Make a Positive Impact As A Video Producer For An Online Education Company

Details

• Position
  Producer
• Start Date
  May 04, 2020
• Location
  Remote, OR, USA
• Rate
  This is a paid position. Rate is Competitive hourly rate depending on experience. See why/how we do this here: https://app.tettra.co/teams/fluentu/pages/why-we-have-hourly-pay-and-how-it-works-in-practice
• Status
  Job has been filled

Job Description

Are you experienced with all aspects of video creation and production?

Are you tired of working with startups in danger of going out of business, or bureaucratic, huge businesses?

Do you want to reach and make positive impact on millions of people?

This job might be for you if you:
- like being able to set your own hours and work from home
- love experimentation and exercising your creativity
- are a broad thinker who is able to see the connections between things like language education, video editing, video production
- don't like drumming up new business or chasing down clients
- are tired of working on one-off projects that don't build up to anything meaningful
- like having responsibility
- like having a dependable, reliable stream of work
- want to make the world a better place
- are comfortable with a fast-changing environment.

You should NOT take this job if you:
- are just looking for another client to add to your list of clients
- like following instructions and being told what to do
- want a narrowly defined role and like narrowly defined problems
- don't like needing to come up with ideas
- are not comfortable in a fast-changing environment
- don't have a real interest or experience in online education.

ABOUT US

Founded in 2011, FluentU is an online education company that has been distributed/remote since day one. We help people learn languages with real-world videos, including movie trailers, music videos, news and inspiring talks. We have a website, iOS app (usually in the top 20-50 grossing iOS education apps), and Android app. we’re a profitable, stable, and growing company with long-term focus, and we’re proudly self-funded.

We get 5 million visitors per month on our blogs and have 100,000+ people on our email list.

This is a unique opportunity to be at the ground floor of our video strategy, which is still in the early stages.

It's a unique opportunity to be part of a company which might be the perfect balance for you: still small/young enough to be nimble, but with the resources to take advantage of, and thrive in, this coronavirus-induced economic environment.

We also believe that the creative constraints posed by coronavirus is an opportunity to innovate with new types of videos.

WHAT THIS JOB IS ABOUT

This position is big in scope. It encompasses work that is usually split into separate roles (creative director + line producer) in big agencies.

It's about working closely with video creators (talent + editors) to ensure that their videos:
- are engaging
- are educational
- in line with our brand and mission
- fulfill business objectives.

We produce a wide range of videos, so the people that you would work with is broad. It includes:
- our YouTube video creators and editors: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOBFPxfgxGQ
- our course creators on UpEnglish.com: https://upenglish.thinkific.com/courses/how-to-communicate-effectively-in-english-phone-and-video-interviews
- video agencies that we hire for ads like these:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEuh17Uik7k
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xp0MzvmCSGA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTs8x6l6Mpo

You would also work directly with the founder (https://www.linkedin.com/in/alancpark/) in this position. You could think of the founder's role as "executive producer" in this context.

The day to day activities would include:
- providing overall guidance / standards / coherence on our creative direction
- helping attract/hire/select/vet video team members, which includes creators (ie. talent) and editors
- helping select video agencies and interfacing with them on all aspects related to creating ads
- helping guide overall content strategy/direction (what should we make?) based on data and our business priorities
- shepherding video creation from start to finish
- giving guidance and constructive feedback on improving scripts, video, and audio quality
- assessing/analyzing content performance and making continuous improvements
- evaluating, recommending, and implementing process improvements to improve efficiency and our video team experience

As you can see, the role is big in scope. The scope is subject to change (eg. most likely, it will make sense to go narrow and specialize more), especially as our team grows. But for now, we are in a stage where it makes sense to wear many hats.
HOW WE WORK

We’re a 100% distributed/remote team. Here’s a little bit more about how we work:
- Almost all of our communication is text-based (mostly via Asana) and we value clear communication, among other things.
- Most things are not urgent. We take pride in having a calm work environment.
- We also have a flat collaborative environment.
- We make decisions based on logic/reason.
- We believe in getting things done, candor, and continuous improvement.

Our ideal candidate:
- has experience as a creative director or producer
- has experience with digital marketing and with making videos for digital platforms (YouTube, Facebook etc).
- delivers candid feedback in a way that lands softly
- receives candid feedback with humbleness and a beginner's/growth mindset
- is scrappy and happy to get their hands dirty when necessary
- has business acumen and understands that we are a business and not purely an artistic enterprise
- understands pedagogy and how to make educational videos
- is comfortable with change and loves experimentation
- is looking for a meaningful mission and wants to create something great.

To apply, please fill out this form (do not send email - we will probably ignore it):
https://form.asana.com?hash=dbdb650bd55ebdd570c41d8a0c2bab28f9ec61645737d5e96fe3a3f907f2eeb3&id=1171472056254553