Videographer and Video Editor (Contractor)

About the role

We're looking for a creative, hands-on content creator with strong filming and video editing skills to create content for Ché Orika and The Pattern House.

You should know how to shoot clear, well-lit videos and turn footage into engaging content. For Ché Orika, you will show the clothes, their details and how they move. For The Pattern House, you will capture the work, processes, and completed projects.

You will contribute ideas for campaigns and work with our marketer to plan shoots. You will also need basic graphic design skills for simple promotional posts and video covers.

You will work closely with the Marketing and Growth Manager, the CMO, and the Growth Lead.

What you will do

• Contribute creative ideas for campaigns, product launches, and everyday content.
• Work with the marketer on briefs, references, and shot lists before each shoot.
• Attend 3 to 4 planned shoots each month in Abuja. Any additional shoot days will be agreed separately.
• Prepare the filming setup, including camera settings, lighting, backgrounds, and audio.
• Film product showcases, styling videos, behind-the-scenes content, and other agreed formats.
• Show clothing colours, fabric, fit, and movement accurately.
• Guide people during filming so they feel comfortable and know what to do.
• Edit footage into finished videos for social media and paid campaigns.
• Add captions, music, text, and simple motion graphics where useful.
• Create different openings, lengths, and formats for ad testing.
• Design simple graphics, promotional posts, and video covers using the brands' templates.
• Deliver drafts and final files by agreed deadlines. Make revisions based on consolidated feedback.
• Keep footage, project files, and finished content organised in the agreed shared storage.
• Flag production issues early and suggest practical solutions.

What we are looking for

Must have:

• A strong portfolio showing videos you personally filmed and edited.
• Strong filming skills, including lighting, framing, focus, and steady camera work.
• Good editing judgement. You know how to select footage, pace a video and tell a clear story.
• Confidence using CapCut, Premiere Pro, DaVinci Resolve or a similar editing tool.
• Basic graphic design skills in Canva or a similar tool.
• Attention to colour, sound, captions, and visual consistency.
• The ability to work from a brief and contribute your own ideas.
• Reliable communication and delivery.
• Based in Abuja and available for agreed shoot dates.

Nice to have:

• Experience creating fashion, retail, beauty, or lifestyle content.
• Experience producing videos for paid social campaigns.
• Product photography skills.
• Simple motion graphics skills.

We care about the quality of your work and the decisions behind it. Your portfolio should show both your filming and editing ability.

Pay and benefits

Fee based on agreement

Contract engagement

• We'll agree on the number, length, and type of finished videos before work begins.
• The agreement will cover shoot duration, delivery dates, revision rounds and payment dates.
• Additional shoots, travel or work outside the agreed brief will be priced and approved separately.
• Usage rights and the handover of raw footage and project files will be agreed in the contract.

How we hire

1. Apply. Send a short introduction and a link to your portfolio, three videos you personally filmed and edited, two examples of basic graphic design work, and your availability and rates.
2. Conversation. Shortlisted candidates will discuss their work with us.
3. Paid practical. We may also arrange a small paid practical assignment.