Vertical Video Specialist

Job Title: Vertical VideoSpecialist    Department: Digital

Reports To: Senior Manager, Social & Digital Content  Exempt

Employees must be able to perform the essential functions of this position satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the duties, knowledge, skills, and/or abilities required. If requested, reasonable accommodations may be made to enable employees with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Core Functions:

The Vertical Video Specialist will ideate, produce, and publish social-first content for the Buccaneers platforms with an emphasis on brand storytelling, internet trends and vertical video.

• Responsible for the daily creation of vertical content for Buccaneers videos for TikTok, Instagram Reels, and YouTube Shorts. Content including, but not limited to, brand content, real-time reactionary content, and game and event coverage.

• Lead vertical video content strategy.

• Collaborate with video production, social media, and brand teams on generating social-first video concepts.

• Shoot and edit short-form content captured at practice, games, community events, etc.

• Monitor daily news and emerging trends to maintain content relevance.

• Keep an active pulse on Tampa and NFL culture and integrate brand direction into videos.

• This position requires nighttime and weekend hours. Some travel may be required, but not guaranteed.

• Experience & Education:

• 2 - 5 years in social media content production and editing

• Bachelor’s degree in marketing, communications, digital media, social media, video production, or related experience or field of study

• Deep knowledge of TikTok/Reels style content and editing

• Expertise with Adobe Creative Suite and CapCut, or similar

• Working knowledge of After Effects and Photoshop is a plus

• Proven time management skills to coordinate working in and out of office, handle short deadlines and complete all tasks in a thorough manner

• Must be capable of working within a team environment.

• Work Environment:

The Company is a professional, fast-paced, creative business environment. Other environmental conditions:

• Extended evening, and weekend work hours sometimes required; required to work all home and away games; may have to work occasional holidays

• Stressful and demanding work environment in executing work on short deadlines

• Computer and desk work a significant part of daily activities

• Sitting, standing, working with hands for extended periods of time

• Rarely is lifting more than 20 pounds required

This job description is intended to set forth the core functions required for this position and describe the general nature of the work performed by employees in this position. It may not contain a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees to do this job. Employees may be assigned additional responsibilities as necessary. The Company reserves the right to revise this job description at any time and to require employees to perform other tasks as circumstances or conditions of the Company’s business, competitive considerations, or the work environment changes. This document describes the position currently available and is not an employment contract.

The position covered by this Job Description is expressly declared to be “at will,” meaning the Company has the right to terminate the incumbent’s employment at any time, with or without cause. Any written or oral promises or representations to the contrary are expressly disavowed and should not be relied upon by any employee. Any change to this “at will” employment status must be in writing and signed by the Chief Operating Officer of the Company.