Video Production Coordinator

Based: High Wycombe / Hybrid
Term: Permanent, Full time
Salary: £25000 - £27500 pa + excellent benefits

The Role:

We're looking for a Video Production Coordinator to work across a range of projects for multiple brands within the music industry. The successful candidate will have previous experience in a creative environment and an interest in music production / audio technology.

Key Responsibilities:

• Attend weekly marketing and content allocation / planning meetings with the wider marketing and creative teams, ensuring everyone is kept up to date with the weeks work and plans.
• Communicate production plans and schedules to the wider marketing teams.
• Work closely with the Head of Video, to generate relevant documents for the internal production process.
• Communicate with external agencies, freelancers, and contractors to assist them on their production work for us.
• Work with the Head of Video to plan timelines and manage production and post-production from ideation & pre-production to delivery and then localisation for the global teams.
• Assist in managing sign off and approvals of content with key stakeholders.
• Keep on top of and update our various project management platforms as the projects develop.
• Manage and work with the Head of Video on Pre-Production plans / proposals and treatments, communicating creative ideas and presenting information clearly.
• Be responsible of our in-house camera / production equipment making sure everything is ready to go.
• To assist on and off set within a production environment.
• Edit video content, and have a great knowledge of Premiere Pro, After Effects, DaVinci Resolve.
• Work in After Effects to create graphic assets and animations.
• Producing video for various platforms for example, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, TikTok, etc, and have interest in new developments and innovation in video content.
• Understand recording, mixing and mastering audio for video.
• Generate purchase orders and communicate with our finance team to pay our external contractors / freelancers on time.
• Support the Head of Video with larger and more demanding projects as a Production Coordinator.
• Manage our Dropbox Team accounts and our in-house NAS storage, keeping all files backed up and safe.

The person we’re looking for:

• Previously worked as a Production Coordinator or an Assistant within a creative environment.
• Familiarity using and working with filming equipment and the post-production procedures.
• At least 2 years’ experience in-house or an agency with knowledge of the production workflow.
• Willingness to learn new skills and demonstrate initiative.
• A flexible and creative attitude with the ability to troubleshoot and work under pressure.
• A reasonable understanding of audio capture and sound quality control.
• An ability to handle pressure when working in a team or on your own.
• Understand live streaming equipment and rigging a small live streaming system.
• A passion and understanding for the recording and music technology world.

About Us

Focusrite plc is a global music and audio group that develops and markets music technology products. Used by audio professionals and amateur musicians alike, our solutions facilitate the high-quality production of recorded and live sound. Our audio technology brands stand together, seeking to enrich lives through music by removing barriers to creativity – ‘we make music easy to make’.

The Focusrite Group trades under nine established and rapidly growing brands: Focusrite, Focusrite Pro, Novation, ADAM Audio, Sequential, Martin Audio, Optimal Audio, Ampify Music and Linea Research. With a high-quality reputation and a rich heritage spanning decades, its brands are category leaders in the music-making industry.

Music technology is an enriching space to work in and we enjoy a Group-wide open-door culture which encourages innovation. This culture, combined with a passion for the inspirational solutions we create, has led to the group winning numerous accolades, including three Queen's Awards for Enterprise, the AIM Company of the Year Award 2021 and regular appearances in 'The Sunday Times 100 Best Small Companies to Work For’.

The Focusrite Group is dedicated to building a great place to work and as an equal opportunity employer we are committed to Diversity and Inclusion. The group mission is to cultivate an equitable culture, internally and externally, where all people feel they are welcome, safe and positively represented, because at Focusrite they truly are. Equally, we recognise the major impact that climate change is having on our world and work every day towards being industry leaders in a carbon neutral future.

Benefits include flexible/hybrid working, company pension, life insurance, private healthcare, employee purchase scheme, group bonus scheme, company music events, offsite company parties and free breakfast/lunch in the canteen. We arrange company training sessions and encourage personal development.