Soccer Aid Productions

Soccer Aid for UNICEF 2023

Job description

Contractor: Soccer Aid Productions Limited (SAP)

Status: Contractor – day rate agreed for circa 100 day’s work

(Use of own editing kit preferred)

Job title: Freelance Video Producer

Reporting to: Head of Content and Social Media

Location: Working from home; some requirement to attend content capture shoots and meetings in London

Hours: 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday, 9.00am – 5.30pm. This role will require some out of office hours working at shoots and during training week and matchday

Engagement period: Mid-January – June inclusive (five and a half months)

Salary: TBD dependent on experience

Position in the organisation

The Video Producer will be responsible for creating video content for the 2023 Soccer Aid for UNICEF campaign. This role will help deliver quality content for Soccer Aid for UNICEF, talent, partner and stakeholder channels.

You will know the Adobe suite inside out, but have particular skill in Premiere Pro. Advanced knowledge of After Effects would be a big advantage as would the ability to film content and have your own equipment. The candidate will have a passion for best practice digital output and seeing an exciting campaign activated through video content.

You will be exposed to senior managers and stakeholders both within SAP, UNICEF and key partners. You will need to thrive in a role that requires creative thinking, quick decision making and negotiation to deliver results.

Purpose and Responsibilities of the Video Producer

·      Help deliver SAP campaign objectives through the delivery of high quality and high quantity Soccer Aid content across different platforms and for different stakeholders

·      Edit video content shot by our in-house team in a timely manner and in different formats

·      Take a brief and bring it to life through your edit – this could be anything from a 30-second TikTok video to a 10-minute YouTube video.

·      You will know your social media formats like you know left and right – from 16:9 to 4:5 and 9:16.

·      Ensure the in-house content and social team are kept up to date with edit progress and adapt to feedback and amends

·      Work closely with social media staff to help develop edits for specific platforms like TikTok and IG stories

·      Understand and work to approved brand guidelines

·      Take an active role in generating creative content ideas to activate talent at shoots and by using Soccer Aid archive

·      Attend talent shoots to assist the content production process

·      In conjunction with the social and content production teams, assist with a programme of market-leading content during training week and match day

Person Specification

·      Expert knowledge of Adobe creative suite, in particular Premiere Pro

·      Owning editing kit and software is preferable

·      Demonstrable history working in content production environment

·      Ability to work to a brief and add your own creativity

·      Creative, proactive and collaborative individual

·      Strong communications skills

·      Ownership and use of high-end cameras is desirable, but not essential (Sony FX9 or similar)

To apply

Please apply with a CV and showreel to [email protected] and use the subject ‘Video Producer application – Soccer Aid 2023’

Soccer Aid for UNICEF

The brainwave of UNICEF UK ambassador Robbie Williams and Triple S, Soccer Aid for UNICEF brings together two teams of celebrities and football legends from England and the Soccer Aid World XI FC for the biggest charity celebrity football match in the World. The event started in 2006 and since then has raised nearly £75million to help UNICEF UK.

Soccer Aid Productions Limited

Soccer Aid Productions Limited (SAP) is responsible for delivering Soccer Aid for UNICEF and raising substantial funds from both a commercial and fundraising perspective for UNICEF UK. SAP’s ambition is to grow Soccer Aid and the Soccer Aid World XI brand in the UK and internationally to increase revenue and deliver change for children worldwide. SAP work closely with the best in class partners, namely; Initial as Producers of the live TV event and ITV as broadcasters of the prime-time television show. 

UNICEF UK

UNICEF is the world’s leading organisation focusing on children and child rights, with a presence in more than 190 countries. UNICEF ensure more of the world’s children are vaccinated, educated and protected than any other organisation, influencing laws and policies that protect children around the world. Their aim is a world is a safe place for all our children.

UNICEF is supported entirely by voluntary contributions receiving no money from the UN. As champion of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, UNICEF ensure government’s protect and promote the rights of every child. 

Soccer Aid Productions