Videographer

Location: Greater London

Videographer (Manchester)

Function: Content Capture | Cinematography | Visual Execution

Responsibility: Capture high-quality, performance-driven content across ads and social formats

Reports to: Producer (day-to-day) | Video Director (on set)

Location: Full-time | Hambi Media MCR Studio, Central Manchester (1 day in studio / 3 days on set per week)

Compensation: £35,000–£40,000 + Benefit Scheme + 27 Days Paid Holiday + Private Healthcare

Overview

The Soar Group is one of the UK’s fastest-growing performance agency groups, home to three specialist agencies. On the inside, we work as one:

• Hambi Media:
  Performance creative agency for Meta, delivering High Production, UGC, and Static ads. The UK’s largest performance creative division in the UK.
• For You Advertising:
  The UK’s #1 independent Tik Tok agency, specialising in Tik Tok paid media, Tik Tok Shop, and creator-led content at scale.
• Soar With Us:
  Paid social and paid search, managing media buying and growth strategy across the group’s client portfolio.

Together, the group manages over £100M in ad spend, works with category-leading D2C brands, and operates the UK’s largest Creative Strategy department with design, production, strategy, and UGC all under one roof.

What Sets Us Apart

• Nominated for Meta’s Creative Diversity Award 2025, the only independent agency recognised.
• Highest independent agency spend on Meta in 2025.
• Official Tik Tok Agency Partner, Creative Partner, and one of the only Tik Tok Shop Partners across UK and US.
• Two production studios (London and Manchester)
• Creators of D2C Diaries, one of the UK’s leading eCommerce podcasts
• Partnered with Meta, Tik Tok, Foreplay, and Triple Whale.

The Role

You’ll work alongside Directors and Producers to capture scroll-stopping content for Meta, Tik Tok and beyond. From studio to location shoots, you’ll bring technical precision and a sharp understanding of what makes social content convert.

This isn’t a passive camera operation role. The best Videographers at Hambi bring genuine creative & strategic contribution to every set: thoughtful framing, strong composition, lighting that serves the concepts strategy, and an instinct for what makes content stop a scroll. Technical excellence and performance awareness go hand in hand. If you get a genuine buzz from seeing your footage drive real results for real brands, this role is for you.

• 3+ years’ experience as a videographer or camera operator, ideally in a commercial or advertising context
• Skilled with Sony FX3/FX6 or similar cinema cameras and professional lighting setups
• Strong understanding of short-form video formats and what drives conversion on social platforms
• Demonstrable familiarity with Meta and Tik Tok ad styles, hooks and pacing
• Experience shooting in both studio and location environments
• Strong communication skills and a collaborative, team-first mindset
• Calm under pressure and consistently reliable on set
• A showreel or portfolio featuring commercial or branded work is required to be considered for this role

Preferred but not essential:

• Direct experience shooting content for D2C brands or paid social advertising campaigns
• Familiarity with tracking creative performance metrics (hook rate, watch time, CTR)

Responsibilities

• Operate Sony FX3 or equivalent cameras and professional lighting rigs to a consistently high standard across studio and location environments
• Manage audio capture with precision: microphone placement, monitoring levels, and flagging any issues to the Director in real time
• Shoot confidently across multiple formats: UGC, VSL, podcast, testimonial, branded content, B-roll and product shoots
• Execute the Director’s creative vision on set with technical precision – and bring your own creative eye to framing, composition and lighting decisions within that direction
• Apply a strong understanding of hooks, pacing, scene variety and platform‑specific visual trends to every shot
• Maintain accurate footage organisation, file naming conventions and metadata throughout and after every shoot — never leave set without a clean, complete handover ready for post‑production
• Support the Video Director and Producer during pre‑production: contributing to discussions on…