Filmmaker

PandaDoc’s Brand Studio is looking for a storyteller to be our first Filmmaker. We're building our video practice from scratch, and we want to do it right — leading with human stories around the customers, teams, and people behind the product. This role owns it end-to-end: concept, storyboard, shoot, edit, motion, delivery. This is a player-coach role. You'll direct and operate cameras on location, cut the footage yourself, provide strong direction to post-production, and manage a motion designer on our team. Equally important: you'll help build AI-powered tools and workflows that let a small team punch way above its weight in volume, velocity, and quality. You'll work closely with Brand Studio leads and Marketing stakeholders to translate briefs into video that actually moves people. You're as comfortable on a location shoot in Austin as you are in After Effects finishing a paid ad cut-down. In this role, you will: Own the full video production lifecycle: From brief intake and concept development through shoot execution and final delivery. Pre-production, production, and post all live with you. Direct and shoot on location: Travel to on-site shoots, operate camera, set up lighting and audio, and direct internal spokespeople and external talent to capture authentic, on-brand content. Storyboard and concept video creative: Translate campaign briefs and brand strategy into compelling shot lists, storyboards, and production plans. Build AI-powered production infrastructure: Design and implement the tools workflows that scale video output without scaling headcount. This means building self-serve editing systems using tools like Descript, integrating AI video tools (Runway, Sora, or similar) into the production pipeline, and creating repeatable processes that let marketers produce basic content independently — with you setting the quality bar. Edit and deliver polished, platform-ready content: Cut long-form brand films, product videos, customer stories, social cut-downs,