Senior Content Manager/Videographer

Southampton, City of Southampton, UK (Hybrid)

£34K/yr – £40K/yrSenior LevelFull time

Posted 2 months ago

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Job Summary

Plan and shoot live-action content end-to-end, operating camera, lighting and audio, then edit with color, sound and motion graphics to meet brand and campaign goals.

  • Own the storytelling across interviews, events, social and case studies, ensuring pacing, accessibility and platform-specific formats while staying on budget and schedule.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Collaborating with creative teams, account teams and stakeholders to interpret briefs and translate them into compelling visual narratives
  • Editing video content to a high professional standard, including colour correction, audio balancing, sound design, graphic animation and platform-specific versioning
  • Creating engaging edits for a range of outputs including brand films, campaign content, social assets, case studies, internal communications and digital marketing content
  • Applying a strong understanding of pacing, storytelling, accessibility, aspect ratios and platform best practice across all deliverables
  • Ensuring all visual content adheres to client brand guidelines, campaign objectives, creative direction and internal quality standards
  • Managing multiple editing and post-production projects simultaneously, balancing quality, deadlines and changing priorities
  • Planning, setting up and delivering live-action shoots, including lighting, composition, camera operation and audio capture
  • Acting as lead camera operator or solo content creator where required, managing shoots from setup through to wrap
  • Capturing a range of content styles including interviews, documentary-style footage, event coverage, branded content, social-first assets and campaign content
  • Working confidently both independently and collaboratively alongside producers, creatives, freelancers or wider agency teams

Requirements

  • Strong professional experience in videography, editing and content creation within an agency, production or commercial environment
  • Advanced proficiency in Adobe Premiere Pro
  • Strong working knowledge of After Effects for motion graphics and animation support
  • Good understanding of Photoshop, Lightroom and wider Adobe Creative Suite
  • Strong camera operating skills, including lighting and audio capture
  • Experience filming branded, documentary-style or commercial content
  • Strong storytelling instincts and editorial judgement
  • Excellent organisation, file management and workflow discipline
  • comfortable managing multiple projects and deadlines simultaneously
  • Confident communicator with a collaborative, pragmatic and solutions-focused approach

Preferred

  • Photography experience
  • Drone licence / aerial filming experience
  • Experience in brand content, documentary or event filming
  • Basic animation or motion design capability beyond editorial motion graphics
  • Experience working with freelancers, production suppliers or external crews
  • Creative agency experience
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IDHL

At IDHL, we're more than just a digital agency; we're our client's key partner in growth. Our superpower is helping ambitious brands accelerate their growth in the digital economy. Our team of 400 experts across the UK and US is dedicated to accelerating growth through digital performance marketing, web & eCommerce solutions, and data intelligence. We know channels can play many roles, but by getting a true understanding of your ambitions we can help identify which levers will help you achieve your ambitions faster. Together we deliver integrated strategies to drive tangible business outcomes for our clients.

Founded in 2000
Morley, England, GBR
355 employees (94 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
21.9K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
45%
Direct
41%
Referral
8.4%
Social
4.2%
Paid
1.2%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~355

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
80 (23% of company)

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