Video and Multimedia Production Sr. Specialist
VIA · Somerville · $90,000–$115,000 (stated in the posting)
VIA is making an impact, and so can you.
Headquartered in Boston, VIA provides mission-critical software for secure data exchange and trustworthy AI without compromising speed, simplicity, or resilience. Its military-grade architecture helps defense, public safety agencies, and humanitarian organizations use AI while maintaining control of sensitive, distributed data even in contested or offline environments.
Learn more: solvewithvia.com.
Big missions deserve to be seen, heard, and felt, not just described. We're looking for a Video and Multimedia Production Sr. Specialist to bring VIA's mission, technology, and people to life through video, photography, audio, and design. We want VIA's customer-facing messaging to be creative and compelling, and you'll be at the center of making that happen.
This is a hands-on senior role. We need someone who can sit in on a product demo, interview the engineer who built it, film it, edit it, and have it ready to publish while the story is still fresh.
You'll turn complex ideas like Zero Trust identity and quantum-resistant data transfer into clear visual stories for government, critical infrastructure, and humanitarian audiences. You'll collaborate closely with colleagues across brand, communications, and social media who set the why behind each story, while you pitch and help shape what we make and own how it comes to life.
Individuals who'll excel in this role know how to dig past the technical details to uncover the core "so what" of a story. They love taking a complex idea, making it feel simple and compelling, and owning it from the first idea to the final cut. If that sounds like you, are you ready to join us?
In this role, your day-to-day will include:
Creative direction and planning
- Concepts and series: Pitch concepts, formats, and recurring series to your brand, communications, and social media collaborators, and turn approved ideas into production plans
- Production plan: Own VIA's multimedia production plan, balancing launches, campaigns, events, and evergreen content against capacity and timelines
- Production standards: Define VIA's standards for video, photography, and audio, in line with brand guidelines, so every asset looks and sounds like VIA
Production
- End-to-end video: Plan, shoot, and edit video from concept to final cut, including product explainers, customer stories, leadership messaging, and short-form clips for social
- Technical storytelling: Partner with product and engineering teams to translate technical concepts into clear, accurate visuals, following VIA's review process for what can be shared about customers and deployments
- Design, motion graphics, and animation: Create graphics, motion graphics, and animated assets for campaigns, presentations, the website, and social channels
- Podcast: Lead production of VIA's podcast, including recording, editing, audio quality, and promotional clips, and recommend format improvements
Events and culture
- Event coverage: Plan and lead photo and video coverage of company events, conferences, and team moments, and turn footage around quickly so it can be shared while it's timely
- Across our offices: Travel to VIA's other offices to capture events and team experiences, so every location is part of the VIA story
Partnership and building the function
- Brand and social partnership: Partner cross-functionally with brand and social to translate goals into creative concepts
- Production foundations: Build VIA's production workflows, gear, and tools as our first dedicated multimedia hire
- Multimedia partners: Lead crews and freelancers on larger shoots, manage day-to-day execution with production partners, and weigh in on which partners VIA works with
- Performance: Review content performance with your social media collaborators and use what you learn to sharpen formats and future concepts
- Media library: Build and maintain an organized, searchable library of footage, photos, and brand assets like icons
What you'll accomplish in your first 90 days:
- Spend time with product and engineering teams to learn VIA's technology, customers, and brand well enough to tell our story accurately
- Audit VIA's existing video, podcast, and visual content, and present a recommendation on what to keep, change, and create
- Recommend and set up a production kit, including camera, audio, lighting, and editing tools
- Build working relationships with VIA's multimedia production partners, manage day-to-day execution, and get hands-on with VIA's podcast
- Ship your first product explainer or customer story, from concept through final cut
- Lead coverage of a company event or conference end to end, with highlights turned around the same week
- Establish a production workflow with your brand, communications, and social media collaborators, including intake, timelines, and review and approval steps
- Document VIA's video, photo, and audio production standards
- Pitch a six-month multimedia plan, including at least one recurring series
What you will bring to this role:
Required experience
- 3-5 years of video and multimedia production experience, ideally including time at an agency, production company, or in-house brand team
- A portfolio of end-to-end work you shot and edited yourself, including at least one piece that explains a complex or technical topic and one series or campaign you led
- A track record of translating technical B2B subject matter into simple, compelling visual stories
- Experience leading productions, including directing crew, talent, and freelancers on set
- Experience recording and editing audio, ideally including podcast production
- Deep proficiency in Premiere Pro, Final Cut Pro, or DaVinci Resolve, plus Adobe Creative Suite (After Effects, Photoshop, Illustrator, Lightroom)
- Experience using emerging AI video and audio tools to speed up iteration and scale output without sacrificing quality
Essential skills and abilities
- A strong creative point of view, a bias toward bold, engaging ideas, and the ability to pitch concepts clearly to senior leaders
- Experience building or improving production workflows, standards, or processes
- The ability to turn content around quickly when a moment is timely, without sacrificing quality
- Sound judgment about what to capture and share, especially when it involves customers, security, or sensitive information
- Comfort putting engineers, executives, and customers at ease on camera
- Strong organization across multiple productions, deadlines, and asset libraries
- Willingness to travel to VIA's other offices and to occasional conferences, sometimes outside regular hours
Nice to have
- Animation or 3D experience (e.g., Cinema 4D)
- Event photography experience
- A network of freelance animators, designers, and crew in Greater Boston
- Experience in cybersecurity, defense, government, or financial services, or in other regulated or security-sensitive environments
What does it take to be a successful VIAneer? Let’s break it down, our VIAneers are:
- Self-motivated and passionate about leaving everything they touch better than how they found it
- Firm believers that people should love what they do and are eager to build a culture that enables them to do their best work
- Creative problem solvers who respectfully challenge the status quo in the pursuit of excellence
- People who lead discussions with curiosity and value diverse perspectives
- Eager to explore new ideas, understand the power of feedback, and constantly seek opportunities to grow and develop their skills
- Strong team players who thrive in collaborative environments and celebrate the success of others
Benefits
What can VIA do for you?
VIA offers competitive benefits, flexible work options, and individualized mentoring and growth opportunities. Here are just a few of our VIAneers’ favorite perks:
- Compensation:
- This role offers a salary range of $90,000 – $115,000 USD per year
- 401K plan with up to 5% employer contribution
- Health: A fully funded, top-tier health benefits plan, including vision and dental coverage, fully covered from day one, for your whole family
- Family Support: Up to 24 weeks paid parental leave, a 4-week paid ramp-back program, and a $10K family forming benefit (covering fertility treatments, adoption, and surrogacy)
- Time off: Flexible Vacation Policy with no set annual limit or accrual period, Summer Fridays, and an extended holiday period in December
- Remote work: Ability to enjoy the best of both worlds with flexibility to work from home as needed, as well as access to three well-located offices, designed for collaboration and stocked with everything you could need
- Opportunities to work remotely from eligible locations for up to 2 months per year
- Growth: Individualized growth opportunities, including internal and external mentorship panels, custom goals and feedback sessions, and/or access to learning and development programs, including VIA’s unrivaled leadership program
- A dedicated wellness advisor to help you navigate the programs and opportunities available at VIA
- Transit: Benefits to support commuting costs
- Connection: In-person events to foster team bonding and collaboration across different teams
Read more about our benefits and perks here.
Our commitment to Diversity and Inclusion:
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.