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Junior Camera Operator
Full-Time \ Bristol \ Permanent
£22-26k dependent on experience
About us
We're a full-service video production company creating award-winning videos and TV commercials. Based in the centre of Bristol, we work in-house with a talented team of 13 multi-disciplined creatives.
Our clients span almost every sector and include The Royal Mint, University of Bristol, IDLES, Toshiba, the NHS and Battersea to name a few.
Our productions range in scale and scope, from half a dozen crew shooting a 30s TV commercial on our RED Helium 8K, to interviewing with natural light and everything in between.
Role description
We’re looking for a Junior Camera Operator to join our team. You’ll have a talent and eye for filmmaking, and a demonstrable passion for branded content and creative storytelling.
You’ll be working alongside our Production team from the get-go, acting as an assistant on larger productions and as camera operator on smaller-scale shoots. You'll also be involved in the whole production process, helping to develop creative concepts from briefs and seeing them to fruition through both production and post-production.
With both on-the-job and supported training, we'll expect the right person to progress confidently to be able to act as primary shooter, develop your filmmaking knowledge and experience, and supplement the team with any personal talents or passions you might have.
You’ll be trained to use the vast range of equipment owned in-house, from RED and Sony cameras to extensive lighting, grip and drones.
With the vast majority of our shoots being on-location, you'll be travelling across the region and further afield to tell our clients stories, working directly with clients, models and interviewees in a range of environments, from the top of mountains to lifeboats, studios and temples.
Required skills
You'll likely be fresh from training or have one or two year’s experience under your belt, either working on your own projects or freelancing for other agencies.
More so than experience, we're looking for a creative eye, with a showreel and approach to video that shows an appreciation of composition and an understanding of storytelling beyond just being a tech-junkie.
Whilst we'll help develop your creative, you'll likely have an approach to style, composition and visuals that can fit comfortably with our house style and existing clients, whilst having a spark that can add something different to new briefs and clients.
Aside from the creative, you'll be hard-working, outgoing, and personable in front of clients and contributors. Whilst our productions are constantly growing in scale and scope, with signed off storyboards and actors, you’ll also relish and be comfortable shooting in a more obs-doc style and meeting contributors from all walks of life.
As well as camera experience, a proficiency in editing and Premiere Pro would be highly beneficial to support our in-house post-production team in putting together assembly edits and rough content cuts.
You must live in Bristol (BS postcode) and will be required to have a DBS check if you don’t already hold a valid certificate.
Benefits
This is an exciting opportunity to learn and work in an incredibly varied and transparent environment. You will be integrated from the outset, helping us to grow as part of the business alongside the rest of the team.
Our productions are incredibly varied and will offer you an insight into productions of all shapes and sizes; one day you may be working as a crew of 5 shooting a storyboarded 30s TVC on RED, the next interviewing a contributor with natural light as your primary source.
All our productions are net zero, reducing and offsetting our environmental impact, and we hold Albert Sustainable Production Certification.
Like everyone else you’ll also receive:
- Up to 33 days annual leave with long service
- Additional holiday through days-in-lieu for overnight stays
- Company-wide on-target turnover share
- Fully paid time off over Christmas
- Private healthcare with Bupa
- Freshly ground coffee
- Creative freedom and variety
- Quarterly reports that detail our turnover and profit
- Weekly fruit boxes
- Cyclescheme and Techscheme
- A two or three night overseas Christmas party
- First round on us on a Friday
Apply
Email careers@jonesmillbank.com with a covering email, CV, showreel and anything else you feel relevant or useful. Interviews will be conducted as soon as possible.
