Video Creator

At Elegant Themes, our Video Creators are video production professionals capable of translating our collective knowledge about WordPress, Divi, and other topics important to our business into engaging videos published across multiple video platforms.

We’re looking for a candidate with excellent on-camera skills and experience creating educational content. This role goes beyond being a video editor or filmmaker. We’re looking for someone to join our community by creating meaningful content.

Responsibilities:

• Engage viewers with informative, easy-to-follow, and intuitive instructional videos based on existing blog posts or other source material
• Create animations and graphics for a variety of use cases
• Collaborate with the content team on creating content for upcoming campaigns and initiatives
• Maintain standards to ensure consistency in quality, look and feel across video content
• Take part in live content on multiple platforms, whether behind or in front of the camera
• Aid in the production of our various video and audio shows, streams, webinars, courses, etc.

Required Experience / Traits:

• Experience creating and hosting high-quality educational/tutorial based content, both long and short form, for various platforms and use cases
• Has excellent on-camera skills, specifically with educational content
• YouTube expert familiar with key YouTube metrics (CTR, AVD, APV, etc.) and an understanding of how to create content that boosts them
• Strong work ethic, passion for your craft, and attention to detail
• Firm understanding of the entire video production process (from the scripting process, recording voiceovers, capturing video, recording your screen, editing the video, adding assets, the upload process and post-upload processes)
• Basic understanding of WordPress and Divi
• Ability to create custom motion graphics with Adobe After Effects
• Ability to collaborate on projects but also work solo efficiently when necessary
• Experience with creating thumbnails for YouTube and other platforms

Required Skills:

• WordPress and Divi
• Editing your videos with Adobe Premiere Pro
• Creating motion graphics in Adobe After Effects
• Creating supporting assets in Adobe Photoshop
• Screen recording in OBS or Camtasia
• Live-streaming knowledge (OBS, Restream, YouTube/Facebook Live)

Bonus Qualifications:

• Strong familiarity with WordPress and Divi
• Previous video and audio production experience
• Has experience running a YouTube channel for a company