Video Team Lead (Creative Lead)

Job description

## **Join the team building an AI-first company.** Hostinger serves more than 5.5 million clients across 150 countries, but we're still excited about what we're creating next. AI is changing how we build products, support customers, work together, and solve problems. It helps us move faster, spend less time on repetitive work, and focus on bigger ideas. **If you want your work to influence both what we build and how we build it, we'd like to meet you.** **Our culture:** Guided by [**10 company principles**](https://www.hostinger.com/principles)**.** ## **Your role at Hostinger** Join Hostinger’s **Creative Team** as a **Video Team Lead** and play a pivotal role in shaping how we bring ideas to life through the power of video. In this dynamic and collaborative position, you’ll guide a talented team of video specialists - empowering them not just to execute projects, but to grow as creative and technical professionals. From concept to final cut, you’ll ensure that our video content is delivered with purpose, precision, and impact. You will review advertising metrics and ensure that the assets delivered reflect those metrics and iterate on performance to bring it higher and higher! This is a role for someone who thrives on versatility: one moment you’re reviewing storyboards or motion graphics, the next you’re mentoring a teammate, discussing growth opportunities or aligning creative direction across departments. It requires deep expertise in video production, animation, SFX/VFX, and people skills with a strong drive to foster a culture of growth, creativity, and excellence. If you're ready to lead with vision, inspire through bias towards action, this is your opportunity. **Curious to learn more? Connect with your team:** [**Lukasz Wisniewski, Head of Creatives**](https://www.linkedin.com/in/lukwisniewski/) ## **Your day-to-day** - Lead a diverse and skilled video team of 6 people, ensuring every team member’s strengths are aligned with project needs and personal growth opportunities. Conduct regular 1-on-1s, check-ins, and performance evaluations, providing mentorship, support, and actionable feedback. Facilitate ongoing skill-building initiatives, organize training sessions, proactively facilitate growth and professional development for the video team. - Review drafts, animatics, and final cuts with a critical eye for both creative and technical quality. Provide actionable input on produced video assets. Step in to support production, suggest tools, and solve implementation technical issues. - Work as a hands on video generalist in the high-impact parts of video assets. - Maintain high standards of visual storytelling and execution, aligned with Hostinger’s brand, tone, quality, and business goals. - Manage and address stakeholder feedback, aligning on expectations. - Own the delivery of YouTube advertising assets, which form 90% of the team’s output. Collaborate with marketing teams to analyze performance, apply insights, and optimize content for impact (CTR, CVR, ROAS, etc.). Ensure that each video ad is crafted not just to look good—but to convert, perform, and drive measurable business results. - Monitor project timelines, workloads, and resource allocation, ensuring efficient use of video resources and time in constant collaboration with campaign managers. - Take a proactive “hustler” approach - suggest workflows and technical implementation methods that are biased toward action while maintaining high quality/delivering results, - Work closely with PPC, Copywriters, Designers, Project Managers, Product, and Marketing teams to ensure messaging, visuals, and targeting align seamlessly. Build creative video assets that reflect Customer Obsession, delivering ads that speak to real user needs and pain points. - Promote consistency in how files, versions, and visual assets are managed throughout the production lifecycle. - Look for opportunities to harness the power of AI to speed up video production processes. Stay ahead of video marketing trends, platform changes, and audience behaviors. - Encourage the team to bring new concepts, unconventional formats, or bold visual ideas to the table. Promote continuous learning through inspiration sharing, workshops, and post-project retros. ## **What will help you succeed** - Hands-on expertise in animation, video editing, and crafting high-impact YouTube hooks that grab attention and boost performance. - Proven experience leading video teams in a fast-paced, creative, and results-driven environment. - Strong understanding of digital performance marketing, especially in YouTube advertising and its success metrics (CTR, CVR, ROAS, etc.). - Familiarity with with Youtube ABCD, Problem - Solution methodology as well as key customer purchase decision pillars. - Hands-on production background—comfortable reviewing cuts, animatics, motion, and technical implementation details. - Ability to translate marketing insights and performance data into clear creative direction and advertising strategies. - Skilled in building high-impact video pipelines, improving delivery efficiency, and scaling production without sacrificing quality. - Deep familiarity with ad creation cycles, from ideation and scripting to post-production and final delivery. - Demonstrated ability to foster innovation, A/B test creative ideas, drive the testing and implementation of new, high-potential ad formats. - Experienced in cross-functional collaboration with PPC, Copy, Design, PMs, Product, and Marketing to deliver aligned campaigns. - Strong organizational skills—able to manage resources, meet deadlines, and maintain structured asset libraries and naming conventions. - Comfortable mentoring and coaching, setting growth plans, and conducting performance evaluations. - Obsessed with the customer—creating content that speaks directly to user needs, behaviors, and pain points. - Constant learner, staying up to date with industry trends, platform changes, and emerging video formats. 🎨 **Please include a link to your portfolio in your application.** We’d love to see your work, and we review every portfolio as part of our hiring process. ## **Meet your team** You’ll work at the intersection of creativity and performance, collaborating closely with cross-functional teams in design, copywriting, branding, campaign management, and product to bring compelling stories to a global audience. ## **Benefits you'll love** **🚀 360° Growth:** You'll never stop learning here. Get access to [Reforge](https://www.reforge.com/) and CoachHub, go to global conferences, and borrow from our physical and digital libraries. Depending on your location, you can mentor or be mentored through [TesoXchange](https://tesoxchange.com/). People [give each other open feedback](https://www.hostinger.com/blog/reaching-your-peak/), [share what they know](https://www.hostinger.com/blog/learning-culture/), and take on new projects as their skills grow. **🎯 Freedom & responsibility:** Work where you do your best work: our offices in Vilnius, Kaunas, Jakarta, or Luxembourg, your home, or anywhere in the world. You plan your own day and own your results, and good ideas go live fast. **💪 Wellness simplified:** Your wellbeing comes first. You get time off to recharge, a [Headspace](https://www.headspace.com/) subscription, and events focused on wellbeing. Depending on your location, you also get health insurance from day one, a gym membership, regular health checks, and clubs for sports, arts, and hobbies. **🎉 Work hard – play hard:** We celebrate wins together at [Summerfest](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPnIDaaq0jc) & [Winterfest](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfytsnQyE2I), Town Halls, team-buildings, and workations. Meet the Client sessions connect you directly with the people you build for. Milestones outside work matter too, so we celebrate weddings, new parenthood, and graduations with you. ## **Compensation starts at** **€4,700 gross/month**, depending on your experience and skills. *We’re always looking for experienced talent to raise the bar. If you’re excited about the role but the listed salary range doesn’t align with your expectations, we still encourage you to apply - we’re open to adjusting compensation based on the impact and value you bring.* Get ready to take your personal and professional growth to new heights! Join Hostinger today and be part of our journey **🚀** **Three. Two. Onboard**