Role Overview
Lifeblood is an eCommerce growth agency/creative-led growth consultancy with a clear mission: to build the UK’s most effective team and system for profitably growing brands.
We work with some of the UK’s fastest growing DTC and subscription brands including Years, MuscleFood, Prepped Pots and Elbow Grease.
As a Videographer & Editor, you will form part of a creative team of 4 to craft short form and social-first video and motion/animation ads for our clients to deploy across paid and organic social channels.
Key Responsibilities
Daily & Weekly
- Shooting video on DSLR. Being confident to request multiple takes when required and working to tight briefs, scripts and shot lists.
- Developing creative concepts and ideas for edits to exceed client expectations.
- Rendering video assets using AI models such as Google Gemini Veo 3 and Open AI’s Sora
- Editing footage into 15 sec - 1 min social-first clips using raw footage, b-roll and audio together in Premiere Pro (or your chosen software) using transitions, pacing, cuts and editing styles that match the audience profile and channel’s best practice (TikTok & Meta)
- Exporting for various aspect ratios for TikTok & Meta (9:16, 16:9, 4:5).
- Working with the creative strategist to build sets, source location and develop art direction for new paid and organic social videos
- Working proactively and efficiently to ensure we are working ahead of timeline, and occasionally going above and beyond to hit last minute deadlines
- Quality controlling assets to ensure all work is exceptional paying attention to layout, spelling/grammar and maintaining brand standards.
Monthly
- Collaborating with creative strategists, brand managers and runners on location to solve problems creatively and drive the highest quality outcomes
- Willingness to contribute to ad hoc videography, photography and editing tasks - e.g. long form YouTube, internal headshots etc
- Maintain a swipe file and Motion board of video ads that inspire you - sharing new ideas
- Be willing to travel by plane and rail and stay overnight to visit clients with your colleagues
- Being disciplined and consistent with file storage, naming conventions and maintaining equipment.
What does success in this role look like in 6-12 months?
- You are happy and motivated in the role, gelling well with the team and proactive contributing to building the team culture
- Deep understanding of our clients’ brand, product and audiences, plus alignment to our company values within 3 months
- An understanding of how video content differs between organic social and performance ads/paid social within 3 months
- Positive NPS score and feedback from your clients/colleagues on your performance in 6 months
- In increase in delivery times and reduction in amends in your second 6 months vs. the first 6 months
- An demonstrable of improvement in your clients’ video performance metrics within 12 months (hard metrics: % of spend on video, ROAS/CPA, new customers and soft metrics: 75% video views, thumb stop rate, hold rate, click through rate)
Pay: £26,000.00-£28,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Company pension
- Employee mentoring programme
- Employee stock ownership plan
- Free fitness classes
- Free parking
- Gym membership
- Health & wellbeing programme
- On-site gym
- On-site parking
- Private dental insurance
Work Location: In person
