As a Multimedia Creator, we expect you to produce exceptional creative work for our clients, and our agency. There will be a strong focus on commercial-style video in this role, with some photography / graphic design parts of the job as well. You will create content for social media, websites, SEO, digital ads, and more. Our clients range in industry from logistics to banking, SaaS to healthcare.
There’s a reason we call our employees Optimists. Named for 5+ years to various Best Places to Work lists, we offer a truly exceptional agency, with competitive compensation, strong-work life balance, significant employee development budgets, three-time-a-year employee reviews, clear paths to career progression, plentiful PTO (plus unlimited sick time for mental + physical health,) and of course, office pups.
We offer a hybrid work environment where you can choose to work in-office at our headquarters in New Orleans, or at home every day. Please note that this specific role will require:
Physically living, working, and driving in the Greater New Orleans area. You’ll get lots of practice avoiding potholes.
Up to three times / week visits to physical locations in New Orleans to produce content, including our offices and client-sites.
Up to three times / month trips to client sites across the domestic United States.
Utilizing your personal vehicle to travel to video shoots locally and drive rental cars to national video shoots.
For all local driving we provide IRS standard mileage ($0.67 / mile). For travel, we provide IRS standard per diems reimbursement as well as individual hotel rooms.
To be considered, you must apply from our website by December 1st, 2024.
Job responsibilities will be:
40% On-site video production & on-camera work around Southeast Louisiana.
10% On-site video production & on-camera work at home or wherever you find convenient.
10% Travel & on-site video production around the United States.
10% Video editing, in either the Adobe suite or your choice of video editing tool.
10% Photography, through a mix of iPhone Pros and our DSLRs.
10% Graphic design & on-computer creative work, including the use of Adobe creative products (or Canva if you prefer).
5% Any relevant skill-set or interest that you bring to the table, to align with your career goals. Do you have an interest in hand-lettering? Want to see how you can incorporate generative AI into your work? We can cater this role to your specific goals.
5% Always optimizing, to improve the video capabilities of our agency.
WHO ARE WE LOOKING FOR?
If you’re looking for a place to grow where your work (and you) will be appreciated and rewarded, you’ll find a home at Online Optimism.
You must have at least:
2 to 10 years of creating video content in a professional setting. Yes, we are aware that this is a very wide range of experience. We’re open to bringing on someone earlier in their career that we can develop. Alternatively, we may also bring on a more experienced individual that is looking to move into a leadership role soon. Our compensation will match where you fit in this range, if you get selected for the opportunity.
A proven portfolio of video work.
Excellent verbal communication skills, and the ability to provide a positive, Optimistic presence on-site with clients.
A passion for helping organizations across industries succeed through multimedia storytelling.
In addition, the strongest candidates will have:
Experience working within the Adobe Suite of tools (or similar software).
Knowledge and experience providing video for social media, websites, and online advertising campaigns.
A portfolio of photography, animation, and other creative work beyond video.
Previous work communicating directly with clients, or being in charge of on-site production.
A degree in video, marketing, or communications.
What’s It Like to Be an Optimist?
As a full-time employee, you’ll receive all the benefits that a career at Online Optimism gets you. They’re fully detailed on our Careers page, but an overview is below:
A base annual salary paid weekly, DOE.
29 paid days off per year: 15 days paid vacation + 14 holidays, including Thanksgiving, Black Friday, Christmas Eve, Juneteenth, Mardi Gras, Lundi Gras, and recovery-from-Muses-Friday.
Unlimited sick time for your physical and mental health.
3 levels of Health Insurance for employees and dependents, 50% covered by Online Optimism—no matter which plan you choose.
Short term disability for 16 weeks.
Dental Insurance for you and dependents, 50% covered by Online Optimism.
Vision and Life Insurance, 100% covered by Online Optimism.
Summer Fridays (which, at our agency, are 4 extra half-days you get over the summer).
Simple IRA retirement plan, with 3% matching from Online Optimism.
All employees receive raises at least annually, and our high-performers have earned raises two to three times a year in the past.
All employees receive holiday bonuses. The amount depends on our company’s success throughout the year.
Participation in our twist on a 200% corporate match with our Donate, Elevate Program.
Casual dress code.
Endless office snacks. We’re not just talking about fun-size candy bars, either. Kombucha, lox, Red Bull, Clif Bars, organic fruit freezer pops, guacamole…if it’s available at Costco, we’ll get it for you.
Gifts for everyone on a new client account, or website launch.
We offer free web hosting to any Optimist.
Eligibility for commissions on referrals.
Top of the line computers to work on.
Our office hours are 9-5, Monday – Friday. You will be able to have flexible work hours including 8-4, and 10 – 6.
We cover the cost of any networking groups or events related to your career or skills that you want to work on.
A half-day during your birthday week
We have an in-place policy that we don’t require employees to check their email while outside the office. We believe strongly in maintaining a work/life balance.
After your first 12 months of employment, you’re eligible for paid maternity or parental (adoptive) leave every twelve months, rolling. Paid is 100% your base salary. It is sixteen weeks paid maternity leave, and eight weeks of paid leave for adoptions/paternity.
In your third year of employment, we’ll send you to a conference related to your field of study within the U.S., all expenses paid.
After 5 years of employment at Online Optimism, we extend your PTO from 15 days to 20.
After 10 years of employment at Online Optimism, we’ll provide you with an additional 3 week sabbatical.
Lack of non-compete.
Lastly, we’re very confident that everyone who receives one of our offers is going to be a great fit at Online Optimism. If, however, you don’t think it is after 60 days, no problem, we’ll offer you a buyout package. This means that we’ll offboard you over the next week (with insurance til the end of the current month), pay you a $2,000 severance package (after receiving our equipment back,) and wish you the best in your career somewhere else.
Again, to be considered, you must apply from our website by December 1st, 2024.
