About the Role
We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Commercial Video Producer to join the team behind Australia’s most loved food brands: taste.com.au, Australia’s Best Recipes, and Kidspot Kitchen. Reporting to the Commercial Food Director, you will be the creative and culinary force behind our sponsored video content. This is a true hybrid role requiring a unique blend of skills: you need to be a confident cook, a food stylist, an engaging on-camera presenter, and a savvy mobile videographer and editor. You will manage multiple commercial campaigns simultaneously, seamlessly blending our editorial style and tone with client objectives to create high-performing recipe videos.
Responsibilities
- Manage the end-to-end production of commercial recipe videos, including food preparation, styling, shooting, presenting, and editing.
- Work closely with the commercial teams to interpret and execute client briefs, ensuring commercial demands and feedback are expertly balanced with engaging, high-quality content.
- Shoot thumb-stopping food video content primarily using mobile phone setups, comfortably transitioning between our dedicated News Corp studio kitchens and your home kitchen setup.
- Edit footage into polished, highly engaging short-form videos using Adobe Creative Suite (in particular Premiere Pro).
- Act as on-camera talent and provide professional voiceovers for branded videos.
- Manage multiple commercial client projects simultaneously, ensuring all deliverables are met on time and to the highest standard.
- Handle on-the-ground shoot logistics, including sourcing ingredients, shopping, and moving to and from shoot locations.
Requirements
- Extensive hands-on cooking experience and a meticulous eye for food styling.
- Proven capability to make food look beautiful, accessible, and appetising on camera.
- Strong all-rounder cook with the ability to comfortably execute everything from snacks to party food and mains to dessert.
- Demonstrated experience in shooting high-quality food videos on a mobile phone including setting up multiple camera angles and basic lighting and audio.
- Engaging and natural on-camera presence.
- Highly proficient in video editing using Adobe Premiere Pro and the wider Adobe Creative Suite, with a grasp of pacing, color grading, and audio mixing for digital platforms.
- Highly attuned to client demands and able to collaboratively navigate feedback via commercial teams.
- Ability to pivot when needed and find creative solutions that satisfy strict brand guidelines.
- Proven ability to juggle multiple campaigns, prep lists, and shoot schedules in a fast-paced environment.
- Hold a valid driver's license and own a car to assist with moving equipment, shopping, and travelling between shoot locations.
- Strong understanding of current digital food trends, social media platforms and trends, and what makes branded content perform organically.
Skills
- Cooking
- Food Styling
- On-camera Presenting
- Mobile Videography
- Video Editing
- Adobe Premiere Pro
- Adobe Creative Suite
- Client Brief Interpretation
- Project Management
- Social Media Trends
- Digital Food Trends
Location
- Australia
Work Type
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- Senior
Benefits
- Access to publications and products from across the News Corp family
- Exclusive offers across a range of products and services
- Advice, support and facilities for healthy minds and bodies
- Onsite gym at Adelaide, Brisbane & Sydney offices
- Parental leave
- Birthday leave
- Volunteer leave
- Career break
- Compassionate leave
- Support on making the most of your money
- Tailored development opportunities, including leadership programs
- Volunteer opportunities and company-organised charity drives
- Multi-faith quiet rooms & parents’ rooms
About the Company
- News Corp Australia is Australia's leading media company.
- For over a century, News Corp Australia has been an integral part of Australian life, delivering the news and information Australians rely on daily.
- Telling the stories that matter drives every piece of journalism, campaign, project, and innovation.
- With over 150 brands spanning news, sport, and lifestyle, we connect with 18 million Australians monthly.
- We evolve to meet the changing needs of our audiences through text-based content, dynamic video, personalised apps, fantasy games, podcasts, and events.
- Our purpose is to make a difference, be principled, get it done, push boundaries, and work as a team.
Equal Opportunity
- We are committed to equal employment opportunities regardless of race, religion, sexual orientation, age, disability or gender identity.
- Applicants of diverse backgrounds are encouraged to apply!
- We are committed to ensuring an accessible and supportive recruitment process.
- If you require any adjustments or accommodations at any stage, please do not hesitate to let us know here.
