Sense has a fantastic opportunity for someone to join our Brand and Content team as our Video Content Creator. This is a permanent, hybrid, full-time position working 37.5 hours per week, based between home and our office either in Kings Cross, London or Selly Oak, Birmingham. The Brand and Content Team nurture and develop the Sense brand, putting it at the heart of everything we do and ensuring it is consistently represented throughout every touchpoint. We are also responsible for creating engaging and stand out content for departments across the organisation, whilst also creating content to meet our own strategic goals. The successful candidate will join our fast-paced and motivated team to deliver highly engaging short form video content for social media, digital adverts, website and events. Your content will build and push the Sense brand, increase understanding of the challenges faced by disabled people with complex needs, help those affected to live full and meaningful lives, inspire people to fundraise and take action, and communicate the impact of Sense’s work through engaging and compelling storytelling. In this hands-on role you will be responsible for all aspects of video production, including creative development, logistics and planning, directing, filming, conducting interviews and all elements of post-production, requiring strong organisation and project management skills with the ability to juggle multiple projects at the same time. You’ll spend a lot of time out on location capturing authentic moments and voices, translating them into compelling and engaging video content. One day you might be at our services meeting the people we support, and another you might be at a fundraising or campaigning event. Please supply a link to your video content portfolio (that you have shot and edited yourself) as part of your application. Key Responsibilities Deliver a consistent pipeline of engaging short form video in platform-native formats and related assets. Interview storytellers on camera, who may have sensitive stories, to create compelling and engaging storytelling video content. Attend events and activities with the people we support to capture video content. Act as a representative of Sense’s workforce in campaigning or information videos when appropriate. Work with internal teams to identify and plan the role that video plays in the wider communications mix. Ensure videos are optimized for different platforms, including using trending sounds, adding engaging text overlays, and incorporating relevant hashtags. Develop creative concepts and present ideas to internal stakeholders. Proactively identify opportunities, contribute ideas, share skills and help drive quality by working closely with teammates and services, collaborating on projects where required. Run and deliver all areas of video production, including planning, organising and running video shoots (including responsibility for filming), and all elements of post-production from social media editing, to grading, captioning, exporting for social platforms, creating accessible transcripts and publishing on Sense's YouTube channels.. Help to maintain our asset library, ensuring assets are uploaded, described and tagged correctly, and helping colleagues to use it when required. Manage agencies, freelancers, volunteers and beneficiaries to produce video content as required. Key skills and experience Experience in all aspects of shooting and producing a high standard of digital first short form video content for external audiences either in an agency or in-house. Strong experience in creating video edits for social media (including TikTok), with demonstrable understanding and knowledge of optimal formats and tactics for different channels and platforms. Experience in fast-paced short (and medium-length) content, aiming for a fast turnaround. Experience in developing strong creative content ideas to deliver against content strategies. A strong understanding of and experience in crafting engaging and impactful storytelling video content. Working with case studies or interviewees with experience in planning and conducting interviews and drawing out compelling stories. Skilled experience in producing, directing, lighting, audio recording and shooting short form digital first video. Editing (Adobe Premiere Pro), including colour grading, audio, and exporting to required formats. Familiarity working with imagery and graphics as part of video projects (Adobe Photoshop). Mobile videography and editing skills (as well professional camera and editing skills). Originating and storyboarding video content with skilled use of visual storytelling techniques. Strong organisation and project management skills, including an ability to plan work effectively and juggle multiple projects at the same time. Proactivity in seeking out content opportunities and making things happen. Strong communication skills and the ability to present engagingly about creative concepts and ideas. For a full job description and person specification, please see the link below About Sense At Sense we believe that every disabled person should have the opportunity to connect with others and be included in the world. We use our knowledge and expertise to deliver personalised, creative and flexible support at every stage of life. Sense is proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. Working at Sense can be incredibly rewarding; we offer the opportunity to work in a large, diverse and successful charity where people can develop their skills, knowledge and careers in a supportive and flexible environment. In addition, we have excellent training and development, the opportunity for you to join our Group Personal Pension scheme and a generous annual leave entitlement. To apply Please use the link below to complete your application. Managers will use your application to shortlist candidates for interview; in relation to the Personal Specification. Therefore, it is very important you complete this section thoroughly. We would recommend that you read the job description and person specification before applying. Please note to avoid disappointment, we advise you to submit your application as soon as possible as we reserve the right to close posts at any time. No agency submissions please: any submissions without prior authorisation from the Sense Recruitment Team will be treated as our own and as such no fee will be payable. Sense is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable children and adults and expects all employees to share this commitment. Therefore, all offers of employment, where appropriate, are subject to a DBS check; level dependent on the nature of the role. For this role we particularly welcome applications from candidates from underrepresented ethnic minority backgrounds and candidates with disabilities. Sense is committed to equality of opportunity, and to promoting and celebrating the diversity of staff, volunteers and the people we work with. Everyone's contribution is valued and we ensure they're given the opportunity to realise their potential. We welcome applications from talented people from all sections of the community who share our values and belief that no one, no matter how complex their disabilities, should be isolated, left out, or unable to fulfil their potential.