Job Description
What You’ll Love
You’ll be working at one of the most unique sporting franchises in the world. We’re creating something different and doing things our way. You’ll get to work in an environment that boasts the excitement of a soccer club, combined with the sort of opportunities you’d expect at a lifestyle brand. We believe in ideas, elite levels of craft, and showing up in culture. The vision is to create work that transcends sport and makes St. Louis proud.
Our work culture is about empowering talented people from different backgrounds to make work in a creatively inspiring environment. Our promise to you is you’ll learn new things, share great experiences with talented people, and make work you’ll be proud of.
What We Believe In
Dedication to craft
We want to make beautiful things in whatever format is deemed most relevant. We stand out in sport because every detail is considered. We consider the small things as much as we do the big. Our work brings the fans closer to the club and closer to the CITY.
Innovative thinking
We’re looking for talent that has a deep passion for people and how they connect to sport, community, and lifestyle. You’ll need to be able to connect our club to culture and have a track record of exciting and innovative work.
Things We Look For In Candidates
- Consistency of ideas. This is our number 1 currency.
- Beautiful storytelling. You need to be able to showcase your best work in a portfolio.
- Examples of digital-first thinking. You need to love the internet and creating in that space.
- We are looking for those that love nothing more than to get out into the wild and make, make, make.
- Detail-oriented. We need buttoned-up creators that believe in total accountability.
The Role
- Bring club stories to life using the power of video
- Shoot short and longform content (social > Apple TV)
- Work at the speed of sport to deliver high quality assets to the team
- Edit videos on the road or in an office
- Working between lifestyle and sport
- Travel with the team for away games
- Build relationships with front office and the sporting department
The Person
- Passion and knowledge of sport (soccer preferable)
- ‘Of the internet’ thinker
- Creatively minded
- Master of best practice across social and digital platforms
- Natural storytelling with receipts in fan engagement
- Excellent Adobe Creative Suite skills (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, etc)
- Basic knowledge of DaVinci Resolve
- Experience exporting and uploading files across a number of platforms
- Motion design skills in After Effects or any other motion design software
- Proficient experience of shooting with a variety of cameras, including hand-held
- Ability to work collaboratively across teams and with internal stakeholders
- We cannot stress enough the need for a team player
- Flexible with travel
Experience
- 2-5 years working in a content creation environment
- Would love to talk to people who have worked in sport, advertising, content creation production, TV, or built something themselves
- Qualifications are not as important as a portfolio of work that demonstrates competency
Required
Preferred
Job Industries
- Other