Video Director
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Video Director for SimpsonScarborough, leading video production and creative strategy in higher education marketing. Collaborating across teams to elevate video as a core capability.
Responsibilities:
- Lead creative vision and direction for video projects, translating creative strategy and brand concepts into compelling visual stories that move audiences
- Own end-to-end production: directing shoots, editing videos and managing budgets, schedules, vendors, and crews with precision and calm
- Oversee post-production workflows, ensuring craft, pacing, sound, and story meet the highest creative standards
- Partner with clients and account teams, serving as a trusted creative advisor who balances advocacy with flexibility
- Integrate video seamlessly into broader campaigns, collaborating with writers, designers, and strategists
- Grow and shape the video practice, contributing to new business, mentoring talent, and expanding agency capabilities
Requirements:
- 10 or more years of experience in video production, with demonstrated expertise across concepting, directing, producing, and post-production
- At least five years of experience working within an agency environment, managing multiple clients and projects simultaneously
- Proficiency in video editing tools and techniques, with an active interest in cutting video assets on select projects
- A strong portfolio showcasing a range of video work across styles, formats, and client types
- Proven ability to collaborate effectively with account teams, translating client needs into creative solutions
- Exceptional storytelling instincts and a keen eye for visual composition, pacing, and detail
- Bachelor’s degree and/or equivalent practical experience will be treated equally
Benefits:
- nationwide health coverage
- dental
- vision
- employer paid life insurance & short-term disability
- flexible time off (FTO)
- additional voluntary benefits such as pet insurance, identity and legal protection, hospital indemnity, additional life coverage, critical illness and accident insurance
- paid parental leave
- 401(k) with employer contribution after waiting period
- flexible work model
- a monthly stipend for remote working
- two (2) weeklong agency-wide refresh weeks (summer and winter office closures)
- a day off for your birthday




















