Video Producer

About the team/job

The EMBL Photolab group is responsible for the imaging, audiovisual and video production needs of EMBL and EMBO in Heidelberg. In this position, you will work in a team of three audiovisual technicians, three photographers and one video producer.

Your role

Responsibilities will include:

• Video project planning and production for EMBL clients, including guiding them through the preparatory and ongoing stages.
• Coordinate video production services between departments and EMBL sites for internal and external audiences.
• Autonomously run all video productions, including but not limited to interviews, documentaries, promotional videos, trailers, e-learning lectures, scientific technique demonstrations, social media postings, events summary videos, teasers, animated infographics and video reels.
• Help develop and maintain EMBL's corporate video ID and MOGRT files.
• Run and design post-production workflows, with a variety of software spanning from professional NLE applications to After Effects.
• Data wrangling, transcoding and compressing, footage logging and video archiving.
• AV support for EMBL Council meetings and emergency AV team backup.

The position involves weekend work when necessary.

You have

As our ideal candidate, you should have at least a university degree in media design, film and television production or a higher level qualification and/or demonstrable high level experience in digital video production and non-linear editing with several years of professional experience including color grading, compositing, transcoding and motion graphics. Professional experience with advanced studio and field lighting, together with gimbal and multi-camera work are a must.

Adobe Premiere Pro and Final Cut Pro are the preferred editing software of the Photolab group, although experience with other platforms is also welcome. Proficiency in Adobe After Effects, Photoshop or Illustrator is also required. In addition, you should have strong storytelling capabilities, good organisational, communication and interpersonal skills together with good English language ability.

The candidate must also have a keen interest in the latest technology, both hardware and software trends, in order to keep themselves and the service offered up to date.

A good knowledge of emerging AI software, tools and techniques, both to streamline post-production workflows and to enhance the production value of all video projects is considered a very valuable asset.

You might also have

German language proficiency would be an advantage.

Why join us

EMBL is curiosity-driven, community-oriented and international. As an inclusive, equal opportunity employer, we believe that diversity enables us to collaborate more effectively and be innovative in our approaches. EMBL offers attractive conditions and benefits appropriate to an international research organisation with a very collegial and family-friendly working environment. Competitive salary and social security benefits, financial support for relocation, a relaxed culture, professional development, an on-site nursery, canteen and other staff facilities make EMBL a great place to work.

Enjoy lots of benefits

• Financial incentives: Income tax exemption, monthly family, child and non-resident allowances, annual salary review, a pension scheme, life insurance, long-term care, accident-at-work and unemployment insurances.
• Flexible working arrangements.
• Certified training and continued development of your professional and personal skills.
• Private medical insurance for you and your immediate family.
• Generous time off: 30 days annual leave per year.
• Generous relocation package including installation grant (if applicable).
• Family benefits: On-site nursery, 10 days of child sick leave, generous parental leave and monthly family and child allowances.
• Benefits for international newcomers: Visa exemption, education grant for private schooling, financial support to travel back to your home country every second year and a monthly non-resident allowance.

What’s it like to work at EMBL? Hear what some of our staff have to say on our YouTube channel here.

What else do I need to know

We are Europe’s research laboratory for the life sciences – an intergovernmental organisation performing scientific research in disciplines including molecular biology, physics, chemistry and computer science. We are an international, innovative and interdisciplinary laboratory with more than 1900 employees from many nations, operating across six sites, in Heidelberg (HQ), Barcelona, Hinxton near Cambridge, Hamburg, Grenoble and Rome.

Please note that appointments on fixed-term contracts can be renewed up to 9 years in total, depending on circumstances at the time of the review.

**Don’t meet every single requirement? We are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply nevertheless.