Filmmaker
Job description
PandaDoc’s Brand Studio is looking for a storyteller to be our first Filmmaker.
We're building our video practice from scratch, and we want to do it right — leading with human stories around the customers, teams, and people behind the product. This role owns it end-to-end: concept, storyboard, shoot, edit, motion, delivery.
This is a player-coach role. You'll direct and operate cameras on location, cut the footage yourself, provide strong direction to post-production, and manage a motion designer on our team. Equally important: you'll help build AI-powered tools and workflows that let a small team punch way above its weight in volume, velocity, and quality.
You'll work closely with Brand Studio leads and Marketing stakeholders to translate briefs into video that actually moves people. You're as comfortable on a location shoot in Austin as you are in After Effects finishing a paid ad cut-down.
In this role, you will:
- Own the full video production lifecycle: From brief intake and concept development through shoot execution and final delivery. Pre-production, production, and post all live with you.
- Direct and shoot on location: Travel to on-site shoots, operate camera, set up lighting and audio, and direct internal spokespeople and external talent to capture authentic, on-brand content.
- Storyboard and concept video creative: Translate campaign briefs and brand strategy into compelling shot lists, storyboards, and production plans.
- Build AI-powered production infrastructure: Design and implement the tools workflows that scale video output without scaling headcount. This means building self-serve editing systems using tools like Descript, integrating AI video tools (Runway, Sora, or similar) into the production pipeline, and creating repeatable processes that let marketers produce basic content independently — with you setting the quality bar.
- Edit and deliver polished, platform-ready content: Cut long-form brand films, product videos, customer stories, social cut-downs, and paid ad variants — all to spec and on brand.
- Partner with our motion designer on post-production: Provide direction on motion graphics, animations, and visual effects — including lower thirds, title cards, and transitions. You'll set the direction, review cuts, and give clear, actionable feedback. Complex UI animation and advanced motion work lives with the motion designer — your job is to keep quality high and the collaboration tight.
- Manage the video production team: Manage the professional development for our motion designer. Depending on project scale, you may also source, brief, and manage freelance video editors and production agencies — knowing when to bring in outside support and how to integrate it without losing quality or brand consistency.
About you:
- You embody our EPIC values: you push for Excellence in every frame, find Purpose in storytelling that drives business results, embrace Innovation by exploring new tools and formats, and build Collaboration across creative, marketing, and beyond.
- You'll report into the Creative Director on the Brand Studio team, which sits within Corporate Marketing.
- You're a craftsperson first. You don't manage video production — you make it. Your portfolio shows end-to-end ownership, not just credits.
- You have a strong post-production foundation and can get hands-on in After Effects when needed. More importantly, you know what great motion looks like, you speak the language fluently, and you bring out the best in the specialists around you.
- You're equally at home in a production schedule and a timeline. Pre-production rigor and post-production polish aren't in tension for you — they're both just part of the job.
- You bring a point of view on where B2B video is going — including AI-assisted production tools, emerging formats, and what's actually working. You know the difference between a brand film and a product demo, and you know which one the brief actually needs.
- You give and receive creative feedback well. You can present a concept to a stakeholder and take direction from a brand designer on the same day.
- You're a builder. You want to leave behind systems, processes, and a team that can keep making great work when you're on the next shoot.
- You stay current on AI tools in production and know how to put them to work — you're always looking for smarter ways to move faster without sacrificing craft.
Qualifications:
- 7+ years of experience in video production with a portfolio demonstrating full ownership from concept to delivery
- Proven camera operation skills
- Expert-level proficiency in Adobe Premiere Pro
- Expert-level proficiency with AI-assisted video tools (Runway, Sora, or similar)
- Solid motion design foundation — comfortable with lower thirds, title cards, and light visual effects; knows when to hand complex animation work to a specialist
- Experience managing at least one direct report or motion designer
- Demonstrated ability to storyboard and concept original video creative
- Experience producing across formats: brand campaigns, product launches, customer stories, paid social, event content
- Willingness to travel for shoots (estimated 15–20%)
Why PandaDoc?
At PandaDoc, we're building the agreement platform for growing businesses — and we're investing in the brand to match that ambition. Through PandaDoc, we offer employees competitive compensation, best-in-class perks and benefits. We hire collaborative, customer-obsessed problem solvers and give you ample opportunity to grow and succeed. If you're passionate about craft, energized by brand building, and excited to make a difference, we'd love to hear from you.
Company overview:
PandaDoc empowers more than 60,000 growing organizations to thrive by taking the work out of document workflow. PandaDoc provides an all-in-one agreement management platform that helps fast-scaling teams accelerate the ability to create, manage, and sign digital documents including proposals, quotes, contracts, and more. For more information, please visit https://www.pandadoc.com.
Company culture:
We're known for our work-life balance, kind co-workers, and virtual team bonding events. Although our Pandas are located remotely across the globe, we stay connected with the help of technology and ensure that everyone on our team feels, well, like a team.
Pandas work best when they're happy. We retain our talent by upholding our values of integrity and transparency, and selling a product that changes the lives of our customers.
Check out our LinkedIn to learn more.
Benefits:
Employees may be able to purchase company stock (or receive annual bonuses). Employees (and their families) may enroll in the company's medical, dental, vision, short and long-term disability, life insurance, FSA, and 401k plans. Employees will also receive 13.34+ hours of paid time off per month, 6 self-care days, birthday PTO day, and 12 company paid holidays off per year.
The annual range for this role is $160,000–$185,000 OTE, which includes both base and variable pay.
PandaDoc is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to equal treatment of all employees without regard to race, national origin, religion, gender, age, sexual orientation, veteran status, physical or mental disability, or other basis protected by law.