Camera op​/Creative

Overview

It doesn t happen very often but we have an opening for a full time in house creative camera opp
.

6 month full time contract - with the possibility to extend.

If you live in the Bath Bristol area, have at least 5 years experience as a camera op in a commercial setting, is this the day you update your showreel and CV?

We are looking for the Swiss Army Knife of the camera world.

• Your main focus will be camera work but you should be comfortable developing creative concepts, acting as a solo self shooting director or running a small crew on location.
• Be able to walk into a room & know how to light it to bring out the best of the subject.
• Have basic sound recording skills.
• Shoot like a dream and be a camera geek.
• And if you can edit too… even better!

• We aren t looking for a media degree, but you must have at least 5 years experience of being a camera op in a professional commercial environment (TV or corporate and marketing) working with clients to a variety of briefs.
• Be confident in the operation of professional cinema and broadcast cameras, especially the Sony FX range.
• Have a practical understanding of lighting for interviews and branded content, with the ability to work with lighting setups or adapt to available light in a real-world environment.
• An understanding of filming a sequence of shots that work together in an edit.
• The ability to shoot beautiful moving pictures.
• Confident and experienced in acting as a lone self shooting director in a professional capacity.
• Confident and experienced in directing and running a small crew.
• Comfortable working with external directors, producers, lighting techs & sound recordists.
• Ability to work cleanly with radio mics, boom setups, and timecode where required.
• Some post production experience – ideally DaVinci – and an understanding of basic workflows for post-production.
• Data management including safe handling of camera media, backup awareness and clear labeling / handover of footage.
• A full UK drivers licence with no more than 3 points and access to own transport.
• A full UK work visa (if required).

Central Bath UK

… Drop us an email to jobs with a showreel or links to your recent work and a covering letter telling us why you re a good match for us.

If we think there is a match we’ll send you the full JD.