Responsibilities

• Lead the delivery of an ambitious new video and audio content strategy for Nesta. The role places a heavy emphasis on end-to-end creative production, from original concept to final delivery, alongside high-profile creative commissioning.
• This is a hands-on, autonomous role that would suit a highly organised creative individual who can identify opportunities, manage complex projects, and apply their own production skills to deliver high-quality, authentic content.
• Platform and channel strategy: a digital-first editor who understands the distinct pacing and formatting required for various platforms, skilled at repurposing single assets into multi-channel campaigns for digital and social channels.
• Quality assurance of all types of content formats to ensure products are best in class in terms of creativity, quality and impact against comms objectives as well as adhering to brand and technical guidelines.
• Content analysis: analyse content performance, introduce A/B testing and decipher performance data to keep producing best-in-show video content.
• Proactive opportunity spotting: identify new opportunities for engaging video and audio content to promote work and drive brand reach; pitch ideas to senior management.
• Project management: lead the end-to-end production process and manage budgets and timelines autonomously.
• Relationship management: manage suppliers and internal/external relationships to deliver high-quality, impactful content that meets the brief.
• Training: introduce and scale new workflows, templates, and training to improve quality and efficiency across Nesta’s content production output.

Requirements

• Technical Production expertise: Significant experience in producing high-quality visual podcast formats, including the technical ability to manage multi-cam, lighting, and audio setups for interview content, as well as more simple one-to-one interview styles.
• Proficient in mobile shooting, UGC content and native social editing for more informal video styles.
• Creative software proficiency: Strong motion graphics and animation skills (e.g. Adobe creative suite), with the ability to bring complex data and concepts to life.
• Editing and post-production: Advanced Premiere or Final Cut editing skills. Comfortable working at speed to deliver reactive content that taps into the news cycle, with the ability to turn around high-quality assets in days rather than weeks.
• Photography: Experience in running photographic shoots and managing the post-production process.
• Training: Experience introducing and scaling new workflows, templates, and training to improve quality and efficiency across Nesta’s content production output.
• Generative AI knowledge: A solid understanding of generative AI video production tools, but not as a replacement for creative work. Your knowledge of it is additional, not a reliance.
• Delivery and strategy Platform and channel strategy: A digital-first editor who understands the distinct pacing and formatting required for various platforms (e.g., YouTube vs. TikTok), skilled at repurposing single assets into multi-channel campaigns for digital and social channels.
• Excellent understanding of digital channels and how content is optimised across platforms.
• Creative strategy and brand expertise: Responsible for quality assurance of all types of content formats, ensuring products are best in class in terms of creativity, quality and impact against comms objectives as well as adhering to brand and technical guidelines.

Benefits

• Salary: Circa £51,000 plus an array of benefits including private medical insurance, dental insurance, the ability to buy and sell annual leave, eyecare vouchers and more.