Video Producer & Content Creator
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Our client is seeking a Freelance Video Producer/Writer for a full-time contract creating internal training, onboarding, safety, and operational video content. This hands-on role spans pre-production, filming, editing, and final delivery, combining clear storytelling with accurate, step-by-step instructional content. The position is hybrid in Chicago and requires approximately 20-25% domestic travel, sometimes on short notice.
You Will:
Produce video projects from concept through final delivery, including pre-production planning, location filming, editing, and post-production.
Create engaging training, onboarding, safety, standard operating procedure, conference, and internal event content.
Translate detailed policies and procedures into clear visual stories while maintaining accuracy and following established standards.
Develop story ideas, scripts, storyboards, shot lists, and production plans in partnership with internal stakeholders.
Coordinate on-camera participants, crew logistics, locations, equipment, and production schedules.
Independently shoot and edit footage, capturing the material needed to execute approved storyboards.
Collaborate with media designers, editors, and production partners on graphics, wordmarks, 3D assets, and multimedia packages.
Support light graphic design and incorporate branded visual elements into finished videos.
Manage stakeholder feedback, shifting priorities, and occasional urgent requests while keeping projects moving.
Travel to domestic filming locations, including overnight trips and assignments scheduled on short notice.
You Have:
3+ years of experience producing video content for an in-house creative team, agency, or broadcast organization.
Strong hands-on video filming, editing, and pre-production skills, with the ability to shoot and edit independently.
A portfolio demonstrating complete projects you helped create from planning and production through final editing.
Experience coordinating production logistics and working collaboratively with crews, creative partners, and stakeholders.
Strong writing, organizational, communication, and project management skills.
The ability to balance creative storytelling with brand guidelines and precise instructional requirements.
Flexibility to work in a fast-paced environment with changing schedules and production needs.
Availability for a Chicago-based hybrid schedule and approximately five days of domestic travel per month, sometimes on short notice.
Experience with scriptwriting, directing, storyboarding, training videos, or sizzle reels preferred.
Familiarity with Adobe Premiere Pro, After Effects, and Photoshop preferred.
Experience in a large, matrixed organization or a regulated industry preferred.
Logistics:
Start Date/Duration: October 26, 2026 to January 30, 2027; extension or conversion possible but not guaranteed.
Hours/Week: 40 Hours/Week; preferred schedule is 9:00 AM-5:00 PM Central.
Onsite/Offsite: Hybrid in Chicago; onsite Tuesday, Wednesday, and the first and third Thursday of each month. Fully remote candidates will not be considered.
Travel: Approximately 20-25% domestic travel, or five days per month. Overnight travel and short-notice availability required.
Laptop/Software Requirements: Client-provided
Background Check: Yes
Drug Screen: Yes
Hourly Pay Rate: $40/Hour
To be considered, please email your internal contact or [email protected] with your resume and why you're a fit.
Hourly rate: $40/hr