Job Description

CHARLESGATE is looking for a passionate and creative Video Producer who wants to jump in head-first and help drive fast growth in an entrepreneurial environment within the real estate industry. Are you a creative creator? Do you have a true passion for creating, crafting, and producing video? Is story-telling your gift to the world? Are you looking for a full-time position that allows you the opportunity to create multiple videos every week while pushing your creative limits?

The Video Producer must be experienced in fast paced production and working with on-camera talent as well as contribute, editorially, to content. As our full-time company Video Producer and in-house video storyteller, your job will entail producing video content for our organization that aligns with our culture and our mission. We’re looking for a fast-moving video pro who can iterate ideas, shoot fast, and edit even faster to create a lot of high-quality video content to showcase our company, our people, and the properties we market and manage. You must be comfortable taking a video from the ideation/pre-production phase to production, through editing and into distribution. We’re looking specifically for someone who can execute ideas quickly. You’ll be responsible for storyboarding, shooting footage and editing, managing creative assets, and maintaining all video equipment. You will accomplish the bulk of the technical tasks related to production and post-production. You will work closely with our marketing team and leadership team to execute projects from concept through completion.

Growth Potential

Video and multimedia production is a major piece of our ongoing marketing strategy. We’re looking for an experienced leader who is looking for growth potential to build and lead our video/multimedia content team with a long term goal to create a full stack multimedia production studio.

Core Responsibilities

• Own the video production process from ideation and pre-production through shooting and post-production. Adapting all video content to various distribution platforms - social media, website, email, video podcast production etc. Using our in-office video studio to maximize speed and video production execution - producing 8-10 videos per week.
• Collaborating with the marketing & content team throughout the production process, which may include creating storyboards, finding interview subjects, creating graphics, and presenting to management. Contributing to the amplification and distribution of all video content both internally and externally.
• Producing native social media video content for the primary purpose of driving brand awareness, establishing ourselves as thought leaders in our industry, and creating a community with our audience. Fully understanding how to best achieve these results given the unique nature of each social channel.
• Serve as the CHARLESGATE champion for video production. Getting participation from key internal stakeholders, serving as producer and coaching our team to produce high-quality video content quickly. Creating a streamlined internal process to allow for quick production.

Additional Responsibilities

• Transporting, setting up, and operating various production equipment including cameras, audio and video recorders, lighting equipment, props, and microphones for on location and in-office/studio production. Most commonly, you will be responsible for single-camera, single-location shoots but also multi-camera, drone, and multi-location shoots as needed.
• Fully managing our in-office video studio. Operating and maintaining proper levels and calibration of cameras, audio and video recorders, and other production equipment.
• Collecting b-roll video footage & photos, as well as interviewing appropriate staff and/or clients.
• Assisting in maintaining the video hosting platform and understanding best practices.
• Capturing AR, VR, and 3D video and photography on location for real estate property and neighborhoods.
• Livestreaming and live event video using OBS studio or other livestream broadcast tools.
• Photography, 3D/virtual tours, and other visual content for real estate.

Technical Qualifications

• 5+ years of video production experience with an established organization or freelance work
• Understand basic and advanced composition techniques and lighting
• Well versed in video production equipment from grip gear to cameras & lens combinations to gimbals & stabilizers to drones to lighting to audio microphones & recorders, and any other equipment needed to produce high quality films
• Proficient with Video Editing Software (Adobe Premiere or Final Cut Pro)
• Experience with Adobe After Effects or Motion are preferred
• Experience with Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator are a plus
• Proficient at storyboarding, scripting, and concepting
• Understand the fundamentals of branding
• Understand the importance of tracking video marketing metrics
• Very detail-oriented and able to identify quality issues in audio and video
• Specific experience in the real estate industry preferred but not required

What You Bring To The Table Personally

• Attention to detail, quick thinking, and a demonstrated proficiency in shooting video
• Desire and talent to rapidly create various types of video content, from film-style property tours, to client interviews, to sales ads, to vlog style run and gun shoots, to fast-paced YouTube style educational content, to video podcasts, to before and after construction videos, and to native social video, and more
• Ability to work fast, to ideate and produce a lot of video content quickly
• Proven experience in working with a team, with a mindset and goal in developing the best video content
• Ability to learn new skills and are enthusiastic about on-going learning opportunities for video production techniques
• An open mind about video production, with the ability to make our company’s video strategy a reality
• You are a passionate consumer of digital video and are always looking for new content ideas and new techniques
• You have an entrepreneurial spirit, and treat the position and our brand as if it was your own company.
• Great communication skills and able to interview and make people comfortable
• Contagious enthusiasm to excite people to be on camera
• You love feedback and are a major team player
• Looks at the content from the eye of the viewer to create the best experience
• You are obsessed with improving your personal skills, learning every day, and embracing new technology (like AR, VR, etc.) as it develops
• Must have a genuine interest and curiosity in real estate and local property and neighborhoods
• We value your entrepreneurial spirit and fully support your freelance work and initiatives

About CHARLESGATE

A great place to work!

CHARLESGATE is an interdisciplinary real estate firm that services all aspects of residential and multifamily real estate - property management, sales brokerage, investment sales, construction, and new development. Our vision is to inspire and empower our clients, our team, and our communities through comprehensive real estate solutions. We are headquartered in Boston in the Back Bay, and we are rapidly growing, including making the Inc 5000 list of the fastest growing private companies in America.

As a Values based firm, we are founded on the Core Principles of ETHICS. RELATIONSHIPS. RESULTS. as well as our Seven Fundamental Cultural Values that we expect our team to exhibit:

• Positive Attitude. Smile and move
• Empathy. Seek first to understand the perspectives of others
• Proactivity. Bias towards action using good judgement
• Ownership. See the big picture
• Curiosity. Think, learn and rapidly improve
• Resourcefulness. Be effective
• Communication. Be concise, articulate and make meaning clear

Employees First!

We are an employee first organization that believes that being committed to our employees first is the only way we can deliver the best service to our clients. Our office culture and work environment is second to none to promote harmony in all of our lives. We do everything we can to offer a comprehensive benefits package, including:

• Competitive salary.
• Health Insurance - Excellent and industry leading coverage.
• Paid time off - Liberal and flexible. Enjoy yourself.
• Company holidays - A lot. If it is a holiday, we take it off.
• 401K/FSA/supplemental insurance - All available.
• A support team like none other in the industry.