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The Team:
Datadog’s Video team creates engaging video content about our products and the value they bring to our customers. We are a close-knit group of editors, producers, and animators who strive to create content with a high production value that is informative, accurate, and meaningful. As part of the Marketing department, we work collaboratively within our team—but also collaborate regularly with other teams across the company such as the Product, Design, Recruiting, and Writing teams. Our videos help tell the Datadog story to a wider audience, and we are always looking to expand our video library into new areas.
The Opportunity:
Are you looking to combine your videography and video editing skills with your love of learning about new technologies? Are you excited to film and edit videos that will help explain complex topics to our audience? Are you interested in creating polished and engaging content, and then seeing how it helps drive the company and the business forward? If so, we'd love to talk to you.
We are expanding the Video team at Datadog, the leading service for cloud-scale monitoring and security. Our team of video producers and motion graphics animators creates all the video content for our website, events and marketing campaigns. We produce, film, storyboard, edit, design, and animate a wide variety of projects such as video testimonials, announcement videos, product explainers, how-to videos, and video ads.
Here’s a look at some of the work our team does.
At Datadog, we place value in our office culture - the relationships and collaboration it builds and the creativity it brings to the table. We operate as a hybrid workplace to ensure our Datadogs can create a work-life harmony that best fits them.
What You'll Do:
- Work alongside experienced Video Producers on impactful video projects
- Edit short form social media content for event promotion, demo videos, testimonial videos, recruiting videos and more
- Help to film, light, and record audio for interview-based videos
- Help to capture b-roll in-office, off-site, and during live events
- Record remote video content featuring people who are located around the world
- Distribute and manage media on our different social media platforms
- Help maintain, organize and categorize our expanding archive of video files
Who You Are:
- 1+ years of professional video editing and videography experience
- BFA in film/video or related discipline
- Experience using industry standard camera equipment
- Experience working with lighting and audio equipment
- In-depth understanding of Adobe Premiere
- A portfolio of work showcasing quality editing and cinematography skills
- Familiarity with industry standard editing workflows, video formats, codecs, and frame rates
- Music editing and sound design skills
- Experience working and collaborating on-set
- Strong organizational skills
- Ability to travel occasionally
Bonus points:
- An ability to learn new creative tools and software quickly
- Familiarity with Adobe Audition
- Understanding of the tech industry and/or prior experience working at a tech/startup company
- Basic understanding of cloud and/or SaaS technologies and ability to pick up new abstract concepts quickly
Datadog values people from all walks of life. We understand not everyone will meet all the above qualifications on day one. That's okay. If you’re passionate about technology and want to grow your skills, we encourage you to apply.
Benefits & Growth:
- Generous and competitive benefits package
- New hire stock equity (RSUs) and employee stock purchase plan
- Continuous career development and pathing opportunities
- Employee-focused best in class onboarding
- Internal mentor and cross-departmental buddy program
- Friendly and inclusive workplace culture
Benefits and Growth listed above may vary based on the country of your employment and the nature of your employment with Datadog.
Datadog offers a competitive salary and equity package, and may include variable compensation. Actual compensation is based on factors such as the candidate's skills, qualifications, and experience. In addition, Datadog offers a wide range of best in class, comprehensive and inclusive employee benefits for this role including healthcare, dental, parental planning, and mental health benefits, a 401(k) plan and match, paid time off, fitness reimbursements, and a discounted employee stock purchase plan.
About Datadog:
Datadog (NASDAQ: DDOG) is a global SaaS business, delivering a rare combination of growth and profitability. We are on a mission to break down silos and solve complexity in the cloud age by enabling digital transformation, cloud migration, and infrastructure monitoring of our customers’ entire technology stacks. Built by engineers, for engineers, Datadog is used by organizations of all sizes across a wide range of industries. Together, we champion professional development, diversity of thought, innovation, and work excellence to empower continuous growth. Join the pack and become part of a collaborative, pragmatic, and thoughtful people-first community where we solve tough problems, take smart risks, and celebrate one another. Learn more about #DatadogLife on Instagram, LinkedIn, and Datadog Learning Center.
Equal Opportunity at Datadog:
Datadog is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer and is proud to offer equal employment opportunity to everyone regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, veteran status, and more. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. Here are our Candidate Legal Notices for your reference.
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