Generative Video Producer
Impact: Creative storytelling and commercial value through expert generative video production
Create high-quality video content using AI generative video tools and workflows. Develop prompts, direct AI video generation, edit and refine AI-generated footage, and combine AI-generated content with traditional video production techniques to create compelling video content for brands, media companies, and content creators.
What the day looks like
- People interaction
- Moderate
- Team vs solo
- 60% Team / 40% Solo
- Client facing
- Sometimes
- Impact visibility
- Moderate
- Travel
- 5 to 10% for client meetings and production reviews
- Schedule flexibility
- Very Flexible
- Remote work
- Hybrid
- Typical work hours
- 38 to 50 hours/week
- Stress level
- Low
At a glance
- Median salary
- $130,000
- Entry-level
- $70,000 - $95,000
- Senior
- $220,000+
- Growth by 2033
- 35% (much faster than average)
- Demand
- Growing Fast
- Freelance potential
- Low
- Salary growth potential
- High - 65 to 80% growth from entry to senior
- Typical student debt
- Low
Skills you'll use
Hard skills
- 55
Soft skills
- 45
Technical complexity: Moderate
How to get there
- Minimum education
- Bachelor's Degree
- Licensing
- No
- Years to mid-career
- 1 to 3 years
- Years to senior
- 3 to 6 years
- Career switching
- Moderate
Where this career leads
How people arrive here
Where you can go from here
Typical progression
- Video Editor > AI Video Producer > Generative Video Producer > Head of AI Video > VP of Creative
Future outlook
- Automation probability
- 25% moderate risk as generative video tools become more accessible
- AI disruption risk
- Moderate
- Demand trend
- Growing Fast
How people feel about it
- Overall satisfaction
- 7/10
- Meaning
- 7/10
- Work-life balance
- 6.5/10
- Prestige
- 7/10
- Social perception
- High