Sr. Videographer

Thank you for your interest in joining our team! QVC Group, Inc. is a Fortune 500 company with six leading retail brands – QVC®, HSN®, Ballard Designs®, Frontgate®, Garnet Hill® and Grandin Road®. We are a live social shopping company that redefines the shopping experience through video-driven commerce on every screen, from smartphones and tablets to laptops and TVs.

QVC Group brings innovative products, compelling content, and unforgettable moments to millions of shoppers worldwide via social platforms, streaming apps, ecommerce sites and TV channels, making every screen a doorway to discovery, delight and community.

The Opportunity

The Senior Videographer is responsible for shooting compelling content and stories for use on QVC’s multiple platforms: television, web, mobile, social and corporate.

Primarily at the general direction of the department’s Writer/Producers, the role is responsible for technical and creative execution decisions while operating video equipment including cameras and support, lighting, and audio along with technical and creative decisions for content such as narrative stories, lifestyle product demos, how-tos, promos and corporate content.

Your Impact

• Participate in a preproduction planning ensuring that technical details are represented in the design of a variety of types of projects – from large scale television commercials to smaller social media clips. Act as the technical expert advising creative teams on the needs of production to achieve the desired results.

• Make technical decisions determining the required equipment and materials for all shoots based on analysis of the following factors: subject matter or script, location, audio needs, time and lighting requirements/constraints, budgets and talent involvement and participation.

• Coordinate aspects of projects if necessary including but not limited to schedules, equipment, transportation, facilities and content deliverables

• Build and style sets to achieve marketing goals of production including product presentations, how-tos and other types of content.

• Direct photography to achieve desired technical and creative results. Ensure that all content meets or exceeds QVC’s brand, feel and look.

• Partner with Producer to identify best/suitable locations for productions.

• Operate a variety of video cameras, lenses, dollies, lighting, audio and support equipment to bring a marketing vision to fruition.

• Determines shot composition in conjunction with the producer and the Set Stylist. Directs talent as to position, movements, action and script.

• Set up and/or direct others in the setting up of lighting, measuring lighting with meters and scopes and setting proper exposure of camera.

• Support other live and non-live productions as needed in a variety of support roles Produce, shoot and edit content for use on-line and/or live when appropriate

• Manage media on video shoots on a variety of formats and codecs.

• Ingest footage and manage necessary meta data enabling ease of content identification and recovery.

• Edit video pieces using non-linear editing software ensuring that the materials meet QVC’s standards for broadcast, web and social media.

What You Bring

• Education: B.A/B.S. in broadcasting, communications, TV production or related fields. Graduation of Technical or trade program specific to Shooting, Editing, Lighting or equivalent experience.

• Experience: 5+ years experience in shooting, editing, video, lighting, grip work, studio and live productions.

• Ability to lift equipment weighting 20-150 lbs.

• Ability to comprehend complex creative ideas and see them through to completion in the look and style of QVC multi-channel style.

• Valid driver’s license is required.

• Extensive hands-on expertise with HD format Cameras

• Panasonic Varicam LT experience highly preferred

• Must possess strong lighting skill in studio, location and ENG situations

• Extensive knowledge of specialized equipment such as dollies, jib/booms, Steadicam

• Effective knowledge of Adobe Premier editing software highly preferred

• Working knowledge of media management and asset management systems

• Well-developed working knowledge of studio operations

If you enjoy being a part of a team, creating experiences and delighting customers, you’ll love it here. If you’re excited about retail, media, social, live streaming, technology, customer service, design and more, you’ll find amazing projects to work on.