Video Designer

• Toast creates technology to help restaurants and local businesses succeed in a digital world, helping business owners operate, increase sales, engage customers, and keep employees happy.
• The Creative team brings the Toast brand to life across campaigns, product launches, events, and film. Video is one of our fastest-growing channels, and teams across Marketing and Sales want more of it.
• As a Video Designer, you'll help teams across Toast make more on-brand video, faster.
• You'll build the templates that let non-designers create their own videos, design motion graphics and edits for campaigns, and manage video operations that keep our video library organized so great work gets found and reused.
• You love motion, care about craft, and get excited about building systems that help other people do great work.

A day in the life

(Responsibilities) :

Self-service video

• Design, build, and maintain video templates in our self-service tool with reusable content blocks that help teams across Toast create on-brand video on their own.
• Review videos made by cross-functional teams and give clear, constructive feedback that keeps quality high.
• Create and update internal documentation like guides, checklists, and how-to resources that make self-service easy for others.
• Explore AI tools that help teams make better videos, faster.
• Continuously check in with teams to learn how templates are used and what questions come up, and turn that into improvements.

Motion design and editing

• Create animations, motion graphics, and transitions in After Effects and Premiere Pro.
• Edit short-form video for campaigns, paid, and events, including cutdowns, resizes, and captions.
• Source and select b-roll, product UI, and imagery for in-house edits.
• Deliver quick-turn video and motion assets for campaigns and creative tests.

Video operations

• Manage our video library: uploading/publishing, tagging, and tracking final videos so they're easy to find and reuse in one place for sharing across the organization.
• Manage naming conventions and folder structures for consistency across our creative tools.
• Organize raw footage and b-roll.
• Pull video performance data and help build simple, automated reporting.
• Be a go-to resource when teams need to find a video or have a question about video.

What you'll need to thrive (Requirements) :

Self-service video

• Design, build, and maintain video templates in our self-service tool with reusable content blocks that help teams across Toast create on-brand video on their own.
• Review videos made by cross-functional teams and give clear, constructive feedback that keeps quality high.
• Create and update internal documentation like guides, checklists, and how-to resources that make self-service easy for others.
• Explore AI tools that help teams make better videos, faster.
• Continuously check in with teams to learn how templates are used and what questions come up, and turn that into improvements.

Motion design and editing

• Create animations, motion graphics, and transitions in After Effects and Premiere Pro.
• Edit short-form video for campaigns, paid, and events, including cutdowns, resizes, and captions.
• Source and select b-roll, product UI, and imagery for in-house edits.
• Deliver quick-turn video and motion assets for campaigns and creative tests.

Video operations

• Manage our video library: uploading/publishing, tagging, and tracking final videos so they're easy to find and reuse in one place for sharing across the organization.
• Manage naming conventions and folder structures for consistency across our creative tools.
• Organize raw footage and b-roll.
• Pull video performance data and help build simple, automated reporting.
• Be a go-to resource when teams need to find a video or have a question about video.

What will help you stand out (Nonessential Skills/Nice to Haves) :

• Strong working knowledge of Canva, including building templates.
• Experience building templates or self-service resources for non-designers.
• Experience with Airtable, Brandfolder, Vidyard, or YouTube Studio.
• Experience with video analytics or reporting.
• Experience using AI tools in a creative workflow.
• Figma experience.

AI at Toast

• At Toast, one of our company values is that we're hungry to build and learn.
• We believe learning new AI tools empowers us to build for our customers faster, more independently, and with higher quality.
• We provide these tools across all disciplines, from Engineering and Product to Sales and Support, and are inspired by how our Toasters are already driving real value with them.
• The people who thrive here are those who embrace changes that let us build more for our customers; it's a core part of our culture.

Our Total Rewards Philosophy

• We strive to provide competitive compensation and benefits programs that help to attract, retain, and motivate the best and brightest people in our industry.
• Our total rewards package goes beyond great earnings potential and provides the means to a healthy lifestyle with the flexibility to meet Toasters' changing needs.
• Learn more about our benefits at https://careers.toasttab.com/toast-benefits .
• The base salary range for this role is listed below.
• The starting salary will be determined based on skills, experience, and geographic location.
• In addition to base salary, our total rewards components include cash compensation (overtime, bonus/commissions if eligible), equity, and benefits.
• You can learn more about how we align pay with local labor markets in our Geographic Pay Zone Philosophy .

Zone A

$80,000 — $128,000 USD

Zone B

$69,000 — $110,000 USD

Zone C

$62,000 — $99,000 USD

• How Toast Uses AI in its Hiring Process
• Throughout the hiring process, our goal is to get to know you.
• We use AI tools to support our recruiters and interviewers with tasks like note-taking, summarization, and documentation of interviews to ensure they can be fully focused on your conversation.
• All hiring decisions are made by people.
• We ask that you complete interviews and assessments on your own, without real-time AI tools, recording, or transcription bots, unless we tell you otherwise in advance.

Our Approach to Hybrid Working

• We embrace a hybrid work model that fosters in-person collaboration while valuing individual needs.
• Our goal is to build a strong culture of connection as we work together to empower the hospitality community, regardless of location.
• Please visit the Locations page on our career site to learn more about our in-office expectations by region: https://careers.toasttab.com/locations-toast
• People Are the Secret Ingredient in Our Recipe for Success
• At Toast, our employees are our secret ingredient—when they thrive, we thrive.
• The restaurant industry brings together people with a wide range of backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives, and we value that same breadth at Toast.
• We strive to build a culture grounded in authenticity, respect, and humility, where every Toaster has a real opportunity to grow, contribute, and do their best work—raising the bar in delivering exceptional experiences for our customers and each other.

Apply today!

• Toast is committed to creating an accessible and inclusive hiring process.
• As part of this commitment, we strive to provide reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities to enable them to access the hiring process.
• If you need an accommodation to access the job application or interview process, please contact [email protected] .

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