Director, Video Job Description
Director, video
provides video editing support for all types of projects, including paid media, organic social, internal and external-facing efforts.
Director, Video Duties & Responsibilities
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Sample responsibilities for this position include:
Incorporate quality control processes into each project – qa, smoke testing
Develop and enhance products and services for MVPDs and new distribution partners
Organize and lead the people and divisions, along with the MVPDs, needed to launch new products and services to users
Negotiate affiliation agreements and prepare for final review and approval with ASM Sales team for distribution of digital services
Manage a sales/product team dedicated to digital media content and the distribution thereof
Lead the project management efforts associated with implementing and growing digital products
Stay apprised of industry trends and developments
Supervise the delivery process for each video, including working with the video promotion department gathering and executing all visual and audio edits and cut downs needed for their online premieres and broadcasts airdates
Oversee pre-production, delivery, and negotiate budgets for all video content
Find, book, and oversee crews for production and delivery on all BTS and/or B-ROLL for performances, rehearsals, studio visits, radio visits, and non-traditional video content
Director, Video Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Licensing or Certifications for Director, Video
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: SCTE, MBA, MS, FAA, NAD, RID, UAS, UAV
Education for Director, Video
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the director, video job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Bachelor's and Collage Degree in Education, Video, Communications, Video Production, Engineering, Marketing, Computer Science, Film, Journalism, Communication
Skills for Director, Video
Desired skills for director, video include:
Media types
Buying
Client presentation and reporting
Planning
MPEG4
Transcoding
& other related technologies
IP Video Delivery solutions
Conditional Access Systems
Desired experience for director, video includes:
Secure, book, and oversee editors for production and delivery of all Epic sizzle reels, viral videos, and EPKS, individual artist sizzle reels and EPKs
Negotiate rates with glam teams, review contracts, and oversee payments artist travel details
Analyze and review plans for development efforts from product requirements and technical design specifications documents
Work with technical teams (including vendors) to enable improvements in existing technical solutions
Collaborate with technology leadership, and broadcast product managers/stakeholders
Coordinate with other disciplines to manage projects and communicate deliverables, including digital distribution, ad solutions, affiliate sales
Director, Video Examples
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Director, Video Job Description
Job Description Example
Our company is searching for experienced candidates for the position of director, video. To join our growing team, please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications.
Responsibilities for director, video
- Work with senior management to achieve the larger corporate goals for the Nickelodeon brands
- Managing all multiplatform audience development and marketing/distribution initiatives pertaining to MTV’s slate of original short form programming, as a means to grow unique visitors and streams
- Collaborate with the News and Editorial teams to influence the content creation process with data driven insights
- Collaborate with the Growth team in developing data-driven cross platform programming playbooks pertaining to each of MTV’s original video content categories
- Work with talent and MTV Brand + News social media teams to develop social marketing and community management plans around original franchises
- Working closely with Branded Content Solutions to ensure delivery on sponsored content and campaigns
- 5+ years of growing video audience for online publishers or at a major commercial media, entertainment or creative brand agency
- Experience developing and negotiating content partnerships and creative programs with other publishers, aggregators and content distributors
- Proven track record driving click traffic and streams via paid digital and social marketing campaigns
- Experience developing organic and paid app marketing campaigns with focus on driving repeat/active usage a plus
Qualifications for director, video
- Agile, self-starter, innovative
- Ability to prioritize work and resources based on both short-and long-term needs
- Fashion experience a plus but not essential
- About MTV Always On
- Understanding of technologies, content flow, and distribution to the web
- Work closely and in synchronicity with the Heads of Production and Programming the Huffington Post Editorial Director
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Our innovative and growing company is searching for experienced candidates for the position of director, video. To join our growing team, please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications.
Responsibilities for director, video
- Operations lead for all Programmatic sales efforts
- Strategic Pricing for all Digital & Mobile Inventory
- Maximize yield via indirect partnerships
- Cultivate and maintain relationships with broadcast and OTT networks
- Manage an annual development budget dedicated to original series
- Supervise production of pilots and maintain a standard of quality across all new properties
- Produce sizzle reels and pitches to package new original programs for market
- Gather and analyze financial and operating data
- Develop the video strategy for assigned brand channels by partnering with CNE peers (Research, Marketing, Development, Programming, Scheduling) and the Brand with a goal of delivering audience growth, loyalty and engagement
- Partner with the assigned producer/production team to ensure the programming is on-strategy
Qualifications for director, video
- Work with Music division, and suggest brand appropriate tracks to enhance videos
- Academic degree in Video Production/Advertising/Film/Design
- Luxury goods background
- Deep understanding of the digital video landscape and value chain from financing through production, distribution and monetization
- 10 years of creative development and video production experience
- 3+ years of creative management experience
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Job Description Example
Our company is looking to fill the role of director, video. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for director, video
- Authors customer-facing product collateral including roadmaps, customer/user guides, and presentations
- Develop strategy for sporting event highlight packages and distribution
- Collaborate with athletics communications staff to develop video content for social media distribution, live video streaming (MadiZONE) and written news supplementation
- Provide technical support and guidance to live event streaming, including collaboration with contracted service providers
- Work with contracted video board personnel to provide assistance on in-game elements
- Fulfill needs of athletics marketing via promotional video elements such as commercials and creative content
- Manage the archival process of current and historical video footage
- Package video content to showcase sport programs, athletics facilities, support services
- Produce content for athletics special events, such as the student-athlete awards banquet, Hall of Fame induction ceremony, Duke Club events
- Strengthen relationships with JMU's School of Media Arts and Design to enhance involvement of a student production team to assist with video needs
Qualifications for director, video
- Proven project management skills – you can keep a dozen plates spinning and make it look easy
- Look at a white board and develop brilliant ideas with little input (or inversely, way too many opinions…)
- Great creative / editorial judgment
- Experimental, boundary pushing and curious character traits are a must
- Push the boundaries as a visual storyteller
- Knowledge of Doubleclick/XFP, FreeWheel, Google ADX, LiveRail, the Rubicon Project, and other ad-serving platforms and rich media vendors
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Our innovative and growing company is looking to fill the role of director, video. To join our growing team, please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications.
Responsibilities for director, video
- Collaborate with university marketing and communications on project development, video branding and overall strategy
- Responsible for video from concepts to final execution
- Long term, increase the number of videos delivered
- Engage in our International Compensation Forum to identify opportunities for consistency across our non-US sites identify and understand local compensation programs
- Present concept executions to VP/Creative
- Bring photographic/video media subject matter expertise to the team
- Manage the holistic visual experience of projects with multiple collaborators and stakeholders
- Excel at working in collaborative environments
- Bring a unique vision to the project, with a clear voice that drives results
- Be comfortable working on content in various genres, with a range of aesthetic sensibility
Qualifications for director, video
- Familiarity on Omniture Site Catalyst, comScore, Nielsen and other online marketing audience measurement database
- Thorough knowledge of industry, market and events
- Advanced news judgment
- 3 - 5 years working with digital video at the brand/ publishing level
- Strong understanding of analytics with a successful track record of exceeding quantitative and qualitative audience measurement goals
- Excellent understanding of entertainment content consumption on all digital platforms
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Job Description Example
Our innovative and growing company is hiring for a director, video. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for director, video
- Video programming development
- End-to-end partnership/project management
- Inbound content pitch evaluation and coverage
- Collaboration with talent and production companies on opportunity development
- Creating outbound pitches and presentations
- Collaboration with business development and legal
- Drive the video creative strategy for EA SPORTS FIFA marketing campaigns across digital, earned and broadcast
- Lead end-to-end content creation from creative briefs through to pre-vis, cinematics and capture, post-production
- Inspire the team of cinematic artists and video editors
- Continually identify opportunities to further improve the production & creative process
Qualifications for director, video
- A track record of digital multiplatform content
- Proven expertise managing the end-to-end product lifecycle including ideation, definition, development, acceptance testing, and operations using an agile software development methodology like Scrum, Kanban, XP, TDD, RAD
- Related experience in managing, marketing, selling, and/or supporting video and/or video related products
- Experience with Cisco video conferencing solutions
- Significant in depth experience in a sales role, within a media sales environment
- BA/BS or a combination of related education and work experience to equal four years