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We’re VaynerMedia - a contemporary global creative and media agency built for the now. Born in social and powered by big ideas, we deliver full-service work that drives real business growth. Founded in 2009, we are an independent global network spanning 10 offices worldwide, including New York, London, Singapore, and Tokyo, with award-winning work recognised by Cannes Lions, Clios, D&AD, and the Webbies.

Culture is our core, and empathy is how we build it. Across EMEA, our 250+ team combines diverse backgrounds to create innovative, people-first solutions. Day in and day out, we propel the world's biggest brands to the intersection of attention and culture.

The Pitch…****We’re looking for a social native obsessed Creator to join our team in London.A conceptual filmmaker and editor that loves their craft, and sees social as the world’s biggest and best platform to showcase it! A curious mind that’s always searching for what’s next and how to master it.In this role, you’ll help guide the social visual style for one of the world’s most beloved brands - oversee LIVE event content capture, add your style and craft to always-on creator campaigns, and direct global talent.Working in a fast-paced environment, you’ll use your experience to guide teams to best-in-class content production - Help design and develop ideas for content capture and oversee your campaigns from concept, to capture, to posting… and beyond.

Here’s where you come in…**

• **Attention Media: **Create content that grabs attention and makes impactful connections with consumers, measured by high attention metrics (Views, Saves, Shares…).
• **The hook: **Edit and assemble raw footage into polished final videos, ensuring that they are optimized for various platforms such as Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, YouTube, etc.
• **Live in the feed: **Keep up-to-date with the latest trends in social media video formats and editing techniques to ensure our content remains fresh and relevant.
• **Team player: **Collaborate effectively with your teammates and cross functional departments on rapid fire requests and tight timelines
• **A Creator: **Attend creative brainstorms, kick offs, and team meetings where you contributing meaningful ideas and design strategy formulation
• **Coach: **Mentor Creators and Creator Residents, and even in some cases Art Directors and Copywriters, on your team and across the agency; following the leadership of your A/CD, you help guide and educate on best practices, ideating, and execution

• 5+ years professional creative experience, with a demonstrable passion for making creative content on a spectrum of media platforms - social, streaming, AR, music, film, interactive, etc.
• Proven experience as a video shooter/editor, preferably in advertising, digital media, or a related field.
• Solid understanding of video production techniques, including lighting, framing, and audio.
• Advanced knowledge and proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite, especially Adobe Premiere Pro, After Effects, and Photoshop.
• Extraordinary content creation skills, capable of execution from start to finish, with a passion for various kinds of creative outlets including video and motion design
• Responsible, accountable, and self starter who demonstrates initiative
• Ability to collaborate with the individuals of an organization, fostering strong cross-functional teamwork and positive results.
• Partner with the creative lead to ensure high quality creative output across the account

We regularly review our benefits and are committed to providing a comprehensive programme for our people:

• Unlimited Holiday + 1 Day Birthday Leave
• €200 towards a home working allowance
• €300 towards a social travel allowance to help you meet and collaborate with your team
• A flexible co-working space for any remote employees wanting to access an office space, and / or for team collaboration days
• Kick start your mental & physical fitness with 15% extra credits and €30 off a monthly membership with ClassPass.
• Once you reach 2 years round the Vayner sun, you’re eligible for an annual €150 budget to spend on anything that you’re curious about

Think “lab” and not “agency”. We get excited about solving business problems, not creating advertising for the sake of making advertising. Our entrepreneurship DNA runs deep. We’re willing to break rules, try new things, and test hypotheses if it means better understanding our craft. It’s fun!We believe 100% that brands can be built on digital platforms and part of our model is built bottom up, flipping the traditional advertising model and process on its head. We don’t play to agency/industry norms and our culture and energy reflects that.

Our environment (and pace) feels much more like a start-up than most agencies you might be used to. Hopefully that, and the opportunity to collaborate with the talented and enthusiastic crew, work with big brands excites you, as it does us. We can’t wait to meet you.

VaynerMedia is an Equal Opportunity Employer. This means that VaynerMedia provides equal employment opportunities to all staff members and job applicants without regard to gender, pregnancy, marital or civil partnership status, gender reassignment, race, disability, sexual orientation, religious belief, part time or fixed term employment, age or any other legally protected class.

Candidates must be authorised to work in the Germany**