What are the responsibilities and job description for the Video Editor/Producer position at Back-Roads Touring Company Ltd?
Job Description
Backroads seeks a Video & Digital Content Producer to create compelling stories that bring the Backroads experience to life, drawing on footage submitted by our guests, trip leaders, on trip photographers, internal videographer and staff. You will work closely with senior marketing leadership, social media, performance media and website teams to deliver compelling content that engages and inspires future travelers. This role reports to the Assistant Director of Marketing, who holds responsibility for Brand, Content and Community.
The ideal candidate has extensive experience creating high-impact digital content in a variety of formats, is a natural storyteller, and loves to explore and try new ideas. This is a hands-on role that is responsible for the end-to-end creation of video content. You are equally adept in creating short-form videos for social media as you are in producing and editing high-production-value videos. You have solid technical skills, strong project management capabilities, and curiosity about new tools. You are keenly attuned to audience needs and are able to deliver on Backroads broad communication goals. You thrive on teamwork and collaboration and bring experience working with a diverse range of subjects.
Responsibilities and Duties :
- Develop and oversee the production of original, high-impact visual storytelling content, guiding projects from concept to completion. Produce and edit videos featuring guests, leaders, and staff for social media and web platforms, and capture photos and videos of campus events and activities as needed.
- Maintain the Backroads style and brand voice across all materials.
- Independently lead high-impact video projects : Plan, research, prepare, produce, edit, and archive digital content to support marketing objectives. Manage all ongoing video production, overseeing editorial calendar, ideation and production plans. Requires extensive cross-departmental collaboration.
- Create and produce content to support video distribution across the web, social media, and video platforms. Develop supporting materials, including branding, YouTube descriptions, web stories, and related social media content. Edit and craft content into engaging stories, producing both video and written materials.
- Manage and maintain the video asset library to ensure that all media is stored and tagged for easy retrieval.
- Manage vendors and cross-departmental content creators, ensuring projects are produced successfully on time and on budget.
- Provide strategic video expertise to the department, and to stakeholders across Backroads. Manage all aspects of video production including equipment, file management, and archiving.
- Contribute to the development of ongoing video strategy and manage the video production budget to align resources with strategy. Monitor video performance across all channels to evaluate effectiveness and evolve our strategic approaches.
- Serve as internal project leader. May provide guidance and video skills training to other staff.
Competencies :
Performance Expectations
Skills and Qualifications :
Expert proficiency with Adobe Premiere Pro and the Adobe Suite workflow.
Work environment :
About Backroads :
At Backroads we're passionate about connecting our guests with so many of the most beautiful places in the world. We use our four-plus decades of expertise to create exceptional biking, hiking, and multi-adventure trips in over 50 countries for people wanting a deeper and richer travel experience. We travel on land as well as by small luxury ships on active river and ocean cruises. Our trips are for all ages - including dedicated itineraries just for families. We are known for our unwavering attention to quality. We have a dynamic work environment and a strong company culture.
Why Backroads :
At Backroads, we value every single member of our staff, and we're proud to offer a dynamic work environment that enables growth. Your colleagues will be some of the most dedicated, competent, active, and fun people you will ever meet. A job at Backroads is unlike any other job you will ever have - you will be challenged, you will be inspired, and you will be gratified. No matter what you do here, you will be part of something that makes us all proud - delivering authentic, enriching, and often profoundly life-changing experiences. On top of all that, we have some pretty great benefits and perks! For example our US office employees receive :
Backroads is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
Salary Ranges :
70,000.00 - $110,000.00
At Backroads, we uphold a commitment to transparency and fairness within our hiring process, particularly regarding compensation. The salary range posted for each role applies to both employment offers and employees actively working in the role.
New hires are typically offered a starting salary between the minimum and midpoint of the range to ensure there is continued opportunity for salary progression during your employment at Backroads, reflecting our commitment to rewarding ongoing dedication, high performance, and significant contributions to our team. This approach not only supports our budgeting strategy but also our intention to foster an environment that encourages long-term growth and strong relationships between Backroads and our valued employees.
Our office roles are onsite in our Berkeley headquarters, unless specifically noted as 'available for remote'. We do allow one work-from-home day a week, as well as one work-from-anywhere week per year. This pay range is intended for in-person work in our Berkeley, CA headquarters. Pay ranges for remote-eligible roles will be subject to adjustment based on the geolocation of the employee.
Salary : $70,000 - $110,000
