Videographer

Responsibilities

• Plan, film, and edit social-first video content aligned to approved briefs, content calendars, and campaign objectives.
• Deliver all planned monthly video outputs on time.
• Ensure all video content adheres to client brand guidelines, tone of voice, and platform best practices, with minimal revision cycles.
• Provide clear direction and reassurance to on-camera participants, helping them feel comfortable and prepared, particularly those with limited media experience.
• Manage multiple shoot schedules, editing deadlines, and stakeholder availability across different client accounts.
• Identify when additional freelance support or internal editing resources are required and proactively flag this to the team to maintain quality and delivery timelines.
• Collaborate closely with account managers, content leads, designers, and social teams to ensure assets are delivered within agreed internal timelines.
• Represent Acorn Strategy professionally on-site, engaging confidently with academics, executives, staff, and other stakeholders during filming.

Requirements

• 2 - 4 years of professional videography experience.
• Proven experience in end-to-end video production for social media, ideally within an agency or fast-paced content environment.
• Demonstrated ability to independently plan, shoot, and edit social-first video content across multiple platforms.
• Strong interpersonal skills and confidence working with senior stakeholders, executives, academics, and staff.
• Collaborative, reliable, and proactive approach to working within cross-functional teams.
• Excellent organisational and time management skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities and deadlines.
• Strong technical proficiency in camera operation, lighting, audio capture, and post-production editing.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working with education or corporate clients
• Familiarity with Adobe Premiere Pro and After Effects
• Portfolio of previous social media video work

Benefits

• Opportunity to work on high-profile education and corporate clients in Abu Dhabi
• Collaborative agency environment with close integration across account, content, and social teams
• Hands-on role with creative ownership across end-to-end video production

About the Company

Voted Large Agency of the Year and winner of multiple international awards, Acorn Strategy is a full-service communications consultancy with offices in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Melbourne, Perth, and London, and an ever-expanding client roster. We are an integrated marketing, public relations, and digital consultancy that delivers sharp, agile, and creative strategies to help grow our clients’ business.