[Hiring] Video Strategist @Figma

Role Description

Figma is growing our team of passionate creatives and builders on a mission to make design accessible to all. As a Video Strategist, you will define what video does for this brand and build the operation that delivers it:

• Set the strategy: Define the role video plays across brand, social, editorial, product launch, community, and event moments.
• Build franchises: Create and run a portfolio of recurring video programs that compound audience over time.
• Build the engine: Decide what we produce in-house, what goes to agencies and directors, and what we source from creators.
• Lead the craft: Set and hold the quality bar for video made anywhere under the Figma brand.
• Measure what matters: Partner with our Brand Marketing Technologist to define what good looks like for each format and franchise.
• Grow the team: Lead, hire, and develop the video team and the external bench.

Qualifications

• 10+ years across video, brand storytelling, editorial, content strategy, or production leadership.
• A track record creating and running recurring video franchises that outlasted a single season and grew an audience.
• Experience owning a production model end to end.
• People leadership: hired, developed, and given hard feedback to producers, editors, or an external bench.
• Fluency across the format spectrum, from social-first short-form to long-form storytelling.
• The ability to set a creative bar for work made by people who do not report to you.
• Comfort as the video voice in rooms with senior stakeholders.

Requirements

• Hands-on editing or motion graphics ability (not required but a plus).
• Experience with live event and conference content at scale.
• Familiarity with music licensing, talent releases, and usage rights at volume.
• Experience building creator and influencer partnerships.
• Experience scaling video inside a company going through rapid growth or a brand evolution.

Benefits

• Equity to employees.
• Health, dental, and vision coverage.
• Retirement benefits with company contributions.
• Parental leave and reproductive or family planning support.
• Mental health and wellness benefits.
• Paid time off, including paid sick leave and holidays.
• Flexible paid sick leave for exempt employees.
• Company recharge days, cell phone and home internet reimbursements.
• Sales incentive compensation for most sales roles.
• Annual bonus plan for eligible non-sales roles.