Video People Lead

About Kikoff

Kikoff is a high growth consumer fintech startup offering credit-building solutions that are affordable accessible and educational. Our core product the Kikoff Credit Account has helped over 1 million customers build better credit. Kikoff has been featured by Nerdwallet Forbes Buzzfeed Business Insider CNBC and others; and our app has a 4.9 rating amongst thousands of reviews. But Kikoff is more than just a credit builder: we are a long-term financial partner for our customers and we have an exciting product roadmap of solutions to help our customers reach their financial goals.

This role sits at the intersection of creative leadership operational excellence and business impact. You will lead and grow a performance video team to produce creative assets that drive user acquisition on paid social and other marketing channels while building structure systems and workflows that evolve alongside business needs. Youll continuously refine how we work to support shifting growth priorities new channels and emerging production models.

You bring a strong video production background and deep experience leading creative teams. You know how to create clarity across resourcing prioritization and execution while staying agile and performance-oriented. You are not a rigid process owner you are a business-minded operator who uses structure strategically to unlock speed performance and team effectiveness.

Please include a portfolio of your work and/or by the teams you led.

What Youll Do

• Team Leadership & Development: Lead mentor and scale a high-performing video team by setting clear expectations building career paths fostering a high-trust performance culture and partnering cross-functionally on hiring and org design.

• Performance & Creative Outcomes: Ensure our video output consistently drives measurable business results keeping performance insights testing velocity and winning creative at the center of how the team operates.

• Video Operations Structure & Process: Own video resourcing prioritization and end-to-end production workflows by building scalable intake tracking and visibility systems that drive efficiency across internal production creators/UGC AI video and external vendors.

• Production Excellence: Oversee high-quality video execution across all channels while guiding production strategy across in-house video production for various marketing channels creator/UGC pipelines and AI-generated video balancing creative quality with rapid iteration.

• Cross-Functional Partnership: Serve as the bridge between creative vision and execution by aligning Creative Growth Brand and Product Marketing and partnering with leadership to make smart tradeoffs across speed cost creative quality and performance.

Who You Are

• 8 years in video production/post-production roles.

• 3 years of leading and scaling video creative teams

• Strong hands-on background in video production editing and post workflows.

• Proven ability to scale creative output while improving efficiency and team clarity.

• Experience supporting performance marketing teams and working against measurable KPIs.

• Strong operational thinker you naturally build structure process and clarity.

• Comfortable balancing people leadership creative quality and business outcomes.

• Strong communicator who can align creative growth and executive stakeholders.

Bonus Points

• Experience in high-growth startups or performance marketing environments.

• Experience building AI-assisted video production workflows.

• Familiarity with direct response creative and paid social production at scale.

• Experience managing hybrid production models (in-house creators vendors).

Kikoff: A FinTech Unicorn Powering Financial Progress with AI
At Kikoff our mission is to provide radically affordable financial tools to help consumers achieve financial security. Were a profitable high growth FinTech unicorn serving millions of people many of whom are building credit or navigating life paycheck to paycheck. With innovative technology and AI we simplify credit building reduce debt and expand access to financial opportunities to those who need them the most. Founded in 2019 Kikoff is headquartered in San Francisco and backed by top-tier VC investors and NBA star Stephen Curry.

Why Kikoff:

This is a consumer fintech startup and you will be working with serial entrepreneurs who have built strong consumer brands and innovative products. We value extreme ownership clear communication a strong sense of craftsmanship and the desire to create lasting work and work relationships. Yes you can build an exciting business AND have real-life real-customer impact.

Medical dental and vision coverage - Kikoff covers the full cost of health insurance for the employee!

Meaningful equity in the form of RSUs

20 days of paid time off per year we encourage taking real time away to recharge and do your best work

401(k) plan with a generous employer match to help you invest in your future

Competitive pay based on experience consisting of base equity benefits

Location: Hybrid 3 days onsite in San Francisco CA.

Visa sponsorship available: Kikoff is willing to provide sponsorship for H1-B visas and U.S. green cards for exceptional talent.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

Kikoff Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to complying with all federal state and local laws providing equal employment opportunities and considers qualified applicants without regard to race color religion creed gender national origin age disability veteran status marital status pregnancy sex gender expression or identity sexual orientation citizenship or any other legally protected class.

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