Lead Videographer (Hiring Immediately)

Lead Videographer

Location:  New Media HQ - High Street Kensington, London
Position: Permanent

About Us

DMG New Media is building a new kind of media business - social-first, creator-led, and built for the next generation.

With over 150M+ followers and billions of monthly views, we operate a growing network of brands across news, entertainment, sport, money, lifestyle and more.

We’re now looking for a Content & Brand Lead to define, build, and scale DMG New Media itself - shaping how we show up, what we create, and how we’re understood internally and externally.

About the Role

We're looking for a Lead Videographer to lead on filming across DMG social pages. You will deliver daily, platform-native video that grows audience and drives cultural relevance, while meeting client briefs and editorial standards. You will own shoots end to end, set quality bars, and help level up junior crew.

You'll work closely with producers, creatives, presenters, and the wider DMG New Media team across TikTok, Instagram, YouTube Shorts, and emerging platforms.

One major part of the role will consist of managing all videographers on the team.

Main Responsibilities

• Lead filming for social-first editorial and commercial shoots
• Own shoots from prep to delivery, including shot lists, lighting plans, audio strategy, and file workflows
• Manage videographers' schedules and development in the team
• Shoot short-form videos for TikTok, Instagram, and other platforms
• Edit across DMG social pages with strong pacing, clarity, and platform-native styling
• Build repeatable production approaches for common formats
• Solve problems on set fast, with calm judgement
• Support and guide junior videographers and editors on shoots and edits
• Work with producers to scope shoots, timings, and resourcing

Storytelling and Format Development

• Partner with producers and creatives to develop, iterate, and scale formats
• Shape hooks, opening beats, and visual language for retention
• Bring ideas rooted in video culture, audience behaviour, and creator trends

Production Collaboration

• Organise videographers' schedules to ensure all shoots have a videographer
• Lead shoot-day execution with tight organisation and clear comms
• Work cleanly with releases, permissions, and brand safety requirements
• Maintain kit standards, workflows, and readiness across cameras, sound, and lighting
• Contribute to improving team processes, templates, and checklists

Person Specification

• You'll have a strong showreel, showing social-first shooting
• Experienced managing junior colleagues
• Confident running camera on Sony FX3, FX6, and similar setups
• Understand lighting for interviews, run-and-gun, and controlled scenes
• Able to capture clean dialogue and location sound, and know how to reduce risk on set
• You know TikTok and Instagram language, pacing
• Have strong judgement on what to shoot for the edit
• Able to communicate clearly with producers, talent, and stakeholders
• Able to stay on top of platform updates and new creation tools

You might already be:

• A senior videographer who also edits their own work
• A senior videographer with TV, documentary experience
• A lead shooter on fast-turn news, entertainment, sport or culture content
• A creator who understands performance, not only production value

Package Description

Our benefits package increases the longer you’ve been with us. Here’s what to expect:

• 25 days’ holiday (increasing by 1 per year up to a total of 30)
• Upon joining you will be automatically enrolled onto the Pension Plan at the minimum level of 5% employee contribution, 3% Company
• Life cover under the Pension Plan of up to 3x your basic salary.
• DMGT Discounts (for discounts on online shopping, vouchers and reloadable cards)
• Subsidised canteen
• Onsite gym (Northcliffe House only)
• Onsite nurse and GP clinics (Northcliffe House only)
• Our Employee Assistance Programme

Our Commitment

We are committed to increasing diversity and maintaining an inclusive workplace culture. We welcome applications from all qualified candidates regardless of their ethnicity, race, gender, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, age, marital status, or disability.

We are Disability Confident Committed. Please let us know if you require any recruitment documentation in other formats or if you require reasonable adjustments to be made during the recruitment process. Please be assured that any such information will be held separately to your recruitment application and will not be considered as part of the selection process.