Videographer

Somerset House Trust

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Job Position(s): Videographer
Project Type: Various Projects
Job Date: Full Time
Compensation: Paid - Salary
Union Status: Non-Union

Description

We are looking for people to join our fantastic team at Somerset House Trust. As the home of cultural innovators, the Trust connects creativity and the arts with the broader society.
Somerset House pursues a ‘Step Inside, Think Outside’ spirit and is born from the creative community we nurture – the experience and perspectives we host across background, age, race, and stage, and the intersections and crossovers we encourage.

We now have the opportunity for an enthusiastic and highly skilled videographer to come and join our talented creative team. You’ll be working alongside our design, marketing and social teams to create and action engaging, dynamic and shareable content for our web and social platforms. You’ll be a talented shooter, editor and creative storyteller who can contribute creative ideas whilst taking responsibility for the entire process from conception to the shoot itself and finally post-production.


Key responsibilities

  • Filming a variety of events, performances, exhibitions, artist interviews, and behind-the-scenes moments at Somerset House.
  • Produce a mix of hi-fi & lo-fi content for both long-form storytelling (Youtube) and short-form content optimized for social media (Instagram & TikTok).
  • React quickly to capture real-time, spontaneous content during live events and installations.
  • Edit and deliver high-quality video content, ensuring it is optimized for various social media platforms.
  • Produce quick-turnaround edits for rapid social media distribution, as well as more refined, longer-term projects like show trailers.
  • Incorporate motion graphics, typography, and music to enhance video storytelling.
  • Collaborate with the design, social media and marketing team to brainstorm and pitch creative ideas that resonate with Somerset House’s audience.
  • Leading creative thinking on concepts for video-based social media content, maintaining a steady flow of content.
  • Stay on top of trends in video production, social media, and content consumption to ensure innovative, fresh, and engaging content.
  • Working onsite at events alongside external producers (when required) to ensure they are capturing content as per the brief and staying on task.
  • Maintain an archive of footage and projects for future use.
  • Look through historic long form evergreen content, identifying ways to repurpose it for social channels.
  • Ensure all video content aligns with the brand’s visual identity and tone.

Skills, knowledge & expertise required for the role:

Experience:
  • Expertise in video editing software such as Adobe Premiere Pro, Final Cut Pro, After Effects, or similar tools.
  • Experience with social media platforms and understanding of their content requirements (Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, etc.).
  • A deep understanding of platform creative best practice & how to action learnings from creative tests and analysis
  • Proven experience as a videographer, ideally in a social first creative, arts, or cultural environment.
Skills:
  • Strong grading skills.
  • An understanding of sound design.
  • Experience with lighting and shooting on DSLRs and other HD cameras as well as shooting on iPhone.
  • Ability to problem solve and troubleshoot under pressure.
  • Ability to multitask in a fast-paced environment with tight deadlines.
  • Creative, independent, detail-minded.
  • A team-player, equally able to work independently.
  • A keen interest in arts and culture is essential.
  • Strong communication skills, both written and verbal.
  • Strong awareness of current youth culture, and emerging social media platforms.

Benefits to working at Somerset House


Mental Health & Wellbeing
  • Access to our external Employee Assistance Programme (CiC) for free 24/7 confidential advice and support, including up to 6 free counselling sessions per year where needed
  • Mental health support and guidance from our in-house trained Mental Health First Aiders
  • Hybrid working based on having 3 days in the office per week (pro rata if part-time)
  • Contribution towards eye tests and glasses
  • Trust life insurance scheme

Holiday
  • Enhanced annual leave – 25 days plus bank holidays (pro rata)
– Birthday leave – additional day leave
– Extra day – to celebrate anything of your choice
Other Leave
  • Sick leave – 20 days full pay, followed by 20 days half pay (pro rata & following 3 months service)
  • Emergency dependent care – option to use 25% of paid sick leave for emergency care of a dependent (pro rata & following 3 months service)
  • Enhanced maternity pay

Pension
  • 8% employer pension contributions, no employee contribution required
  • Option for salary sacrifice
  • Interest-free loans
  • Season ticket loan
  • Cycle to Work scheme

Discounts, offers and free stuff

  • The list is endless and includes tickets to Somerset House events and entrance to other London Heritage sites
  • Discounts in Somerset House cafes and restaurants
  • Discounts with various high street retailers and restaurants
  • Discount to local leisure centres


About Somerset House Trust

Somerset House hosts the UK’s largest and most exciting creative community right in the heart of London, and are always looking for new talent to join our team. We welcome 3 million annual visitors to share our unique combination of cultural events, the creative industries and history. This mix informs and powers our programme and organisational culture, making us a singular, compelling and inclusive place to visit and work.
Our Commitment to Anti-Racism, Diversity and Inclusion:
Somerset House is open to all and we value the unique skills of everyone. Somerset House Trust is an equal opportunities employer and is committed to championing equality, diversity and inclusion in our workplace, so if you’re a suitably qualified applicant, we encourage your application whatever your age, disability, gender, gender identity, race, religion or belief, sexual orientation or socio-economic background.
Somerset House is actively anti-racist, you can read about our Anti-Racism Pledge and the action we’re taking here. We are working hard to ensure our people, our onsite community and our sector reflect, represent and include all of society.
With some recruitment stages, where candidates are equally qualified, we will seek to prioritise diversity to help us to increase representation across the creative economy and the Trust.
We anonymise all job applications to help avoid discrimination in the initial screening stage of our recruitment process. This reinforces our commitment to focusing on the skills and qualifications of all applications from the start.

Please get in touch if you have any questions or require any adjustments to be made during the recruitment process.

The Trust reserves the right to close a job before its application deadline.

Please only apply if you have the right to work in the UK; the Trust cannot currently offer sponsorships.

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