Videographer

Direct and film the ads behind the UK's fastest-growing home services businesses.

We get the work, handle the clients, write the briefs, book the shoot and do the final editing. You turn up, direct, film, do some light post-prod and hand off. You film on location at our clients' sites across the UK, and we match you to shoots near where you're based.

Our clients range from enterprise marketing teams to the self-made installer, so you read the room. Some clients refuse to shoot with anyone but their regular videographer. That is the bar.

Five to seven sites, 45 to 60 minutes at each, and four or five ad concepts per site. Run-and-gun, not studio:

• Hooks, testimonials, scripted lines and B-roll, on the spot
• Movement beats tripods
• The drone shows the work people can't see from the ground

Some ads are scripted word for word. Others give you a hook and a call to action, and you prompt the installer through the middle. Either way, you're directing people who aren't actors.

1. 1Offer.We message you a date, usually one and a half to three weeks out, and check with you before we confirm it with the client.
2. 2Pre-shoot call.20 to 30 minutes with the client and the strategist who wrote the brief.
3. 3Shoot day.Up to 8 hours, five to seven sites. You run the day.
4. 4Prep and hand over.Voice-note a quick form on the drive home, prep the footage to the guide, one timeline per site, and upload within 24 hours.
5. 5Get paid.One invoice per shoot day, paid 7 days after approval.

• 01A detailed brief for every site.Sent well ahead of the day.
• 02A pre-shoot call.20 to 30 minutes with the client and the strategist, so everyone agrees the plan.
• 03Your best-performing ads.Shared with you, so you get better every shoot.
• 04One spec.4K 10-bit, vertical, the same frame rates and naming on every shoot.
• 05One written guide.With screenshots, from our Head of Production, and AI tools for the tedious parts.
• 06No final ads to edit.You prep the footage; our editors cut the ads.

• Can coach a nervous installer into a natural performance
• Are a chameleon, from the CEO to the site team
• Love working fast and finding the angle on the spot
• Are reliable and punctual, and want to own a region

• 01A pro camera.Recording 4K 10-bit with audio, with stabilisation and storage for a full day.
• 02A drone.One you can fly on every shoot.
• 03Your own editing software.For the light post-prod.
• 04Your own vehicle.Mileage is paid at 55p / mile for fuel.
• 0524hoursFast internet.Fast enough to upload a full shoot within 24 hours.

• £350flat8hours£350 flat day rate, the same for every videographer, for up to 8 hours on site
• £50£50 / hour post-production prep
• £100Up to £100 in bounties per shoot, on top of the day rate
• 2.5hoursTravel at 55p / mile, and a hotel covered for drives over 2.5 hours, agreed in advance
• £50£50 / hour approved overtime, and props reimbursed
• 7daysOne invoice per shoot day, paid 7 days after approval
• £1,400 – £4,200/ month4 to 12 shoot days / month = £1,400 to £4,200 / month in day rates alone, before post-production, bounties and mileage. We run 25+ shoot days / month and rising

You are freelance, an independent contractor. There is no guaranteed minimum, you never hold dates free for us, and you can take your own work alongside.

• 01Real relationships.Each client is filmed again every three months, so you go back to the same people and see your footage working.
• 02Room to grow.Solar is live. Windows and doors is standing up its first pod. Heat pumps and air con are opening area by area.

It started as a tradition on our own shoots: before we packed up, we'd ask the client for a bicep photo and a quick word on how the day went. Now it pays. Every shoot you run has three bounties on it, worth up to £100 on top of your day rate.

• Bounty 01Every shootWantedBicep photoReward£25The client with their biceps tensed. Get as many people in the shot as you can.
• Bounty 02Every shootWantedTestimonialReward£2530 seconds or more of the client, in their own words: how they found the filming day, and from their second shoot on, what working with us is like. Ask what's changed and let them answer; never feed them a number.
• Bounty 03Every shootWantedScripted adReward£50When the brief includes one, we've scripted an ad for On steroids around the client's own story, built only from numbers the client has already confirmed to us in writing. Direct them through it like one of their own ads and the full £50 is yours.The big one

Add each one you land to your shoot-day invoice as its own line item. A proper tracker and a leaderboard are on the way.

1. 1The application.Where you're based, your portfolio and a 3 to 5 minute intro video. Unpolished is fine.
2. 2A paid trial.Your first shoot is alongside one of our experienced videographers, at the full day rate whatever the outcome.