Deputy Director of Video

The Biden For President campaign is looking for a talented creative to join the President’s video team, with a focus on managing day-to-day production and operations of video shoots and post-production. The ideal candidate for this role has experience managing multiple video shoots and post-production operations with experience in organic social video, a background in writing, filming and editing video, exceptional organizational skills, and a passion for harnessing these skills to help us win. Candidates should be comfortable working independently, responding to fast-moving news cycles, dealing with distributed teams, and a mix of studio, live, and on-location shoots.

• Implement processes and help manage multidisciplinary teams on multiple concurrent projects
• Manage processing, uploading, and distributing footage from shoots and events
• Help manage the status of projects, including communicating timelines and deliverables with external stakeholders and cross-functional teams
• Work with freelancers and external vendors to communicate logistics and deliverables of video shoots
• Assist in hiring, managing, and coaching creative team members at all levels
• Assist in managing retrospective and critique processes
• Work with our testing and analytics partners to help inform creative direction
• Other duties as needed

• 4+ years of experience setting up operations and creative processes at fast-paced multi-platform video organizations (sports, newsrooms, ad agencies, live TV, etc.)
• Exceptional organizational and process-oriented skills, and an understanding of how those facilitate impactful creative 
• Experience in all facets of video production – writing, shooting, editing, motion design
• Experience in multiple production environments (live, on-location, stage & studio)
• Experience in political or campaign video (or a deep understanding and interest in political content)
• A strong understanding of current social media best practices for video  
• Proficiency with Adobe Creative Suite, especially Premiere
• Familiarity with project management, team scheduling/communications  and remote production software 
• A passion for politics and enthusiasm about working to reelect Joe Biden and Kamala Harris 
• Willingness to relocate to Wilmington, DE

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Biden for President is committed to diversity among its staff, and recognizes that its continued success requires the highest commitment to obtaining and retaining a diverse staff that provides the best quality services to supporters and constituents. The campaign is an equal opportunity employer and it is our policy to recruit, hire, train, promote and administer any and all personnel actions without regard to sex, race, age, color, creed, national origin, religion, economic status, sexual orientation, veteran status, gender identity or expression, ethnic identity or disability, or any other legally protected basis. The campaign is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities in the hiring process and on the job, as required by applicable law. The campaign will not tolerate any unlawful discrimination and any such conduct is strictly prohibited.

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Due to FEC regulations, only U.S. citizens or U.S. green card holders are eligible to apply for this role.