Skip to content
CV Rocket
Get started
How it worksThe enginePricingBlogContactSign in

Open nowPosted 5 days ago

Associate Creative Director, Film

Panthalassa53 open roles

Pay
$125,000 – $180,000 a year
Where
Portland, OR
Get the CV for this job

From $25 per CV, paid once. No subscription.

Your applicationOpen nowAssociate Creative Director, FilmPanthalassa · Portland, OR

  1. YouYes, apply to this one.

  2. CV RocketCV written for this posting.

  3. 25 readersRecruiter, hiring manager, skeptic. Round after round.

  4. CV RocketApplied on Panthalassa's own form.

The reply lands in your private mailbox

3×more interviews than doing it yourself with ChatGPT.

The clock on this job

Early applications get read.

13.3% of postings close within 7 days. Measured by our own scanner across the market. Panthalassa postings stay open a median of 58 days.

Share of postings closed within
  1. 2.1%1 day
  2. 4.6%3 days
  3. 13.3%7 days
  4. 21.3%14 days
  5. 35.7%30 days
  6. 59.1%60 days
This job: posted 5 days ago

Panthalassa median: 58 days open

The posting

About the Company

We are a renewable energy and ocean technology company committed to rapidly developing and deploying technologies that will ensure a sustainable future for Earth by unlocking the vast energy potential of its oceans. Our focus is on capturing civilizational levels of ultra-low-cost renewable energy for applications including computing and affordable renewable fuels delivered to shore.

The company is a public benefit corporation headquartered in Portland, Oregon, and backed by leading venture capitalists, philanthropic investors, university endowments, and private investment offices. We operate as an idea meritocracy in which the best ideas change the company’s direction on a regular basis.

Our staff have worked at organizations such as SpaceX, Blue Origin, Boeing, Tesla, Apple, Virgin Orbit, Astra, Google, Amazon, Microsoft, New Relic, Bridgewater, Raytheon, Disney Imagineering, and the US Army and Air Force, as well as research universities, startups, and small companies across a range of industries.

About the Job

Our core technology is the node, a device that produces energy in the ocean’s harshest conditions for years at a time without human maintenance or intervention.

You know how to find the story.

Not every video comes with a brief, a call sheet, or the perfect shot. Sometimes the most interesting moments happen when no one's expecting them. You find the thing that matters, whether it's unfolding in real time or hiding in archival footage. You understand the sweet spot between documentary and brand film: work that is real, looks beautiful, and gives people a new way to understand the world we’re building. You’re constantly looking for ways to translate complex science, technology, and engineering into simple, accessible concepts.

You know ideas are only as good as their execution.

You love concepting, but you also love figuring out how to make things real. You understand what makes a film work, from the first spark to the final frame, and know how to balance creative ambition with the realities of what’s in front of you. You find opportunity in constraints, or make your own boundaries when there are none. You solve problems on the fly and protect the original vision when plans change.

You bring people together.

Internally: you seek to connect the creative team to the rest of the org, brainstorm with technical minds, and gather insights from team leads. These connections with the team matter as much as understanding and showcasing the tech. Externally: you’ve built relationships with directors, DPs, editors, producers, and creatives you trust, and you’re always excited to find new people to bring into the mix. You’re a thoughtful collaborator who knows how to rally a team around an idea, give clear direction, and make space for different perspectives.

You know when to direct others and when to do it yourself.

You know how to find the best path for a project, whether it’s directing a small crew, developing a concept with an external director, or jumping into the timeline or behind the camera to bring it to life yourself. On a small team everyone gets to stay a maker. You know when to lead, when to listen, and when to say no to something.

Candidates should have strong interpersonal skills and be able to thrive in a creative, scrappy, and collaborative environment in which the best ideas change the company’s direction on a regular basis.

Responsibilities

Once you’re here you will:

  • Establish Panthalassa’s film standards across brand videos, documentary storytelling, science education, and vlog-adjacent pieces.
  • Work with engineering and other teams to understand what’s happening across Panthalassa, identify stories worth capturing, and develop them from initial idea through final deliverable.
  • Work directly with leadership to make the case for creative ideas and ensure video output supports shared goals across the business.
  • Shoot and edit a meaningful share of projects yourself, while directing larger productions and specialist collaborators as needed.
  • Build and maintain a roster of directors, DPs, drone operators, editors, animators, colorists, and other creative partners.
  • Shape the production workflows and footage pipeline that support the work, from capture and organization to post-production, archiving, and final delivery.
  • Own production planning, including budgets, schedules, crew, locations, and external partners, working closely with Creative Operations to keep projects on track.
  • Manage and mentor our in-house Multimedia Storyteller and provide creative direction and feedback to freelance collaborators.
  • Build the team: identify the people, capabilities, and systems we need as the work grows.

Required Qualifications

  • 5+ years professional experience in a comparable role
  • A portfolio of work that demonstrates human storytelling within a technology space
  • Excellent communicator who is self-directed, collaborative, and comfortable giving and receiving direct, constructive critique
  • Exceptional command of scripting, budgeting, production planning, cinematography, editing, color, sound, and animation
  • Experience mentoring, leading, or reviewing the work of other artists
  • Genuine interest in ocean technology and climate solutions.

Compensation and Benefits

If hired for this full-time role, you will receive:

  • Cash compensation of $125,000 - $180,000.
  • Equity in the company. We’re all owners and if we’re successful, this equity should be far and away the most valuable component of your compensation.
  • A benefits package that helps you take care of yourself and your family, including: Flexible paid time off Health insurance (the company pays 100% of gold-level PPO plan for full-time employees, their partners, and dependents) Dental insurance (the company pays 100% for full-time employees, their partners, and dependents) Vision insurance (the company pays 100% for full-time employees, their partners, and dependents) Disability insurance (the company pays 100% for a policy to provide long-term financial support if you become disabled) Ability to contribute to tax-advantaged accounts, including 401(k), health FSA, and dependent care FSA
  • Relocation assistance to facilitate your move to Portland (if needed).

Location

This is an on-site position. Our offices, lab, and shop are located in Portland, Oregon.

From $25, paid onceGet the CV for this job

What happens when you press

One press. We do the rest.

  1. A CV for this posting

    Written against Panthalassa's own wording, from every piece of relevant proof in your profile.

  2. 25 readers review it

    Recruiter, hiring manager, skeptic and more read every draft, round after round. You get the best round.

    The review screen in CV Rocket: how each CV was read, round by round.

  3. We apply on Panthalassa's form

    Our application engine gets through the hardest forms there are. Where a question needs you, AI suggests the best answer. Don't want us applying from our IP addresses? Use our Chrome extension: we apply straight from your own browser.

    An application in CV Rocket: every answer filled in on the employer's form.

  4. Every reply, sorted

    Panthalassa's answer lands in your private mailbox, and we classify it on arrival: interview, question, rejection.

    The CV Rocket inbox: each employer reply classified as an interview, an action or a rejection.

  5. Reply with AI

    AI helps you write the email, checks it and sends it. We show you whether the recruiter read it.

  6. The interview in your calendar

    Full integration with your calendar. The invitation goes straight in.

    An interview invitation in the CV Rocket inbox, added to the candidate's calendar.
Get the CV for this job

From $25 per CV, paid once. No subscription.

Why it works

3×

more interviews than doing it yourself with ChatGPT.

ChatGPT writes a CV and never learns what happened to it. We see every reply. For each CV we know:

  • How it was written, and how the review scored it
  • When we applied, and how long after the posting went up
  • Which posting, which company, which city
  • Who got the interview, and who heard nothing

That is how we know which CVs get called.

Get the CV for this job

From $25 per CV, paid once. No subscription.

The numbers game

More applications. More interviews.

Every application goes out with its own CV, written for that posting and paid once. Send enough of them and the law of large numbers finds you the job.

Get the CV for this job
By hand5–10
With CV Rocket100
applications a day

Nearby

Live postings like this one

Same employer first, then the same role elsewhere.

Before you press

Straight answers

Get the CV for this job

From $25 per CV, paid once. No subscription.

What if my background isn't good enough?

We make the most of the background you have. The CV uses every piece of relevant proof your profile holds, and one of the 25 readers reads your whole profile and flags what the CV left out.

Do you really apply for me?

Yes, on the employer's own form, the hardest ones included. Where a question needs you, you answer it right there and AI suggests the best answer. Don't want us applying from our IP addresses? Use our Chrome extension: we apply straight from your own browser.

Is it a subscription?

No. You pay once per CV, from $25. Every application goes out with its own CV, written for that posting.

One job. One CV.
Paid once.

Pick the posting you want. We write for it, apply for you and catch the reply.

Get the CV for this job

From $25 per CV, paid once. No subscription.