Videographer Lead, Elevated Shopping

Elevated Shopping builds the world’s best online shopping experience through photography, video, and usability design enabling millions of customers to make more informed purchasing decisions. eShop at Amazon is a large and fast-growing network of teams located throughout North America, Europe, and Asia, focusing on fashion and product photography, photo retouching, graphic design, video, 3D, Real-time production, automated image acquisition, and image support services.

We are continually innovating and setting new industry standards for showcasing 10s of millions of products across multiple global marketplaces. We are obsessed with innovating on behalf of our customers, and continually push beyond the boundaries of traditional e-commerce photography and videography.

We are looking for a creative, enthusiastic, proficient and versatile Videographer to join our team. Please note this is a permanent role that will be based out of our New York studio, five days a week.

Joining our team provides a unique opportunity to help represent the Amazon brand visually, set global video standards, and innovate with creative sensibility for our customers.

The successful candidate will be a motivated individual who will manage all aspects of video production from concept through final delivery ensuring that all elements confirm to the core tenants of the specific video format or program and the creative vision.

This is a hands-on position that includes executing creative direction, creating category specific templates, establishing procedures, building production workflows and studio layout, and ensuring visual consistency across multiple projects and categories, while continuously raising the bar on quality and AI technology.

Reporting to the Studio Manager while working closely with internal business teams and category teams, you start with the customer in mind and understand the role that video content plays in supporting business goals and creating an engaging customer journey. You will be skilled in developing new resources for video projects, coordinating with internal stakeholders, and sharing knowledge on up to date technology.

You will motivate your creative teammates and encourage fresh thinking and new approaches to video.

You will inspire confidence by your project management and tenacity in meeting deadlines, and show attention to detail and an acute awareness that everything counts. You will provide clear ownership and accountability to anything you drive and see it through beyond completion. You will show a relentless desire for innovation, balanced with business priorities.

Key job responsibilities Film, edit, and direct, and/or produce a wide variety of video content. Be tactical as well as strategic, working on set when required and knowing how to prioritize projects Create own-brand videos to shape the look and feel of the Amazon Style Guide.

Identify category trends, past performance metrics, and creative insights and aggregate these to make recommendations to leadership Manage complex systems problems and productions. Bring solutions, simplify, optimize and remove bottlenecks, making short term vs long term trade-offs.

Be proficient in the majority of production processes - digital content creation, location capture, on-set photography, footage post-processing. Taking projects where the implementation is not defined and deliver on schedule, applying appropriate technologies and industry real-time production best practices Contribute to team strategic vision statements, playbooks, roadmaps, and business reviews.

Basic Qualifications

• Experience in photo and video production, including post production, lighting, composition, color quality, and aesthetics Experience overseeing all creative aspects of development production and post production Knowledge of video production crews, live streaming technologies, studio workflows, edit and post- production techniques, production calendars and staffing Experience handling ambiguous or undefined challenges through strong problem solving abilities Can show ablitiy to multitask in a fast-paced environment Experience that includes strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and effective communication abilities Experience working and communicating with multiple stakeholders, C-level executives and cross-functional teams Experience handling confidential information Bachelor's degree or equivalent in a related field 6+ years of delivering final video production for advertising or tv experience Can work proactively and independently, meet deadlines, and deliver on projects and tasks Proficiency in Davinci Resolve, Mocha, Photoshop, Color Grading Skill sets required: Motion Tracking, Keying, Rotoscopy, Match moving, Color Correction, Typography Proficient working knowledge of Mac and PC computing platforms, including Microsoft Office

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree or above in film, media, production, marketing Experience analyzing metrics to drive business improvements Experience communicating results to senior leadership, or experience building and managing financial models for business forecasting and problem solving Usage of generative AI tools to enhance workflow efficiency, with a willingness to learn effective prompting and evaluation practices.
• Ability to recognize opportunities where generative AI could enhance products, workflows, or customer experiences.

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information.

If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.

• The base salary range for this position is listed below.
• Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location.
• Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave.
• Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.USA, NY, New York - 75,000.00 - 131,200.00 USD annually
• Company
• Amazon.com Services LLC
• A57Job ID: A10410282