direct talent on set, including customers, employees, and senior executives, drawing out authentic performance under time pressure.
• Make the call on the right production approach for the brief: what gets shot in-studio, what gets shot on location, what gets built in post, and what belongs with an agency partner.
• Run our onsite video studio as a standing capability — configuration, lighting and audio setup, and studio-day execution.
• Own the camera, lens, lighting, grip, and audio package: specification, acquisition recommendations, maintenance, inventory, and readiness.
• Define and document repeatable studio setups, capture standards, media management, and post workflows so quality holds no matter who is on the floor.
• Maintain the studio as a resource the broader marketing organization can rely on.
• Lead productions from conception to completion across event and field activations, social-first content, campaign and paid ad spots, brand films, customer stories, executive communications, and web and product content.
• Direct and manage freelance crew: DPs, gaffers, audio operators, grips, and production assistants.

Requirements

• 8 or more years producing video content, with significant time in a marketing, brand studio, or agency environment.
• A portfolio showing outstanding creative and storytelling capabilities across multiple formats — ideally including event or activation content, social-first work, and campaign or ad spots.
• Demonstrated experience as a camera operator — hands-on command of cinema and mirrorless bodies, lens selection, exposure, and color pipeline.
• Practical lighting and location audio skills: interview and set lighting design, lavalier and boom capture.
• Experience running a studio space, including gear ownership, technical setup, and workflow documentation.
• End-to-end production experience with a history of meeting deadlines and juggling multiple priorities and partners.
• Well-versed experience using AI-powered tooling and LLMs (Claude, ChatGPT, Copilot, etc.) to drive efficiency and scalability throughout the video production process.
• Advanced proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite (Premiere, After Effects, and Photoshop at minimum, preferably full suite). Bonus points for motion graphics and animation experience.
• Solid understanding of audio recording and mixing, and color correction and grading.
• Experience directing crew and freelancers, and mentoring less senior producers.

Preferred

• Bonus points for motion graphics and animation experience.

Benefits

• Employer subsidized medical/vision and dental coverage for full-time employees
• 401k Match to help you save for your future (50% of your contribution up to the first 6% of your eligible pay)
• Monthly stipend to support your work and productivity
• Flexible Time Away Program, plus Sick Time Off
• US employees are automatically covered under Smartsheet-sponsored life insurance, short-term, and long-term disability plans
• US employees receive 12 paid holidays per year
• Up to 24 weeks of Parental Leave
• Personal paid Volunteer Day to support our community
• Opportunities for professional growth and development including access to Udemy online courses
• Company Funded Perks, including a counseling membership, local retail discounts, and your own personal Smartsheet account