Freelance Digital Producer

Jellysmack is the global creator company that detects and develops the world’s most talented video creators on social media. We’re an optimistic crew who naturally goes the extra mile, has a glass-half-full mindset, and sees challenges as opportunities. We look for positive people who think outside the box, are inventive, bold, lead change, and believe that teamwork matters.

The Role

JellySmash Productions, a business unit for Jellysmack focused on creating highly monetizable and overperforming content, is seeking a creative, motivated and organized freelance Shooter-Producer with extensive experience working with Creators on multi-platform content to join our team in Los Angeles. This role will work closely with our top Creators clients to execute our JellySmash Productions programming from content development through launch. This role will act as a Digital Producer and Shooter and ensure the content reflects Jellysmack’s collective vision and is optimized for the audience of the platform (i.e.YouTube, YouTube Shorts, Snap, Facebook Reels).

This position will work closely with JellySmash’s Director of Content Programming and various Jellysmack executives, collaborate with internal stakeholders such as Creator Ventures, Brand Partnerships, Creator Snapchat, Content Strategy, and Partner Success teams to carry out creative decisions, applying new data-based success metrics to analyze overperforming social media video content, while ensuring content meets quality standards.

The Responsibilities

The Digital Producer-Shooter will be creative, with production sensibilities, and responsible for making sure that our videos deliver the best content for each platform, as well as being quality controlled, posted on time and produced within budget. The ideal candidate is a collaborative, creative, organized, motivated person who has experience working with creators in the Arts and Crafts, Food and Learning, React, and Beauty verticals.

• Participate in creative brainstorm and strategy sessions with internal staff and Talent
• Creatively produce and shoot digital videos, writing scripts, workshopping with talent and teams, directing talent on-set, giving notes to editors and ensuring that the creative matches our talent’s sensibilities and adheres to our best-practices
• Liaise with Director of Content Programming other internal creative stakeholders and their teams to manage and communicate the schedule and creative expectations of the production shoots with the Creator
• Work in lock step with centrally based Production Management to request, plan and schedule shoot resources; liaise regarding on set issues or problems
• Act as the internal communicator amongst various departments disseminating Creator information as it relates to creative, deadlines and status updates; update internal trackers and project management documents as needed
• Oversee field production to ensure everyone is aligned on episode creative and execution
• Ensure raw footage and audio is properly organized, labeled, and delivered to the post-production team; ensure that all show elements and production material is archived appropriately
• Represent Jellysmack on set, ensuring a safe, efficient and collaborative working environment

Requirements

The Qualifications

This person must be passionate about popular culture and social media content, able to motivate Talent and small crews on set, and adept at making creative data informed decisions through all phases of production.

• BA/BS degree or equivalent practical experience
• 5+ years of relevant experience producing digital video production with brands or creators; solid understanding of digital content formats
• Extensive experience shooting with DSLR cameras, recording sound and delivering quality videos to post production
• Enthusiastic team player able communicate succinctly, emanate calm and remain focused in a growing, changing environment
• Possess a deep understanding emerging social platforms
• Experience in directing and working closely with on-camera Talent
• Comfortable working with a small crew and wearing multiple hats on set
• Ability to work efficiently across all levels of management, talent, crew and staff
• Skilled at taking creative direction and guidance and implementing changes
• Requires knowledge of standard crew roles and equipment; understanding of current video production equipment and technology
• Self-motivated, proficient multitasker, able to stay organized with multiple simultaneous projects
• Overseeing multiple projects, adept at anticipating potential issues, identifying problems, recommending and implementing solutions
• Stays current with social platform trends, communications and practices
• Excellent organizational, verbal, written, e-social skills and acumen
• Proven ability to work effectively in a high-pressure, fast-paced environment
• Positive attitude with the ability to be flexible
• Experience with Monday.com, Google Workplace (formerly G Suite), Gdrive, Google Slides and Dropbox a plus
• Occasional US travel as needed
• Ability to attend meetings that can be as early as 7AM PT to accommodate international time zones
• This role will be required to be on set as needed
• This role will be required to be based in Los Angeles
• If available, please submit examples of shooting content
• This position may require physical demands such as lifting equipment and cases

Benefits

The Location

As a company, Jellysmack believes in a flexible work environment in which anyone can work from anywhere. However, this role will be required to be based in Los Angeles.

The Difference

Our commitment to diversity and inclusion at Jellysmack, we believe that the best ideas come from the diverse cultures of our team members. Our commitment to inclusion across race, gender, age, religion, identity, and experience drives us forward every day. Creating a work culture that is safe and comfortable for our people to flourish is our main focus.

The Company

Jellysmack’s story started in 2016, and since then, our unrivaled platform optimizes and distributes video content across social media platforms and allows creators to reach genuine new fans with zero effort. We are the only company building the hyper-engaged communities that every creator dreams of because, first and foremost, we are creators too.

Creatives ourselves, we’re home to over 500 influential creators, including Derek Deso, Karina Garcia, Brad Mondo, MrBeast, Bailey Sarian, and Patrick Starrr. Jellysmack optimizes, operates, and distributes creator-made video content to Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok, Twitter, and YouTube. The company’s creator strategy builds upon its success in scaling its own original content channels in beauty (Beauty Studio), soccer (Oh My Goal), gaming (Gamology), and more.Through the power of our data, we maximize reach and revenue so our creators stay focused on their passion—creating the best content for their global fan bases. We turn that passion into a brand and that brand into an empire.

Ready to be part of a great human adventure? We’re dedicated to making the best working environment possible for our people. All you have to do is apply; we are ready to let you show off your talent!