Major Gift Director - Higher Ed. jobs in Lexington, KY

Role

We’re looking for a passionate, motivated, and intuitive videographer, specializing in run-n-gun vlog style filming as well as studio environment “direct-to-camera” filming, to join our growing creative team. This role is responsible for filming Ocean Gross full-time. This will include things like business meetings, traveling days, studio productions and behind the scenes content. This includes vlog-style filming multiple days per week as well as in-studio capture. This role is required to be in Georgetown, KY full-time with the ability to travel. This role reports to Ocean Gross. You will work alongside the Media team.

Balancing the technical aspects of filming and the art of talent management are what you do best. Talent management in this context will involve directorial facilitation of vlog-style shooting (asking followup questions, keeping momentum and energy high, proactively communicating filming needs and requests, openness to feedback and willingness to suggest novel ideas). You understand the best practices of framing, lighting, and audio while also knowing how to manage talent energy, work with admin teams, and ask thought provoking questions. You’ve done this before at a high level and are able to show the trackable progress you made on previous content you’ve worked on.

This role is very important in the Higher Gross company, as you will be spending a large amount of time with the CEO and greatly involved in their personal life. Above all else we look for someone who embodies our core values and is committed to the privacy of the CEO.

Responsibilities

• Vlog filming 3-5 days per week
• Studio/Direct-to-Camera filming 1-2 days per week
• Setting up studio shoots (lighting, framing, audio, props)
• Shooting stills daily for use in social content
• Contribute themes for episodes of ‘Ocean Gross Life’ in pre-production
• Ask engaging questions while vlogging
• Interacting with studio staff, set designers, showrunners, and more.
• Pay close attention to comments on both channels to inform how you film future videos
• Adding footage promptly to Google Drive, DropBox & Notion
• Updating assigned tasks and communicating updates with team in Notion

Results

• We will be available to film Ocean every day of the week
• Ocean's social accounts see a significant increase in her male audience
• Increase in episodes of ‘Ocean Gross Life’
• Ocean genuinely wants to film more because the experience is positive
• New and novel storylines are captured and brought to the team
• Learnings are documented and integrated to improve film sessions on a continual basis
• All footage is uploaded and organized according to standard
• “Leave everything better than you found it” in terms of filming in personal space

Requirements

• 3 years of relevant experience in video production
• Proven success on YouTube as the videographer for a growing channel
• Talent Management Ability
• Experience with keeping highly sensitive information confidential
• Highly effective communicator and conversationalist
• Deep understanding of the YouTube space
• Strong understanding of reality TV and vlog pacing and how to create storylines
• Speed and clarity in communication (primarily in Slack)
• Willing to work in a fast-paced environment with an openness to change

Location

• Georgetown, KY
• Traveling when Ocean travel or as necessary

Salary

• $60,000 to $80,000

BENEFITS:

• Higher Gross believes great people are at the center of every successful business.
• Medical Benefits
• Flexible PTO
  

HIGHER GROSS CORE VALUES

Our core values are the heart and soul of this incredible company. The right person for this role will appreciate each of these values, personally subscribe to them, and understand why each is critical to having a great business.

• Discipline
• Speed is King
• Over-deliver
• Solutions not Problems
• Take Ownership
• sincere candor
• Grow or Die