Head of Video Production

About the Company

This investor-backed technology company has built its own platform for creating personalised and interactive video at scale. Enterprise brands use it to send large numbers of individually tailored videos to their customers, with each video changing for the person watching it. The platform is live and already delivering campaigns for international clients.

The business is focused entirely on personalised and interactive video and runs from Johannesburg. The team is small and works closely with the CEO, so this role has a direct impact on every client project the company delivers.

Job Overview

We are looking for a senior, hands-on Head of Video Production to take over the company's production division, with a full handover from the current head of the division.

You will own production and delivery for every client project, from the signed script through design, After Effects and Templater builds, data, rendering and quality control, until the finished assets are handed over for final technical delivery. This is not a pure motion graphics role. You need to understand the systems, the data and the flow of work as well as the creative.

Personalised video is built from data. You will link client data in Google Sheets to After Effects through Templater, split each video into standard and personalised segments so that only the unique parts are rendered, and run the automated rendering. You will also take over the in-house tools that support production and quality control, and keep improving them.

You will manage a motion designer who joins the team, and grow the division as the business scales. The role reports to the CEO and works closely with the PMO.

Duties and Responsibilities

Production and Delivery

• Own production and delivery for all client projects, from signed project to handover for final technical delivery.
• Review scripts with clients and the team, including the messaging and personalisation variables, so that each video is technically achievable and cost-efficient to render.
• Manage storyboards, production resources, timelines and external creative partners.
• Manage and develop the motion designer, and grow the team.

 Personalised Video Builds

• Build After Effects templates with Templater, linked to Google Sheets, for personalised text, images and audio.
• Split each video into standard and personalised segments so that only the unique parts are rendered.
• Receive, check and prepare client data before it goes into production.
• Set up and run the automated rendering.

 Systems and Automation

• Take over, document and maintain the in-house production and quality control tools.
• Build and improve scripts and automation across the production pipeline.
• Configure interactive video experiences in the company's in-house builder.

 AI Voice and Avatars

• Produce personalised AI voiceovers in ElevenLabs.
• Review and edit avatar footage, prepare avatars in HeyGen and produce personalised avatar segments.

 Quality Control

• Run automated and visual quality checks on rendered videos before handover.

 Creative

• Own the look and feel of client videos, including design and motion graphics.
• Edit video and sound in Premiere and Audition.
• Produce personalised images for client email campaigns.
• Create marketing materials, pitch decks, product demos and promotional videos for the business.

Minimum Requirements

• At least 6 years' experience in motion graphics or video production, including senior or lead experience.
• Expert-level Adobe After Effects.
• Hands-on Templater experience, including data-driven builds linked to Google Sheets or other data sources.
• Experience with data and systems for personalised or automated video: preparing and checking data, rendering video in segments and running automated rendering.
• Production management experience, owning projects, deadlines and delivery.
• Has managed a team of at least 3 people.
• Strong design skills in layout, typography and look and feel, using Photoshop and Illustrator.
• Video editing and sound in Premiere and Audition.
• A strong showreel and portfolio.

Nice-To-Have

• Scripting for production tools and automation, such as After Effects expressions, ExtendScript, JavaScript or Python. (Strong advantage)
• ElevenLabs, HeyGen or other AI voice and avatar tools.
• Automated or cloud rendering tools, such as Nexrender or Plainly.
• Interactive video experience.
• Cinema 4D or Blender.
• A degree in graphic design, animation, multimedia or a related field.

Personal Attributes

• Hands-on manager who builds and fixes things themselves.
• Thinks in systems and processes as well as in design.
• Owns delivery end to end and copes well under deadline pressure.
• Documents what they build so the team can work without them.

How to Apply?

If you are a senior After Effects and Templater specialist who manages production and understands the data and systems behind personalised video, we would like to hear from you.

Send your CV and links to your showreel or portfolio to kayla@skillzpage.com

(If you do not hear from us within 2 weeks, please consider your application unsuccessful.)