Videographer – Secret Media Network

Join our Secret squad.

We are currently looking for a Manchester-based videographer and editor to join the Secret Media team full time.

Working within a fun, dynamic and fast-growing team, this new role provides an excellent opportunity for a junior to mid-level videographer to showcase their skills to a large and highly engaged audience. We’re looking for someone who can create fizzy, distinctive videos about Manchester life that make a big impact online, who has proven experience working on scripted and unscripted online video.

Hi, we’reFever!

Fever is the leading global entertainment discovery platform, and has revolutionised the world of entertainment since 2015, inspiring over 45 million people every month to discover the best experiences in their cities. Fever empowers event organizers to create amazing experiences, with successful examples such as the “Candlelight Concert Series” attended by over 1 million guests, the Los Angeles based“Stranger Things: The Drive-Into Experience”, or the “Mad Hatter G&T Party” in multiple cities across the world.

Fever is an international company with a team of over 350 people, currently present in more than 80 cities, with offices in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, London, Paris, Madrid and Barcelona, and is backed by leading institutional investors, including Rakuten Capital, Accel, Fidelity and Atresmedia among others.

Given that Fever and our Secret Media Network provide us with millions of data points and insights around how people consume offline entertainment, we are now able to go one step further in the value chain and create our own “Fever Originals” experiences, similar to how Netflix has begun to create their own shows. We believe there is a huge opportunity to create more of our own content, and continue to provide an amazing content offering to our users!

Your responsibilities

• Identifying exciting potential video topics and arranging shoots.
• Attending events and venues and capturing beautiful, inspiring footage (sometimes out of regular business hours).
• Editing material into captivating, shareable final cuts in various formats.
• Applying colour grading, SFX, sound mixing and other post-production techniques using Premiere + After Effects.
• Collaborating with our commercial team and our brand sponsors to deliver content that supports promotional activity.
• Driving innovation in the video team by tracking industry trends and experimenting with new material.

Your talents

• Technically skilled and systematic in your approach, we can count on you to get the footage needed time after time.
• Deep understanding of Premiere, After Effects, Media Encoder and other editing packages.
• Solid news sense with strong ideas for what video topics and formats will resonate most strongly online.
• A natural flair for visual storytelling; you know how to structure edits and order shots to keep viewers engaged.
• A fluent English writer, you’re comfortable writing your own witty and informative captions.
• A decent grasp of the digital publishing landscape, changing trends in online video and how media companies like ours can best use various channels (Facebook, YouTube, etc).
• Warm and professional, you make a positive addition to the team and act as a friendly, trusted intermediary with our commercial sponsors, PR contacts and others.

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  You’re enthusiastic about Secret Manchester’s mission of finding the coolest stuff in the city.

Requirements for this role

• Cleared permission to work in the UK, and based in Manchester.
• Ability to work flexible hours from time to time.
• 2+ years video experience.
• A recent showreel demonstrating your work.
• A covering letter that explains why you’re a great fit for the job.

Perks of the job

• Make awesome videos that’ll be seen by thousands of people.
• Visit some of Manchester’s coolest places, often before anyone else.
• The opportunity to work out of our swish co-working space in Manchester, if you like.
• 40% off tickets to events on the Fever app.
• Competitive pension plan

The application process

Shortlisted applicants will be asked to participate in a phone interview, complete a short, video-based task and attend an in-person (or video!) interview, as they progress through the recruitment process.

We recommend applying as soon as possible, as recruitment will close as soon as our shortlist is full.

We’re unable to respond to every application due to the volume of interest we receive in each role.

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