Lead Storyteller (Video & Visual Content)

Responsibilities

• Narrative & Story Ownership
• Identify and shape compelling stories across teams, customers, and missions
• Maintain consistent brand voice while adapting tone
• Produce, shoot, and edit short- and mid-form video content as the primary output
• Capture supporting photography when needed to strengthen storytelling
• Document flight operations, engineering, customer demos, missions, and major milestones
• Travel to aerospace, defense, and public safety environments to capture real-world content
• Work confidently with technical, operational, and executive stakeholders
• Bring a documentarian mindset to sensitive, credibility-driven environments

Qualifications

• 7+ years as a visual storyteller, videographer, documentarian, or senior content creator
• Portfolio demonstrating narrative strength and editorial judgment
• Deep hands-on experience producing and editing video content independently
• Comfortable working autonomously in dynamic, real-world environments

Skills

• Proficiency with modern video, photo, and editing tools (Figma, Adobe creative suite, Canon C80, Mavic Pro 4, Canon R5)

Personal Attributes

• Demonstrates a proactive safety mindset by embedding safety into daily operations, identifying and mitigating risks through assessments and training, encouraging open dialogue on safety concerns, and continuously improving protocols to ensure a safe work environment.
• Puts customers at the center of every action by deeply understanding their challenges, delivering exceptional value, and striving to exceed expectations to support their success as our core purpose.
• Actively seeks and values diverse stakeholder perspectives, builds cross-functional relationships, and fosters trust through empathetic, fact-based communication—committing to shared decisions for the greater good.
• Drives results with clarity and purpose by focusing on what matters most, adapting to change, taking initiative, and owning outcomes while aligning actions with a clear understanding of success at every level.
• Navigates ambiguity with resilience and bold thinking, challenges the status quo, and combines innovative ideas with practical best practices to overcome obstacles and drive progress.
• Fosters a high-performance culture grounded in respect, professionalism, and support—balancing high expectations with a healthy, collaborative environment and being a trusted, dependable teammate.

Benefits

$110,000 - $150,000 a year

We're open to considering candidates in California and Miami.

Pivotal offers a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, vision, and 401k plans.

Pivotal is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Pivotal does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status or any other basis covered by appropriate law.

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