Cinematographer - Relocation to San Francisco

Nen Creative•Chicago, IL

11d•Onsite

About The Position

Nen Creative is hiring a technically strong, hands-on cinematographer to join its team in the Bay Area. The role is based in San Francisco and involves working on set in the SF area 3–4 days per week. Candidates based elsewhere must be willing to relocate; a relocation stipend is available. The cinematographer will collaborate with directors, producers, and the creative team to develop and execute visual approaches for productions ranging from founder interviews and talking heads to commercials and brand films. The role owns or supports camera, lighting, and grip setups, works creatively within production budgets, and helps manage projects from filming through post-production. Post-production work includes offloading and organizing footage, setting up DaVinci Resolve projects, color grading, and producing final exports as needed. The position also adapts to Nen Creative’s workflow and helps improve its production pipeline and post-production quality standards. Nen Creative partners with technology startups to create brands, products, and stories. The company has worked with organizations including Amazon, SpaceX, Andreessen Horowitz, Mercor, Listen Labs, and Tech Week.

Requirements

Prior cinematography experience.
Strong technical foundation in camera systems, lighting, and grip.
Genuine passion for cinematography and a deep understanding of image-making, including exposure, lenses, coatings, bokeh, and image falloff.
Relentless attention to detail and high standards on every setup.
A make-it-work mentality within real-world budgets and constraints.
Equal care for talking heads, interviews, commercials, and brand films.
Willingness to adapt to the company’s creative taste, quality standard, and production workflow.
Color grading and editing experience in DaVinci Resolve.
Willingness to relocate to the Bay Area and work on set in the San Francisco area 3–4 days per week.
Comfort with agency timelines, shifting production needs, occasional travel, and occasional weekend or after-hours production work.
Must have a car.

Responsibilities

Collaborate with directors and producers to develop and execute the visual approach for each project.
Own or support camera, lighting, and grip setups across commercials, brand films, talking heads, interviews, and other productions.
Work creatively within real-world budgets and constraints, choosing where to spend and save while delivering strong results.
Offload footage and create correctly configured, organized DaVinci Resolve projects from shoot through post-production.
Color grade projects and handle final exports from raw footage as needed.
Adapt to the company’s workflow and production pipeline, and help improve it over time.
Take on different production roles as project needs require.