Video Content Creator

Location London - £40-45k

Your New Company

With over 244 offices in 33 countries across the globe, Hays are the largest specialist recruitment agency. Hays is recognised in the recruitment sector for its industry leading training & development opportunities.

Overview of the role

This role, as part of the Creative Studio, is focused on supporting the Hays UK&I Marketing team in creating high-quality branded video assets to help promote Hays' services and reputation as the world's leading specialist recruiter. The successful candidate will be instrumental in creating content for multiple audiences, including jobseekerslooking for career advice, senior leaders searching for insights to help build their workforce, as well as informing our employees of businessinitiatives and strategies.

Your New Role

• Must have a campaign mindset on all projects
• Storyboarding, filming and editing of videos based on Hays' brand guidelines and templatesfor a variety of project types, including:Promotion of National Campaigns and Specialism-focused reports | Interviews withSpecialism leads to promote products and/or services | Supporting Social Media Managerwith video content | Video townhalls featuring senior stakeholders
• Take briefs from colleagues within the department and around the business
• Search for and/or acquire on-brand video assets to be used in projects
• Contribute to 'studio housekeeping', e.g. managing Hays and client files and assets,file naming, archiving and general day-to-day upkeep of studio facilities and environment
• Full understanding of all aspects of the Hays brand to ensure correct and consistentexecution of all work
• Manage projects and relationships with agencies, freelancers and other creative thirdparties (as required) to deliver on-brand work
• Ensure briefs meet the requirements of the Creative Studio department; liaising with theDigital Production Manager (DPM) to ensure all work is conducted according to the agreedcreative process and to make sure all work is checked, approved and delivered on-brief,on-spec and on-time
• Presenting concepts/designs to the Head of Marketing Activation and/or DPM, as well asMarketing stakeholders, the business and/or external clients
• Act as a Brand guardian, developing a complete understanding of all aspects of the Haysbrand guidelines, to ensure correct and appropriate execution for work
• Help develop the creative knowledge and capabilities of the creative team byinvestigating, researching and communicating innovations, news and opportunitiesin the creative/marketing industries
• Keep up-to-date with new business news, the competition and Hays' marketing strategyto ensure that we offer the best possible creative solution to our customers' needs
• Willingness to improve the quality of design and be an active member of the creative processWork effectively with the different systems employed by Hays, including Asana, the HaysBrand Portal, and Hays intranet (Sharepoint)
• Help build a training plan in light of personal aspirations, business requirements andresourcing needs
• Contribute to creative briefing sessions, team meetings, events and reviews

Key Requirements for success

• Strong portfolio demonstrating creative flair, innovation, originality and experience of working on a range of different types of projects
• Strong working knowledge of Adobe Premiere Pro, and After EffectsWorking knowledge of Adobe Creative Cloud applications incl. InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop & Acrobat
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Powerpoint)
• Experience working with a project management system preferable, but not essential (Asana)
• Good team worker who contributes and supports the wider team/department
• Commercially aware with good understanding of business needs Understanding of the skills needed to produce high-quality creative work and the latest industry trends
• Proven success in driving forward brand awareness
• Experience of working within a corporate in-house environment a distinct advantage
• Demonstrate behaviour which supports the Hays values: Build partnerships | Think beyond | Do the right thing

What you will get in return

• Best technology in the industry and a renowned training programme to support success and drive rapid career progression and ongoing development
• Flexible hybrid working patterns
• Opportunity to take your career globally
• Incentives and rewards to recognise performance both locally, regionally and nationally
• Broad range of employee wellbeing initiatives and benefits
• Referral bonus scheme
• Community of internal support networks.
• Paid volunteering days for all employees under our Working for Your Tomorrow Initiative.

Life at Hays presents the opportunity for growth, varied career paths, exciting challenges and a culture of inclusion that celebrates diversity. As a committed Disability Confident employer, if you're thinking of a new tomorrow for your career, whatever your background, let's work together to create it!

At Hays, we share a passion for creating a culture of opportunities for our people to flourish and succeed, whatever your background. We know that diversity of perspective and an inclusive approach, which encourages those experiences and views to be heard, is great for business and therefore your career

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At Hays, we share a passion for creating a culture where there are opportunities for our people to flourish and succeed, whatever your background. We know that diversity of perspective and an inclusive approach, which encourages those experiences and views to be heard, is great for business and therefore your career with us.