Videographer

Position Details

• Job Title - Associate Creator
• Location - Grand Rapids, Michigan office. Must be located in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
• Employment Type - Full time.

Responsibilities

• Pre-production planning of video and photo projects for marketing clients that are local businesses here in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
• Execute production of video and photo projects for marketing clients.
• Working with about 7 clients on a monthly basis.
• Creating about 6 videos for each client on a monthly basis.
• Total workload comes out to about 36 Shorts (1-minute videos) per month.
• Post-production editing of video and photo projects for clients.
• Communicate with directly clients via ClickUp.
• Cross-department collaboration with internal Launch Kit team on clients projects such as shooting photo/video for a client that gets used on their website and in digital ads.

Ideal Attributes For Success

• Enjoys working with local small/medium-sized businesses.
• Enjoys creating quick, short-form vertical content for social media.
• Enjoys working on retainer style work where we work with a portfolio of clients on a monthly basis.
• Is comfortable with editing content in a timely manner.
• Enjoys continuous innovation of small, growing business.
• Comfortable with Adobe Premiere.
• Comfortable with Adobe Lightroom.
• Has an eye for aesthetically pleasing photo and video content.
• Enjoys staying up to date on production/editing techniques.
• Enjoys checking items off a to-do list.
• Desires to work in a team environment.

Compensation & Benefits

• Base salary - $52,000/year.
• Payment Schedule - Paid via bi-weekly direct deposit.
• Bonus - Eligible for additional 10% of salary as a annual bonus after one year of employment.
• 401(k) - Guideline plan with 5% basic match.
• Promotions - Spring and Fall reviews with opportunities for raises and bonuses.
• Health Insurance - Eligible to join Priority Healthcare group plan at the time of employment.
• Dental Insurance - Eligible to join Bright Benefits group plan at the time of employment.
• Vision Insurance - Eligible to join Bright Benefits group plan at the time of employment.
• Parking - Downtown Grand Rapids parking garage pass.

Workplace

• Hybrid work model - Team members are welcome to work from home or in the Launch Kit office.
• Creators are to be available for production days Monday - Friday from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm.
• The team typically works in the Launch Kit office or the Grand Rapids Chamber of Commerce on Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
• The team typically works remotely on Tuesday and Thursday.
• By default, the Launch Kit team only takes meetings on Monday, Wednesday, Fridays and reserves Tuesdays and Thursdays for uninterrupted work.
• Launch Kit is open Monday - Friday from 9:00 am - 5:00 pm.

Technology Used

• Launch Kit is a Mac based business for computers.
• Launch Kit is a Sony based business for cameras.
• Adobe Premiere Pro - video editing
• Adobe Lightroom - photo editing
• Adobe Photoshop - photo manipulation
• Gmail - email
• Google Drive - file management
• Google Calendar - Calendar system
• Google Chat - internal communication.
• Google Meet - video conferencing
• ClickUp - project management and member communication.
• Timely - time data log.
• All software provided by Launch Kit.

Start Date

• When you are ready, there's work to do.

Future

The future for this position entails helping grow Launch Kit’s marketing department, which will consist of retainer-based marketing clients along with one-off photo/video projects.