Open role, Creative Studio
Studio Manager
Photo, Video & Sound
Photography, video and sound for digital, made in house. A hands-on, holistic profile: you shoot, you edit, and you manage the productions that run through the studio with the delivery teams.
Shooting, editing and managing productions inside our own studio
Wise Pirates grew as a digital marketing boutique with international activation in more than 80 countries, with teams working across automation, performance activation, CRO, UX/UI, graphic design, data science, social selling and AI.
We have built our own photo, video and sound studio inside Wise Pirates, designed around digital output and innovation. You are not the owner of the studio itself: you work with the studio team, and what you manage are the productions, end to end, with the delivery teams that ordered them.
We are looking for a holistic, complete profile. Someone who can plan a shoot, hold a camera, record sound and edit the result, rather than only one of those three. That range is the point: in a digital studio the same person often takes an idea from brief to finished asset, and the work moves faster when it does not change hands five times.
The studio is in Porto and the role is hybrid with a strong on-site presence, for the obvious reason that a studio is a physical place. You will be judged on output that reaches digital channels and performs there. The split with our Visual Designer seat is simple: they design and edit graphic assets, you work on captured material, photo, video and sound. You will also work closely with the social and paid media teams, who consume most of what the studio makes.
What you will actually do
- Shooting & CapturePlan and run photo and video shoots, from preparation through capture, with the technical control that a client deliverable needs.
- Editing & PostEdit and finish what is captured: cut, colour, sound and the export settings each channel actually wants.
- Content ProductionRun or support production of visual content for websites and for Instagram, TikTok, Facebook and YouTube, from conceptualization and preparation through capture and editing.
- Managing ProductionsManage the audiovisual projects that run through the studio, together with the delivery teams that commissioned them: scope, timings, what is feasible with the time and equipment available, and who does what. You are accountable for the production landing, not for the studio as a business.
- Working with the Studio TeamContribute across the studio’s stages alongside the team that runs it, taking ownership of the pieces assigned to you and keeping them moving.
- Alignment with MarketingWork directly with the marketing and social teams so that what is produced matches brand strategy and objectives.
- Creative ParticipationTake an active, hands-on part in using the studio across capture and editing, and in innovation with other teams: immersive photography and video, AI-assisted video, AR/VR and other crossovers with the audiovisual field.
- Production CalendarWork to the production calendar, keeping pre-production, production and post-production flowing on what is yours and flagging early when a date is at risk.
- Equipment CareUse and look after the studio equipment properly, and say what is missing or failing rather than working around it.
- Standards & InnovationKeep current with best practice in digital content production, and bring in the innovations that increase impact on social channels.
Technical & platform skills
- Experience
- 2 to 5 years in photo and video production, in a studio, an agency or as a freelancer with real clients. The seat is open across that range, and we adjust scope to the person rather than the other way around.
- Holistic craft
- Genuine capability across photography, video and editing, rather than depth in one and a passing acquaintance with the others. Sound is part of it.
- Post-production
- Comfortable in a professional editing suite: cut, colour, audio and delivery for several formats and platforms.
- Drone capture
- Experience with drone image capture.
- Platform optimisation
- Ability to optimise visual content for different platforms, based on a strategic understanding of business needs rather than technical requirements alone.
- Efficiency mindset
- A cost and time efficiency mindset focused on delivery for digital, mixing capture, image libraries, animation, sound and generative AI in the final edit, alongside the creative design and AI teams.
- Production management
- Ability to run a production as a project: brief, plan, schedule, dependencies and delivery, coordinating with the teams that will use the output.
- On-site availability
- Based in or around Porto, and comfortable with a role that is hybrid on paper but largely on site in practice.
- Multi-project capacity
- Ability to handle several projects at once, solve problems under pressure, and keep work moving.
- AI literacy
- Literacy in Tech and AI subjects, and practical understanding of how LLMs and agents work: context, tools, memory, and why the same prompt can return different answers. Sophisticated use of AI platforms, both with efficiency and security.
Behavioral skills
- Leadership
- Ability to collaborate across departments, lead teams, and manage relationships with clients, partners and suppliers.
- Creative Vision
- Strong creative vision and the ability to generate creative solutions for complex problems, technical or organisational.
- Relationship Building
- Ability to build lasting relationships with clients, colleagues and suppliers, contributing to sustainable growth of the studio and the business.
- Commercial Sense
- Knowledge of budget management and a mindset oriented towards creating value for the company.
- Appetite for Innovation
- Willingness to keep evolving technically, in core audiovisual work and in the innovation areas this ecosystem opens up.
- Kindness
- At Wise Pirates we promote and admire kindness, independently of rhythm, intensity and efficiency.
- AI Readiness
- Interest and fluency in using AI as a partner to deliver efficient value, respecting security and privacy regulations.
- Results-Oriented Zeal
- An unwavering commitment to the client’s bottom line, pushing boundaries to chase the best overall performance and business goals.
Not required. Noticed.
- 5 to 10 years of experience, for a broader remit and more ownership over how production runs.
- Proven experience creating high-reach, high-impact content for social channels and digital assets: websites, e-commerce, apps, marketplaces.
- Involvement in AR/VR projects.
- Experience directing content for paid social, where volume and variation matter as much as polish.
- Sound design or music supervision experience alongside photo and video.
- Generative AI in the production workflow: image and video tools used with judgement about where they help.
A Digital, Tech and AI Business Partner
Wise Pirates is a leading Digital, Tech, and AI Business Partner, operating from Portugal. With a team of 100+ professionals, we are a Martech-independent agency at the forefront of innovation in Southern Europe. Our ambition is to lead an AI-first marketing ecosystem, blending human creativity with the power of artificial intelligence.
We are dynamic, forward-thinking, and driven by data, automation, and meaningful customer experiences. We believe that our people are our most valuable asset, and we are committed to fostering a culture where they can grow, innovate, and thrive.
Our value proposition is holistic and new generation. We combine services with proprietary products, custom data and proprietary frameworks, so the client gets one capability aimed at their business results, not a stack of separate disciplines. You get to work across all of it.
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- A front-row seat in a growing agency placing AI at the centre of how we work and how we serve our clients, both in service and products. Senior peers in every discipline, our sharpest edge and your fastest growth.
- A culture of autonomy connected to a clear orientation towards action and performance. You own your projects end-to-end and have real space to grow. The rhythm is intense and evolution happens at a fast pace.
- Direct exposure to a wide range of use cases, industries, and clients across 80+ countries, with real impact on what gets shipped.
- Continuous learning alongside a cross-functional team of automation, data, media, and creative specialists.
Why join the navy when you can be a pirate?
Portugal, hybrid, full time. Direct client impact from day one, alongside senior peers in every discipline.
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