Sports Videographer

Responsibilities:

• Plan, shoot, and edit high-quality video content for matches, training sessions, interviews, events, and campaigns.
• Deliver short-form and long-form video content optimised for social media, web, and broadcast platforms.
• Collaborate with content, social, marketing, and editorial teams to translate briefs into visual stories.
• Set up and manage video equipment, including cameras, lighting, and audio in studio and live environments.
• Capture live-action, behind-the-scenes, and documentary-style footage.
• Edit footage to a high professional standard, ensuring accuracy, pacing, and brand alignment.
• Manage video assets, file structures, and backups efficiently.
• Ensure compliance with brand, safeguarding, and filming guidelines.
• Meet tight deadlines in fast-paced sports and live-event environments.
• Continuously improve output by staying current with video, editing, and storytelling trends.

Requirements:

• Proven experience as a videographer or video content producer.
• Strong portfolio demonstrating sports, live-event, or fast-paced video content.
• Proficiency with professional camera systems (DSLR, mirrorless, cinema cameras).
• Strong understanding of camera operation, framing, composition, and movement.
• Solid experience with audio recording equipment, including microphones and field recorders.
• Ability to edit for multiple formats and aspect ratios (vertical, square, landscape).
• Strong time management skills and ability to work under pressure.
• Excellent attention to detail and storytelling instincts.
• Working knowledge of lighting techniques for interviews, events, and location shoots.
• Advanced proficiency in video editing software, including: Adobe Premiere Pro (primary editing and assembly), Adobe After Effects (motion graphics and visual enhancements), and DaVinci Resolve or equivalent (colour correction and grading).
• Experience working in sports, media, or live broadcast environments.
• Familiarity with drone videography and relevant licensing.
• Experience with multi-camera shoots and live streaming.
• Basic motion graphics, animation, or title design skills.
• Understanding of social media video performance and optimisation.
• Knowledge of accessibility best practices (subtitles, captions).
• Ability to operate independently and manage shoots end-to-end.
• Passion for sport and understanding of athlete, fan, and competition dynamics.