Video Director & Editor

About The Role

We are seeking a versatile Video Director & Editor to join our Brand Creative team. In this role, you will lead the end-to-end creation of engaging video content, from initial setup to final cut. You will collaborate closely with Brand Creative leads and Production to bring compelling stories to life across various video forward platforms. Additionally, you will be responsible for capturing high-quality video footage both in-studio and on location and collaborating with freelance video/sound teams as needed. You should also possess the technical mastery to expertly edit, refine, and execute polished final video assets. Your creative vision and technical expertise will play a key role in elevating our overall brand identity in the video space.

What You Get To Do Every Day

• Collaborate closely with the creative team to align on visual direction and bring overall campaign visions to life in video.
• Communicate gear requirements, lighting setups, and audio needs effectively prior to all scheduled shoots.
• Recommend and source additional crew members, ranging from second camera operators to sound engineers, as needed per project.
• Capture high-quality video footage in studio and on location across various brand projects and formats.
• Edit raw footage into polished, dynamic video assets tailored for multi-platform distribution.
• Perform in house color grading, sound design, audio mixing, on post-production drafts.
• Manage video equipment maintenance, inventory checks, and setup prep for production days.
• Organize and maintain post-production digital asset libraries, project files, and raw media archives.
• Deliver video cuts for approval and communicate timelines and deadlines effectively to the project management team.

What You Bring To The Role

Minimum Requirements:

• 5 to 7 years of professional experience shooting and editing video, ideally in-house at a brand, agency, or media company, with a strong reel to show for it
• Expert proficiency in Adobe Premiere Pro, with working knowledge of After Effects and DaVinci Resolve for color
• Hands-on experience with cinema and mirrorless camera systems, lighting, and on-set audio, in studio and on location
• Strong understanding of platform specs and formats
• Multi-camera shooting and editing for long-form formats like podcasts, interviews, or talk-style content
• Highly organized, with solid file management and archiving habits and the ability to juggle multiple projects on deadline
• Ability to travel up to 10% for location shoots and events, lift equipment up to 50 lbs, and work occasional early, late, or weekend shoot days

Preferred Requirements:

• Experience in luxury, fashion, or beauty, with an eye for how product, texture, and styling read on camera
• Experience with live or livestream production
• Motion graphics and basic animation skills
• Familiarity with review and asset tools such as Frame.io and a DAM system
• Basic photography skills for hybrid shoot days

Compensation, Benefits, + Perks

• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• 401K with Company Match
• Medical, Dental & Vision Insurance
• Paid Parental Leave
• 9 Paid Company Holidays
• Flexible Time Off (With Manager Approval)

Find out more about our Benefits here. (https://careers.therealreal.com/us/en/benefits)

The expected salary range for this role is $120,000.00-$140,000.00. To determine starting pay we carefully consider a variety of factors, including primary work location and an evaluation of a candidate’s skills, experience, market demands, and internal parity. Additionally, salary is just one component of TRR’s total rewards package. Depending on role, employees may also be eligible for a bonus program, incentive pay and benefits.

The RealReal is the world’s largest online marketplace for authenticated, resale luxury goods, with 40 million members. With a rigorous authentication process overseen by experts, The RealReal provides a safe and reliable platform for consumers to buy and sell their luxury items. We have hundreds of in-house gemologists, horologists, and brand authenticators who inspect thousands of items each day. As a sustainable company, we give new life to pieces by thousands of brands across numerous categories—including women's and men's fashion, fine jewelry and watches, art, and home—in support of the circular economy. We make selling effortless with free virtual appointments, in-home pickup, drop-off, and direct shipping. We handle all of the work for consignors, including authenticating, using AI and machine learning to determine optimal pricing, photographing and listing their items, as well as shipping and customer service.

The RealReal is committed to providing an equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or expression, or Veteran status. We will consider qualified applicants for a position regardless of arrest or conviction records. At TRR, People Come First. That’s why diversity and inclusion are vital to our priorities as an equal opportunity employer. You can read about our Diversity Equity and Inclusion program here (https://www.therealreal.com/trr/diversity).

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and taste or smell. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision. The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.