Cinematographer - Relocation to San Francisco

Nen Creative•Portland, OR

10d•Onsite

About The Position

Nen Creative is hiring a technically skilled Cinematographer for a full-time role based in San Francisco. Candidates based elsewhere may apply if they are willing to relocate to the Bay Area and join the team long-term; a relocation stipend is available. The role involves working on set in the San Francisco area three to four days per week in a fast-moving creative agency environment. The Cinematographer will work closely with directors, producers, and the creative team to develop and execute the visual approach for projects ranging from founder interviews and talking heads to commercials and brand films. The role owns or supports camera, lighting, and grip setups, works within real-world budgets and production constraints, and helps manage projects through post-production, including footage offload, DaVinci Resolve project setup, color grading, and final exports as needed. The person in this role will adapt to the agency’s creative taste, quality standards, and workflow, and help improve its production pipeline and post-production quality.

Requirements

Prior cinematography experience.
Strong technical foundation in camera systems, lighting, and grip.
Genuine passion for cinematography and detailed knowledge of image-making, including exposure, lenses, coatings, bokeh, and image falloff.
Relentless attention to detail and high standards for 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 three to four days per week.
Comfort with agency timelines, changing production needs, occasional travel, and occasional weekend or after-hours production work.
Must have a car.

Responsibilities

Collaborate with directors and producers to develop each project’s visual approach and execute it on set.
Own or help manage camera, lighting, and grip setups across commercials, brand films, talking heads, interviews, and other productions.
Work within budget and production constraints, making creative use of available resources and deciding where to spend or save.
Offload footage, build DaVinci Resolve projects with correct settings, and keep projects organized from production through post-production.
Color grade projects and handle final exports from raw footage as needed.
Adapt to the company’s workflow and production pipeline while helping improve them over time.
Take on different responsibilities from project to project depending on production needs.