Film Specialist AVP

Join Barclays as a Film Specialist AVP within the Group Brand and Marketing team, where you'll have the chance to shape the visual direction of our brand through high‑impact storytelling and best‑in‑class film production. You’ll execute end‑to‑end filmmaking from our New York studio, partnering on the creative concept through to final delivery, producing compelling content for leadership communications, internal campaigns, and strategic initiatives. In this role, you’ll bring hands‑on expertise across filming, directing, and post‑production to ensure every piece aligns with Barclays’ visual identity and quality standards. You’ll collaborate closely with senior stakeholders and global partners in an agile environment, managing feedback, timelines, and expectations to deliver polished, consistent outputs. Additionally, you’ll help elevate our creative culture through skills mentoring and championing efficient workflows, seamless cross‑functional collaboration, and continuous improvement.

To be successful as Film Specialist AVP, you should have:

• Extensive professional experience across film production, including directing, camera operation, sound, lighting, autocue and delivering high‑quality content under tight timelines.

• Advanced pre‑ and post‑production expertise, with strong proficiency in Adobe Creative Cloud tools - particularly Premiere Pro and After Effects.

• Exceptional communication and stakeholder‑management skills, with confidence engaging senior leaders and collaborating across global, distributed teams and time zones.

• Highly organized approach to project execution, including meticulous management of assets, files, and deliverables, as well as confidence in bringing the Barclays brand to life.

Other highly valued skills include:

• Experience leading or mentoring a small film or creative production team, fostering skills development and high‑quality output.

• Working knowledge of AI‑driven film and design tools, with the ability to integrate emerging capabilities into production workflows.

• Experience working in partnership with agencies to ensure consistency and quality across formats.

• Demonstrated digital design proficiency (InDesign), complemented by skills in stills photography to support broader creative needs.

You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in this role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen, strategic thinking, digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills.

This role is based in New York, NY.

Minimum Salary: $100,000

Maximum Salary: $135,000

The minimum and maximum salary/rate above information includes only base salary or base hourly rate. It does not include any other type of compensation or benefits that may be available.

Purpose of the role

To create engaging and impactful graphics and video content.

Accountabilities

• Design of graphics to be used in a range of digital and physical channels.
• Management of filming and postproduction edit processes.

Assistant Vice President Expectations

• To advise and influence decision making, contribute to policy development and take responsibility for operational effectiveness. Collaborate closely with other functions/ business divisions.
• Lead a team performing complex tasks, using well developed professional knowledge and skills to deliver on work that impacts the whole business function. Set objectives and coach employees in pursuit of those objectives, appraisal of performance relative to objectives and determination of reward outcomes
• If the position has leadership responsibilities, People Leaders are expected to demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard. The four LEAD behaviours are: L – Listen and be authentic, E – Energise and inspire, A – Align across the enterprise, D – Develop others.
• OR for an individual contributor, they will lead collaborative assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments. They will identify new directions for assignments and/ or projects, identifying a combination of cross functional methodologies or practices to meet required outcomes.
• Consult on complex issues; providing advice to People Leaders to support the resolution of escalated issues.
• Identify ways to mitigate risk and developing new policies/procedures in support of the control and governance agenda.
• Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work done.
• Perform work that is closely related to that of other areas, which requires understanding of how areas coordinate and contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the organisation sub-function.
• Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategy.
• Engage in complex analysis of data from multiple sources of information, internal and external sources such as procedures and practises (in other areas, teams, companies, etc).to solve problems creatively and effectively.
• Communicate complex information. 'Complex' information could include sensitive information or information that is difficult to communicate because of its content or its audience.
• Influence or convince stakeholders to achieve outcomes.

All colleagues will be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship – our moral compass, helping us do what we believe is right. They will also be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Mindset – to Empower, Challenge and Drive – the operating manual for how we behave.