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Senior Cinematographer, Brand Studio

Perplexity AI · San Francisco

Applied AIonsitesenior$150k–$180k
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At a glance

Highlights

  • Define how Perplexity looks on film across brand films and campaigns.
  • Shoot office moments, interviews, product demos, events, and documentaries.
  • Help build and run the in-house studio with ready-to-shoot gear packages.

What they offer

  • Equity

Ideal candidate

A hands-on visual storyteller who obsesses over light, movement, and honest unscripted moments and thrives building a cinematic brand language in a fast-moving studio.

Requirements

  • 6+ years as a cinematographer or DP across branded, commercial, documentary, and interview work
  • Standout reel showing visual authorship, lighting craft, camera movement, and honest unscripted moments
  • Deep command of camera systems, lenses, exposure, color pipelines, lighting, grip, and monitoring
  • Experience briefing and leading freelance crews and vendors on set
  • Working proficiency in DaVinci Resolve for color grading, selects, and light edits
  • Collaborative, low-ego and comfortable moving fast in ambiguous, high-output environment

Lab profile

About Perplexity AI

Builds AI search answers and agentic Computer to turn knowledge into action.

What they build

  • Perplexity AI answer engine
  • Perplexity Computer agentic assistant
  • Comet AI browser and desktop apps

Known for

  • Agentic AI and agent capabilities
  • Applied AI product engineering
  • Cross-platform apps across web, mobile and desktop
  • Multimodal AI and integrations

Key facts

  • Founded in 2022
  • Headquartered in San Francisco, California
  • Serves millions of users daily
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