Videographer, Scout Studios (Automotive)

Location: Charlotte, North Carolina, United States. Based at the hirify.global corporate headquarters with 4–5 days per week in the office, regular in-person meetings and events, and 40–50% travel. Travel may include cold-weather, hot-weather, mountainous, remote, and light off-road environments.

Base salary: $85,000–$105,000 annually, plus eligibility for an annual performance bonus.

Company

hirify.global is developing electric pickup trucks and rugged SUVs while rebuilding the Scout brand, company, community, and related stories from the ground up.

What you will do

• Shoot, edit, finish, and deliver high-quality video content across Scout’s digital ecosystem.
• Own projects from pitch and brief through capture, editing, finishing, and delivery.
• Create short-form content for YouTube and other emerging platforms, including interviews, product demonstrations, events, behind-the-scenes moments, employee stories, community stories, and lifestyle content.
• Support CRM, corporate communications, internal communications, experience, and other cross-functional storytelling while maintaining Scout Studios’ creative and visual standards.
• Operate as a solo creator when appropriate, including camera, lighting, audio, directing, and editing, and collaborate with larger production crews for ambitious projects.
• Develop repeatable production templates with the Head of Scout Studios and experiment with new formats, tools, technologies, and storytelling techniques.

Requirements

• 5+ years of professional experience creating video and digital content.
• Portfolio demonstrating strong shooting, editing, and storytelling ability.
• Strong understanding of camera fundamentals, including composition, exposure, movement, lenses, and lighting, with the ability to select the appropriate camera system for each project.
• Strong proficiency with Adobe Creative Suite, specifically Premiere Pro, and DaVinci Resolve.
• Understanding of modern social platforms and how storytelling changes across formats.
• Strong editorial instincts, pacing, music selection, and sound-design fundamentals.
• Ability to work effectively both as a solo creator and as part of a larger production crew, work quickly while maintaining visual and brand standards, and maintain strong organizational and file-management habits.
• Curiosity, willingness to learn new tools and production techniques, and drive to innovate in a fast-paced, high-growth environment.
• Minimum of a High School Diploma, GED, or equivalent.
• Active driver’s license and ability to drive urban, highway, country, gravel, and some light off-road roads and trails. Ability to work in harsher conditions and carry and operate camera, lighting, and audio equipment is required.

Nice to have

• Automotive or outdoor/lifestyle production experience.
• Photography experience.
• Drone certification and aerial-production experience.
• Motion graphics or After Effects experience.
• Color-grading experience.
• Experience producing social-first and vertical content, live events, and fast-turn editorial.
• Experience working directly with executives, engineers, designers, craftspeople, or other nonprofessional on-camera talent.
• Passion for automotive culture, design, adventure, music, travel, or the outdoors.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative, inclusive, entrepreneurial, and growth-oriented working environment.
• Medical, dental, vision, and income protection plans.
• 401(k) program with employer match and immediate vesting.
• 20 days of planned PTO, 40 hours of unplanned PTO, and 14 company or floating holidays annually.
• Up to 16 weeks of paid parental leave, plus paid leave for bereavement, jury duty, voting time, and military leave.