Video and Photography Pro Needed

Tripepi Smith is seeking a creative videographer and photographer for municipal and corporate clients to join its growing team at Tripepi Smith. The role will help the firm execute on projects in the following scenarios:

• Video record events
• Write scripts and direct video production
• Coordinate and manage video shoots
• Execute AV board operations related to council meeting video production
• Post-production video editing using Adobe Premier
• Post-production motion graphic or template manipulation
• Provide event photography
• Provide professional portrait photos
• Coordinate photography projects
• Advise on equipment purchases and maintenance
• Produce short format videos about our clients for use on social media
• Drone operation and use

Tripepi Smith believes in empowering talent with superior technology. Each associate that joins the firm is provided with a laptop of their choice to match the demands of the work they are going to execute (PC or MAC). You will be handed an iPhone or Android device on day one.

Tripepi Smith has made significant investments in video equipment and resource to provide great tools that result in excellent results for our clients. These include:

Example Projects:

A city has requested a state of the city video that highlights the many new public infrastructure projects that have been completed in the last year. You will coordinate with the city staff, develop the list, provide a story board for the production, script the mayor’s speech (with help from Tripepi Smith peers) and execute interview and teleprompt operations, schedule shoot times and locations, manage and prepare equipment for shoot days, execute the post-production editing and render out the final video with color correction, stock music and any template motion graphics.

A corporate client wants to create a testimony video featuring its client saying nice things about them. You will go onsite with the client and setup in a non-controlled environment to execute an off-the-cuff interview. You will script the questions ahead of time (in coordination with a Tripepi Smith peer), provide equipment management and preparation, suggest good shot angles and options, execute broll footage to align with key aspects of the statements made by the people being interviewed, execute the video production while a peer asks the questions, and then post-production edit the footage into a story arc that provides a compelling brief testimony for our corporate client.

A public agency client is seeking to liven up their social media with a brief looping video on their Facebook Page hero image section. You will review the key messaging of the client, develop ideas for the video, shoot the required imagery, edit a video that fits the Facebook formatting standards and provide the file to the client to upload for their hero image.

A client is hosting an annual conference and they are in need of a photographer to cover the event. You will review the schedule ahead of time, prepare equipment (memory, batteries, cameras, lenses), review the event schedule, discuss the program with the client to identify key moments in the production and key VIP’s. On the day of the shoot you will show up 30 minutes early, review lighting conditions, execute the shoot and debrief with the client before departing. Then, within an agreed-to timeframe, you will color and lighting correct the photos using Lightroom, and upload the photos to Tripepi Smith online photo archive and sharing solution (Photoshelter) and send an email to the client informing them the photos are ready to download and review.

Compensation:

Compensation depending on experience, but starts at $40,000 and goes from there. There are no minimum years of required experience, but we do request a link to review a portfolio of your video and photographic work. Tripepi Smith is a real employer, offering healthcare benefits, a 401k, life insurance, dental, vision, and longterm disability. We will, however, also consider working with a freelancer if they are only seeking 20+ hours a week of work.

Key Skills for Success:

• A desire to constantly learn and improve
• A creative instinct about how to tell a story with imagery
• Non-linear video editing in Adobe Premier or Final Cut X
• Skills with Canon cameras and fundamental understanding of photography (shot composition, lighting, exposure, ISO and aperture settings)
• Photo editing skill using Lightroom
• Customer service
• A friendly personality

In addition to doing work primarily in the areas described above, we are generally interested in someone who, when not doing this work, could bring other marketing skills to the team such as writing, digital ad campaign management, social media services, or graphic design skills.