Founding Creative & Videographer
About The Position
Aurelius Systems is a venture-backed defense technology startup developing autonomous, edge-deployed directed-energy systems for countering unmanned aircraft. The Founding Creative & Videographer owns how the company is seen and understood, creating its visual system and narrative across YouTube, X, and launch content. The role documents the company’s people, products, facilities, and field tests, including factory work in Detroit, the San Francisco lab, and activity at the company’s private range. This is an end-to-end creative role, from filming through editing and delivery. The person will develop the company’s branding and visual identity, create short-form and long-form content, and work closely with founders, engineers, and other team members. The position includes travel to manufacturing facilities, range sites, demonstrations, and field tests. The role reports directly to the CEO and offers ownership over what content is produced and released.
Requirements
- Have shipped real YouTube content, such as a channel, series, or long-form product or factory films owned end to end.
- Provide a portfolio that demonstrates the work, including a reel and links; the posting states no resumes.
- Have achieved viral reach or a breakthrough on X or YouTube with hardware, industrial, automotive, aerospace, or defense-adjacent work.
- Have established the look for a project or organization and personally operated the camera and edited the work.
- Have discussed the work with at least one founder who is shipping a real product.
- Be a native English speaker.
- Be self-directed and able to find and capture shots independently.
- Be comfortable working closely with engineers and traveling to Detroit, San Francisco, range sites, and demonstrations.
- Have a strong sense of what content is compelling versus filler.
Nice To Haves
- Experience running a hardware or industrial YouTube channel.
- Experience at an automotive, aerospace, or defense creative shop in a hands-on, multi-role capacity.
- Experience working as a full-stack creative from brief through delivery in a studio.
- Experience in a founder-adjacent creative role where content was produced quickly and performed well.
- Experience building an audience from scratch around difficult-to-film subjects.
- Experience making industrial subjects visually compelling and filming in challenging environments.
Responsibilities
- Own Aurelius Systems’ visual and narrative system across YouTube, X, and launch content.
- Shoot, edit, and deliver content end to end, from camera to final cut.
- Document factory and shop-floor work in Detroit and San Francisco.
- Cover field tests at the company’s 400-acre range, including directed-energy systems engaging drones.
- Create short, punchy, high-cadence founder content and ghostwrite for founders.
- Produce long-form product and launch films.
- Develop the company’s branding and visual identity, making complex engineering visually compelling.
- Travel with the team to facilities, range sites, demonstrations, and field tests.
- Work closely with engineers to capture footage, including spending time to get specific shots right.
Benefits
- Competitive salary and equity.
- United Health Care medical, dental, and vision coverage.
- Flexible 18 days of paid time off plus 5 sick days.
- Travel to field test events and range days.
- Covered daily lunches and office snacks and drinks.
- E-bike and scooter stipend up to $500.
- Direct access to leadership and real ownership over your work.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
