Creative Media Producer

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Experience: 2+ yrs

Location: Tharamani, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Job Type: Full-time

Position Title Creative Media Producer / Creative Content Lead

Reports To Communications & Marketing Manager

Team Strategic Advancement Team

Location Chennai, India

Work Mode Full-time, in-office (NOT hybrid/remote)

Work Schedule Monday-Friday, standard school hours, 48 hrs/week. Evening & weekend flexibility required for events; time-in-lieu offered.

Urgency Immediate joiner preferred

We are hiring a hands-on Creative Media Producer to lead all visual storytelling for the school - photography, video, reels, event coverage, portraits, and campaign assets. This is an individual-contributor-plus-lead role: the person shoots, edits, and finishes work personally, while also directing junior/contract creators and holding the quality bar across the team's output.

This role sits within the Strategic Advancement Team and reports to the Communications & Marketing Manager. It functions as an execution partner to the wider Advancement and Communications function, translating brand strategy into consistent, high-impact content across every platform.

Requirements

Key Responsibilities

Production

• Shoot photography and video across campus life, events, portraits, and campaigns.
• Edit and deliver finished short films end-to-end - raw footage through cut, grade, sound, and titles.
• Build complete social reels and posts, matched to platform and campaign.
• Maintain a consistent visual standard in line with our brand guidelines.

Delivery & Planning

• Own the production calendar - what's due, when, and dependencies.
• Turn a brief into a shoot plan independently.
• Flag deadline risks early, with a proposed fix.
• Manage the media library (with the junior photographer/videographer) so assets are findable, named consistently, and archived properly.

Collaboration

• Work respectfully and professionally with faculty, students, school leaders, and families - with care around consent and student privacy.

Must-Have Qualifications

• Professional photography and video production experience, with a portfolio showing range: film, event coverage, portraiture, short-form social.
• Strong editing skills - Adobe Lightroom/Photoshop, Premiere Pro or Final Cut, plus grading, sound, and basic motion graphics.
• Confident running a shoot solo - camera, lighting, and audio kit.
• Proven track record hitting deadlines across multiple concurrent projects.
• Fluent English; comfortable in a multicultural environment.

Preferred / Nice-to-Have

• Experience in education, community organizations, or another environment involving children.
• Experience directing or supervising at least one other creative.
• Drone / aerial experience.

Success Indicators (What “Right” Looks Like)

• Spots what needs filming without being told.
• Delivers a finished piece, not a rough cut with a list of caveats.
• Takes creative direction well, and can also push back with a better idea.
• Comfortable being the one who says the work isn't ready yet.

Professional Expectations

• Ethical judgment, discretion, and respect for confidentiality.
• Energy, initiative, and a solutions-oriented mindset.
• Builds trust across a diverse, international community.
• Professionalism, curiosity, and openness to feedback.

Sourcing Notes

• This is a NON-hybrid, fully in-office role based in Chennai - screen only candidates willing to relocate to / already based in Chennai and work on-site full-time.
• Candidates with a strong, varied portfolio (short films, event coverage, portraits, reels) over pure specialists in one format.
• Producer-editors who can run a solo shoot end-to-end, not just crew members who need a director.
• Prior experience with schools, NGOs, or other child-facing environments is a strong plus given safeguarding requirements.
• Mandatory application asks: CV, short covering note, portfolio/showreel link, at least one end-to-end edited short film, and one set of reels.

Must-have skills

Creative Media Producer, Creative Content Lead, Photography and Video Editor

Good-to-have skills

Video Editing, Photography, event coverage