Job Description
POSITION SUMMARY:
Videographers work within the Menards Media Production team to shoot video, record audio, and prepare sets for Menards TV commercials; along with other media production projects
Primary Responsibilities:
- Operating digital video cameras
- Setting up camera stabilization and lighting equipment in the studios and on location
- Building and staging sets, assembling products for shoots, and maintaining the studios
- Directing talent
- Uploading and backing up footage to shared storage systems
- Coordinating with other Team Members and departments as needed
Skills and Qualifications:
- Associate or Bachelor Degree in Visual Communication, Advertising or Communications; an emphasis in Experience with digital cinema cameras and interchangeable lenses
- DSLR photography experience, especially product photography
- Thorough understanding of exposure controls including shutter speed, aperture, ISO
- Knowledge of video formats, frame rates, codecs
- Understanding of camera stabilization equipment including tripod, jib, slider, track, and gimbal systems
- Proficiency with lighting equipment including diffusion, light stands, barn doors, scrims, gels and flags; ability to light a scene in a studio or on location, experience with 3-point lighting, and lighting for chroma-key shots
- Experience recording audio in the field
- Ability to direct talent a make creative decisions in a fast-paced environment
- Should be hardworking, a self-motivator, and able to learn and take direction
- Good decision-making and problem-solving skills
- Ability to be accurate, have a good eye for details, and be creative with product shots
- Experience working from a script, storyboard, shot list or creative brief
- Home improvement and/or set building experience and ability to use power tools strongly recommended
- Occasional heavy lifting required
- Familiarity with Menards Stores and products very helpful
- A bility to work within designated normal office hours - Monday-Friday, 40-45 hours/week - at the Corporate Office in Eau Claire, WI (remote work is not offered)
- Candidates must be eligible to work in the United States, presently and in the future, without sponsorship
Job Tags
Full time, Work at office, Remote work, Monday to Friday,