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Freelance videographer / director · UK

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.

£350 a day · 4–12 shoot days a month · freelance

The numbers

£350 flat day rate, the same for every videographer
4–12 shoot days a month for you, based on your capacity. We run 25+ a month, and rising
Every 3 months each client is filmed again, so you build real relationships
0 final ads to edit. You prep the footage and our editors cut the ads

Plus 55p a mile, £50/hr for post-production, and paid 7 days after your invoice is approved.

What we set up for you

So you walk into every shoot prepared, and get better with every one.

  • A detailed brief for every site, sent well ahead, so you know exactly what to capture.

  • A pre-shoot call of 20–30 minutes with the client and strategist, so you've met before shoot day.

  • Your results, shared with you. We send you your best-performing ads, so you see what works and get better every shoot.

What the day looks like

5–7 sites in a day
45–60 min at each one
4–5 ad concepts per site

It's run-and-gun, not studio work. You move fast between the client's real installations and grab hooks, testimonials, scripted lines and B-roll on the spot. Movement beats tripods, and drone shots show 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.

How a shoot works

  1. 1

    Offer. We message you a date, usually 1.5–3 weeks out. We check with you before we confirm anything with the client.

  2. 2

    Pre-shoot call. 20–30 minutes with the client and the strategist who wrote the brief, so you know who you're walking in to meet.

  3. 3

    Shoot day. Up to 8 hours on site, 5–7 sites. You run the day.

  4. 4

    Prep and hand over. Voice-note a quick form on the drive home covering how the day went and how the client is feeling. Then follow the guide to prep the footage, one timeline per site, and upload it within 24 hours.

  5. 5

    Get paid. One invoice per shoot day, paid 7 days after approval.

Prep the footage the fast way

You don't edit the final ads. After each shoot you do light post-production to make the footage edit-ready, so our editors get the same structure every time. It's paid at £50 an hour.

Our Head of Production has written the whole workflow down, step by step, from offloading the cards to a compressed upload in our production platform. The manual, repetitive parts are handled with AI tools, so your time goes on the bits that need a videographer's eye.

  • One spec: 4K 10-bit, vertical, the same frame rates and naming on every shoot

  • One guide: every step written down with screenshots, so nothing is guesswork

  • AI for the tedious parts: the repetitive, unskilled steps done for you

You're the face of the company

“You are the person who does the most in-person interaction with our clients in the whole company. If that day goes really well, it carries the client for months.”

Our clients range from enterprise marketing teams to the self-made installer who turns up with a fresh tan. You'll need to read the room: a firm handshake for one, banter for the next. Some clients now refuse to shoot with anyone but their regular videographer. That's the relationship we want you to build.

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Your first shoot

Your first shoot is a paid trial alongside one of our experienced videographers.

It isn't a test of your camera skills, because your portfolio already shows us those. It's there so you learn how our days run before you go solo. Full day rate, whatever the outcome.

Who we're looking for

You'll thrive if you…

  • Can coach a nervous installer into a natural performance, and have a few tricks to get there
  • Are a chameleon: as comfortable with a CEO as with a site team having a laugh
  • Love working fast, think on your feet and find the angle on the spot
  • Are reliable and punctual, and want to own a region rather than chase one-off jobs

You'll need…

  • A professional camera that records 4K 10-bit, with audio, stabilisation and enough storage for a full day
  • A drone you can fly on every shoot
  • Your own editing software, for the post-production prep
  • Your own vehicle. You'll be on the road, and we pay mileage
  • An internet connection fast enough to upload a full shoot within 24 hours

Room to grow

  1. Solar Live
  2. Windows & Doors Launching
  3. Other home services Next

We started in solar, we're launching windows and doors now, and more home services follow. More clients means more shoots in your region.

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Our clients and team at Solar on steroids, our event for ambitious solar businesses.

The role at a glance

Type
Freelance / independent contractor. No guaranteed minimum, you never hold dates free for us, and you can take your own work alongside
Where
On location at client sites across the UK. We match you to shoots near where you're based
Day rate
£350 flat for up to 8 hours on site, plus £50/hr for post-production prep. One invoice per shoot day, paid 7 days from approval
Travel
55p/mile. A hotel is covered for drives over 2.5 hours, agreed in advance, though we keep shoots as local to you as we can
Extras
£50/hr approved overtime · props reimbursed

Applications open

Ready to own your region?

Tell us where you're based, share your portfolio, and send a 3–5 minute video introducing yourself. Don't polish it: we want to see who you really are, not a corporate intro.