Multimedia Storyteller - Cinematography Focus

About the role

This is not a role for someone looking to maintain the status quo. You will be joining a growing, entrepreneurial content undertaking operating inside one of the most powerful financial institutions in the world. That combination — startup energy, global scale — is rare, and it is deliberate. We are building a content capability that can compete with the best editorial and media brands anywhere, and we need a senior cinematographer who wants to be part of shaping it from the ground up.

Responsibilities

• Principal Photography & Camera Operation: Lead all aspects of camera work across Citi Wealth's video output — expert interviews, brand films, client testimonials, market briefings, event coverage, and long-form editorial — bringing a considered, purposeful visual approach to every production and every format.
• Guardian of the Image: Own Citi Wealth's visual identity across all moving image output. Establish, protect, and evolve the look and feel of the brand on camera — ensuring consistency of aesthetic across formats, teams, and production contexts, and acting as the final word on image quality before anything leaves the team.
• Visual Language & Franchise Development: Take a leading role in establishing the cinematographic identity of whole new content franchises — from initial creative concepting through to a defined, repeatable visual language that can scale. You will not just execute briefs; you will define the look.
• Cinematic Style & Reference: Draw consciously and fluently on the traditions of cinematography — from movements and masters to genre conventions and contemporary visual culture — transposing influences into a brand context with intelligence, restraint, and originality.
• Lighting & Art Direction: Design and execute lighting setups across a range of environments — studio, office, on-location, and live event — achieving a consistent, premium aesthetic regardless of the conditions inherited.
• AI-Enhanced Photography: Use AI and computational imaging tools selectively and purposefully to enhance principal photography — whether in color grading, noise reduction, image stabilization, or the selective augmentation of footage — always in service of the image, never as a substitute for getting it right on set.
• On-Location Production: Travel to shoot on location as required — client events, market moments, interview series abroad, brand shoots — bringing agility, creative problem-solving, and uncompromising visual standards into live production environments.
• Post-Production Collaboration: Work closely with the editing team through post — providing organized, well-labelled footage, contributing to color and grade decisions, and ensuring the visual intent of the shoot survives through to the final cut.
• Camera Department Build-Out: Play an active role in building the team's camera department — advising on equipment acquisition, identifying the right futureproof kit for the team's evolving needs, and taking ownership of the kit room: its inventory, its maintenance, its organization, and its standards.
• Workflow Innovation: Continuously import best practices from film, advertising, broadcast, and digital production — identifying what the team can learn and adapt from the best image-makers in the world, and training collaborators as new tools and techniques become available.
• Senior Collaboration: Work closely with the Head of Content & Client Engagement and partner across editors, writers, designers, producers, and strategists to deliver ambitious work on time and to a high standard.

Qualifications

• 6-10 years of professional experience in cinematography, camera operation, or visual content production — with a portfolio that demonstrates genuine range across genres, tones, formats, and production environments.
• An encyclopedic knowledge of film — its visual history, cinematographic movements, directors of photography, lighting traditions, and lens aesthetics — and the ability to apply that knowledge practically and purposefully in a professional production environment.
• A demonstrable track record of raising visual standards, establishing distinctive aesthetics, and functioning as a visual authority within a content team.
• Expert-level proficiency across a range of professional camera systems — Sony FX, RED, ARRI, or equivalent — with deep knowledge of lens selection, sensor characteristics, and acquisition formats.
• Deep practical expertise in lighting design — from clean, controlled interview setups to complex multi-source narrative lighting — across studio and location environments.
• A proven visual instinct for composition, movement, and light — with the creative versatility to work across formats from social edits to long-form one-shots, and the confidence to define a new visual language when the brief demands it.
• A rigorous awareness of the visual competitive landscape — with the analytical instinct to identify differentiation opportunities and the craft to realize them in-camera.
• Experience and comfort working on location — shooting in unpredictable environments, adapting quickly, and maintaining visual standards outside the conditions of a studio.
• Familiarity with AI and computational imaging tools as a means of enhancing principal photography — with a clear philosophy about where technology serves the image and where it doesn't.
• Strong communication skills — you can articulate your visual ideas clearly to non-practitioners and bring a team along with your creative thinking.
• A collaborative, low-ego working style — generous with your expertise, receptive to direction, and energized by building something together.

Education

• Bachelor’s/University degree, Master’s degree preferred

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience advising on or managing a camera and equipment inventory — with a practical understanding of what constitutes futureproof kit investment for a growing production team.
• Hands-on experience with AI-assisted color grading (DaVinci Resolve AI, Adobe Sensei), computational photography, or selective AI augmentation of live footage — applied thoughtfully within a broader production workflow.
• Experience producing visual content for wealth management, investment banking, financial services, or luxury brand audiences.
• Background in documentary cinematography, commercial production, broadcast journalism, advertising, or narrative film.
• Proficiency in color grading and DI workflows — DaVinci Resolve preferred.
• Drone operation certification and experience.
• Familiarity with virtual production or LED volume environments.
• Bachelor's degree in Film/Media Production, Cinematography, Visual Arts, or a related field — or equivalent professional experience.

Core Competencies

• Guardian of the Image: You feel a genuine, almost proprietary responsibility for the quality and consistency of every frame that carries the Citi Wealth name. That standard doesn't slip under pressure.
• Visual Range: You move with ease across formats — the considered one-shot, the social cut, the cinematic reference piece, the live event — bringing the right visual language to each without defaulting to a single house style.
• Film Literacy: Your knowledge of cinema's visual tradition is deep and applied — you reference it, draw from it, and use it to make better, more original creative decisions.
• Cinematic Style: You draw consciously and fluently on the traditions of cinematography — from movements and masters to genre conventions and contemporary visual culture — transposing influences into a brand context with intelligence, restraint, and originality.
• Competitive Eye: You know what the field is doing, you form a clear view on it, and you use that knowledge to shoot something different.
• Builder's Mindset: You are energized by creating something from scratch — establishing visual languages, building a camera department, defining franchise aesthetics, and leaving a team more capable than you found it.
• Production Agility: You thrive in fast-moving, live environments — on location, on a new brief, under constraints — without losing your visual standards or your composure.
• Craft Over Convenience: You use technology to serve the image, not to rescue it. Getting it right on set is always the ambition.
• Brand Stewardship: You are a consistent champion of the Citi Wealth visual identity — protecting it even as you push it forward.