Videographer (Real Estate)

Job Description

Requirements

• - Hands-on experience shooting video in real estate — properties, developments, brokers or agency content.
• - You must have your own equipment: camera, lighting, stabiliser, audio.
• - Strong camera skills and a working understanding of light: how to read it, shape it, and fix it on location.
• - Confidence directing people on camera. Most of the people you film are not professional presenters — you keep them on script, make them comfortable, and watch how they look and sound in frame. That is part of the job, not an extra.
• - Solid editing skills: cuts and pacing, subtitles, music, basic colour and sound correction, correct export formats, and a tidy approach to files and versions. Nothing cinematic is expected — what matters is clean, consistent output delivered on schedule.
• - Marketing thinking: you understand what a video is for and who it speaks to, and you can improve a brief rather than only follow it.
• - A basic practical understanding of filming in Dubai — where you can and cannot shoot, and how permissions work in practice. You will not be handling this alone: our team helps with permits and with talking to developer and community representatives.
• - Fluent English — this is the working language inside the team.
• - Based in Dubai and able to travel to shoots across the city.
• Portfolio — mandatory. Applications without a portfolio will not be reviewed. Your reel or folder must contain all three of the following:
• - talking-head content — a piece where you handled the lighting, the sound and the speaker yourself;
• - reportage — live, unscripted coverage of an event, a viewing or a site visit;
• - vertical short-form content with a live speaker on camera.
• Work filmed in Dubai is strongly preferred. For each piece, tell us what was yours — filming, lighting, editing, or all of it. We would rather see three honest pieces than a polished reel you only partly made.

Responsibilities

• Plan and run shoots according to the monthly content plan agreed with the marketing team and the SMM manager.
• Set up and operate camera, lighting and sound on location, working as a one-person crew.
• Direct the people in front of the lens - keep speakers on script, make sure the text is delivered properly, and control how they look and sound in frame.
• Film all four content types: talking-head pieces, reportage, vertical short-form, and longer formats when required.
• Edit everything you shoot: cuts, pacing, subtitles, music, basic colour and sound correction, exported in the right aspect ratios.
• Deliver finished videos on the agreed deadlines - up to 30 per month.
• Keep footage organised: sensible file naming, backups, archive, and source files handed over to the team.
• Maintain your equipment so it is charged, working and ready on every shoot day.
• Coordinate access and permissions ahead of shoots together with the team.
• Contribute ideas: propose formats, references and improvements to briefs rather than only executing them.
• Flag risks to deadlines early, before they become missed publications.

Skills Required