Houston Based Short-Form Videographer

Texas Sports Academy Main • Houston, TX

9d • Onsite

About The Position

Texas Sports Academy is hiring a Houston-based Videographer to shoot and edit daily short-form video content across youth sports tournaments, practices, games, and brand events. The role produces vertical content for Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube, and includes responsibility for camera work, editing, and maintaining the asset library. The videographer will often work independently at filming locations and serve as the main point of contact for the school being filmed. They will work closely with the Houston and Austin Social Media team and communicate campus updates, including upcoming events, standout students and coaches, schedule changes, and potential story ideas. The role requires independent work, clear communication, and proactive coordination. This is a contract position paying $35 per hour, for up to 40 hours per week.

Requirements

• Provide a portfolio of short-form vertical video work, ideally created for a brand, team, or creator account in sports, athletics, or lifestyle.
• Have experience shooting handheld in fast, unpredictable live environments, with consistent focus, framing, and exposure.
• Be proficient in Premiere Pro, DaVinci Resolve, or CapCut Pro.
• Understand hooks, pacing, sound design, and platform-specific best practices for vertical video.
• Have strong editorial judgment and be able to anticipate shots, read an event in real time, and identify moments that will work in post-production.
• Have prior experience shooting for a team, league, club, or sports brand.
• Maintain a reliable system for managing cards, backups, folder structure, and file naming.
• Own or have access to a professional camera setup, including a mirrorless or cinema camera body, lenses, audio equipment, and basic lighting.
• Be based in Houston, Texas, and have reliable transportation to shoots across the Houston metro area.
• Have U.S. work authorization.

Nice To Haves

• Proficiency using AI tools in a professional editing workflow, such as Premiere Pro’s MCP integration, Claude Code, or Google Flow, to generate rough cuts, captions, and platform variations, with the ability to review and refine output to a publishable standard.
• Ability to create graphics, lower thirds, and animated text in After Effects or directly in an editor.
• Basic photography knowledge and ability to switch between photo and video occasionally.
• Comfort running short interviews with athletes, coaches, or parents.

Responsibilities

• Capture video at youth sports tournaments, practices, games, and brand events across Houston and surrounding areas.
• Plan coverage so each shoot produces multiple pieces of usable content.
• Capture player highlights, behind-the-scenes moments, athlete and coach interviews, atmosphere, and B-roll footage.
• Edit Reels, TikToks, and YouTube Shorts, including pacing, sound design, captions, and on-screen text.
• Organize footage, maintain file backups, and manage a searchable archive of raw and edited assets.
• Track social trends, viral formats, and new editing techniques and apply them to content.
• Deliver same-day or next-day edits of event content.
• Serve as the main point of contact for the school being filmed and communicate campus updates and story ideas to the Social Media team.

What This Job Offers

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