Video Producer

About the role

PlanetScale is looking for a Video Producer to own the hands-on video production at PlanetScale. Video is one of the most effective ways we connect with developers, customers, and the broader technical community. This role involves bringing a strong creative point of view and the ability to execute ideas from concept to final cut.

Responsibilities

• Own PlanetScale's video program across customer stories, product launches, in-person events, executive content, YouTube, shorts, and other formats that help developers understand what we're building and why it matters.
• Set the creative bar for video, ensuring strong instincts around story, pacing, visuals, sound, and detail so every piece feels sharp, intentional, and unmistakably PlanetScale.
• Find the narrative in technical subject matter, shaping raw material into engaging content, whether it's a customer's migration story, a database launch, or a conference keynote.
• Film on location at customer offices, conferences, events, and our San Francisco office, handling camera, lighting, audio, direction, and practical details to get the shot.
• Edit long-form YouTube videos, launch assets, event recaps, social clips, and shorts with a strong sense of rhythm, structure, and audience.
• Own post-production from assembly through delivery, including pacing, sound design, color, motion graphics, animation, and final polish.
• Build and manage a lean production pipeline, including gear, scheduling, shot planning, footage organization, stakeholder reviews, and delivery.
• Operate as a highly hands-on individual contributor, setting creative direction and executing the work yourself.
• Move quickly while protecting quality, balancing tight schedules with high standards.

Requirements

• A strong portfolio showing range across polished narrative work, quick-turn edits, social cuts, and/or short-form video. Your portfolio matters more than your resume.
• Demonstrated experience filming, directing, and editing projects end-to-end as an individual contributor.
• Strong editing skills in Premiere Pro, DaVinci Resolve, Final Cut, or equivalent.
• Experience shooting on location, including interviews, with the ability to handle your own lighting and audio.
• Motion graphics and animation ability, with good judgment for when these tools enhance the story.
• Strong project management skills, including planning shoots, managing footage, organizing feedback, and delivering on deadlines.
• Willingness and ability to travel for shoots at events and customer sites.
• This role requires you to be based in the San Francisco Bay Area. You may work remotely at times but will be expected to work from our San Francisco office when needed for filming, production, and other in-person work.

Qualifications

• You are a strong and experienced video editor with a keen understanding of pacing, structure, sound, and storytelling.
• You are a storyteller first, able to extract the human, product, or business narrative from technical material.
• You have strong taste and creative judgment, with a portfolio of work you're proud of and can explain the creative choices behind.
• You are equally comfortable behind the camera and in the edit suite, capable of producing high-quality work without a large crew.
• You are highly self-directed and operational, able to take a loose idea, turn it into a plan, and execute it from start to finish.
• You take input well from leadership and cross-functional partners while bringing your own creative ideas to the work.
• You are comfortable with ambiguity, speed, and high ownership, able to act quickly without compromising quality.

Skills

• Experience in developer tools, infrastructure, databases, or another engineering-focused space.
• Experience producing content for YouTube, social, or a public creative channel where you developed a strong sense of audience and format.
• Experience filming and interviewing executives, engineers, customers, or technical subject-matter experts.
• 3D or advanced animation ability in Blender, After Effects, or similar.
• Comfort using AI tools across the creative and production workflow, and curiosity about what they make newly possible.

Why PlanetScale

We're redefining how high-growth companies manage data at scale, working with some of the most exciting brands in gaming, consumer tech, AI, and B2B SaaS. PlanetScale already has one of the strongest technical communities online, and video is a key way to strengthen that community further. As our first dedicated Video Producer, you'll own this craft and help shape our creative output.

PlanetScale is a profitable company with a philosophy centered around building small teams of top-tier individuals and is recognized as one of the fastest-growing companies in America. We support people to do their best work and thrive, regardless of location.

Pay

Base salary range: $140,000 – $200,000 USD.

Total compensation consists of base salary + benefits + equity. A member of our Talent Acquisition team will be happy to answer any further questions during the interview process.