What are the responsibilities and job description for the Videographer position at Blue Marble?
Summary/Objective
Blue Marble is looking for a skilled Videographer to create engaging promotional videos for our products across multiple brands and marketing channels. This role will focus on transforming scripts into polished video content, including storyboarding, shooting footage, editing, adding visual effects, and working with voice talent to produce high-quality weekly deliverables.
The Videographer will play a key role in bringing our products to life through compelling video storytelling. This individual should have a strong understanding of video production from concept through final delivery, including pre-production planning, lighting, camera operation, editing, motion graphics, sound, and file organization.
We are looking for a self-motivated team player who thrives in a collaborative creative environment. This role will work closely with another videographer and members of the Creative, Marketing, Product Development, and Copy teams to ensure video content is strategically aligned, visually engaging, and delivered on schedule.
The ideal candidate has strong technical production skills, an excellent eye for composition and detail, and the ability to manage multiple projects in a fast-paced environment. Strong file management, organization, and communication skills are required. Experience with photo editing in Adobe Photoshop is a plus.
Essential Functions
- Create promotional videos for Blue Marble products from concept through final delivery.
- Translate scripts into clear, engaging storyboards and shot lists.
- Plan, shoot, and edit product-focused video content for use across digital, social, retail, ecommerce, and marketing channels.
- Capture high-quality video footage using proper lighting, composition, camera movement, and audio considerations.
- Edit video content into polished final deliverables that align with brand standards, project goals, and marketing objectives.
- Add visual effects, motion graphics, text overlays, transitions, and other post-production elements as needed.
- Coordinate and work effectively with on-camera talent, including children, helping create a positive, organized, and comfortable on-set environment that supports strong performances.
- Collaborate with voice talent to coordinate recordings and incorporate voiceover into final video edits.
- Work closely with another videographer to maintain efficient workflows, shared file structures, and organized project archives.
- Manage video files, footage, project assets, exports, and backups with accuracy and consistency.
- Collaborate with Copywriters, Designers, Marketing, and Product Development teams to ensure video content supports product positioning and brand messaging.
- Participate in creative brainstorms, pre-production meetings, and project reviews.
- Accept direction and constructive feedback, refining video concepts and edits to meet project goals.
- Assist with on-set production needs, including product preparation, prop setup, lighting, camera operation, and talent direction.
- Maintain awareness of current video trends, platform best practices, and production techniques.
- Manage multiple video projects simultaneously while maintaining strong attention to detail and meeting weekly deadlines.
- Support additional creative production needs as assigned, including basic photo editing or product image adjustments when applicable.
Required Experience
- 3–5 years of experience in videography, video production, video editing, or a related creative production role.
- A portfolio or reel that demonstrates strong product video work, storytelling, editing, lighting, composition, and post-production skills.
- Experience taking a project from script to storyboard, production, edit, and final delivery.
- Strong knowledge of camera operation, lighting, audio capture, and video production workflows.
Skills and Competencies
- Proficiency in Adobe Creative Cloud applications, specifically Premiere Pro and After Effects.
- Experience with visual effects, motion graphics, titles, transitions, and other post-production enhancements.
- Strong organizational skills and experience maintaining shared file structures, project folders, footage archives, and final deliverables.
- Ability to collaborate effectively with creative partners, voice talent, and cross-functional teams.
- Strong communication skills and the ability to receive and apply feedback constructively.
- Highly detail-oriented, self-motivated, deadline-driven, and able to manage multiple projects at once.
- Ability to work quickly and efficiently in a fast-paced creative environment.
- Familiarity with digital, social, ecommerce, and promotional video best practices.
- Experience with Adobe Photoshop and photo editing is a plus.
- Familiarity with Microsoft Office and project management or task management tools is preferred.
Additional Eligibility Qualifications
- All requirements are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities.
- This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee occupying this position. Employees will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by their supervisor.
- This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, other than an “at will” employment relationship.
What We Offer
- Competitive salary and performance-based bonus opportunity
- Health, dental, vision, life, and 401(k) retirement savings plan
- Employee assistance program
- Flexible paid time off
- A creative, collaborative, and playful culture
- Opportunity to shape the direction of iconic and emerging toy brands
- Room for career growth with a scaling organization
Note: This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive. Employees may perform other related duties to meet the organization's needs.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.
Blue Marble is an equal-opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, or disability status.