Video Lead, Video & Animation - Contractor

Redis

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

We're looking for a full-time, 5 month contract Video Lead, Video & Animation to join our Brand Marketing team in the US, reporting to our Creative Director. This role will play a huge part in our continued brand rollout and implementation. You’re a hands-on storyteller. In this role, you’ll be an active part of our collaborative Brand team. You’ll bring a distinct perspective on the power of visual storytelling through video and animation mediums—to help us establish our presence as a sophisticated industry leader. You look for yes. You’re flexible and self-initiated with strong collaboration and communication skills. On our fast-paced, creatively driven team, you’ll be comfortable with progress and change, with an optimistic problem-solving mentality to produce high-quality results.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in video production, creative production, branded content, post-production, or a similar role.
• Experience managing video projects from brief through final delivery in a brand, agency, in-house creative, tech, SaaS, or marketing environment.
• Strong understanding of video production and post-production workflows, including pre-production, production, editing, review cycles, versioning, captions, exports, and final delivery.
• Strong project management skills, with the ability to manage multiple timelines, stakeholders, feedback rounds, and deliverables at once.
• Good creative judgment across pacing, storytelling, visuals, music, motion, captions, and overall polish.
• Ability to give clear, actionable feedback to editors, animators, vendors, and internal partners.
• Comfort coordinating with external production, animation, motion, or freelance partners.
• Hands-on familiarity with video tools and workflows, especially Adobe Premiere Pro, Frame.io Figma, Google Drive, Slack, and project management tools like Asana.
• Light editing or post-production ability; you do not need to be a full-time editor, but should be comfortable jumping in on simple cutdowns, selects, captions, versioning, and exports when needed.
• Strong communication, organization, and follow-through; this person should be able to keep projects moving with limited hand-holding.
• Collaborative, flexible, low-ego working style and comfort operating in a fast-moving marketing environment.
• Local to the SF Bay Area preferred, or able to be available locally for occasional in-person shoots.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with B2B tech, SaaS, developer tools, product marketing, or complex technical storytelling.
• Familiarity with After Effects, Figma, motion/design handoff workflows, or AI-assisted video tools.

Responsibilities

• Support Redis’ Brand video function during a temporary coverage period, helping keep priority video projects moving from intake through final delivery.
• Manage day-to-day video project coordination across Brand Marketing, Product Marketing, Demand Gen, Events, Enablement, and other internal partners.
• Scope incoming video requests, clarify goals and deliverables, build timelines, track milestones, and flag priorities or resourcing tradeoffs.
• Oversee the end-to-end production process for a range of video projects, including brand videos, product marketing videos, paid/social cutdowns, internal videos, event content, demos, and customer-facing stories.
• Partner closely with the Brand team to ensure video work feels polished, on-brand, and aligned with Redis’ creative direction.
• Coordinate with external video, motion, and production partners, including sharing briefs, assets, feedback, timelines, and delivery specs.
• Review scripts, storyboards, rough cuts, motion graphics, captions, and final exports for clarity, quality, brand consistency, and accuracy.
• Support light post-production needs when helpful, including pulling selects, creating simple cutdowns, captioning, versioning, export prep, and organizing final deliverables.
• Help adapt video assets across formats and channels
• Support occasional in-person production needs in the SF Bay Area, including shoot prep, shot lists, vendor coordination, stakeholder communication, and on-site production support.
• Keep project files, asset folders, feedback threads, and handoff notes organized so work is easy for the team to track while the internal video lead is out.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed