Video Team Lead - 9 Month Maternity Leave Contract
About the job
- Proven experience leading or senior-producing within a video or content production team, ideally in a fast-paced, multi-brief environment.
- Strong working knowledge of social-first video formats and platform best practices.
- A track record of delivering campaign video work to deadlines across multiple concurrent projects.
- Confidence applying and enforcing brand guidelines across a team's output.
- Strong organisational and planning skills, including discipline around version control and production documentation.
- Clear, direct communication skills, with the ability to give early feedback and escalate risks.
- Competence in Asana or similar project management tools, or the ability to learn them quickly.
- Lead and manage the day-to-day workload of a team of five, allocating tasks and balancing priorities across concurrent briefs.
- Run team check-ins, prioritisation meetings, and workflow tracking to keep production on schedule.
- Support onboarding and day-to-day people leadership, including workload wellbeing and skills development.
- Act as the first point of escalation for production issues, resourcing conflicts, and timeline risks.
- Own delivery of social video content that is on-brief and on-brand according to publishing schedules.
- Coordinate campaign video delivery end to end, including briefing, shoot and edit scheduling, review rounds, and final delivery.
- Act as the primary quality-control reviewer for brand-guideline adherence across all video output before sign-off.
- Liaise with Creative, Brand, and the wider marketing team regarding requirements and turnaround expectations.
- Food, hospitality, or quick-service restaurant content experience.
- Hands-on editing or motion graphics capability to support the team during peak periods.
About the company
Guzman y Gomez runs quick-service restaurants serving made-to-order Mexican-inspired food to guests across Australia, Singapore and Japan. Its menu includes burritos, tacos and nachos assembled with a choice of fillings, alongside breakfast meals and smaller portions. Customers eat in restaurants or order through drive-throughs, takeaway counters and the GYG app, which links purchases to its rewards program. GYG publishes ingredient details and says its food excludes added preservatives, colours, artificial flavours and unacceptable additives; restaurant sales and franchise royalties support the business. Founded in Sydney in 2006, the company is headquartered in Surry Hills, New South Wales, Australia.
Company Size
10,001+
Company Stage
N/A
Total Funding
N/A
Headquarters
Surry Hills, Australia
Founded
2006
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- The restaurant network is selling more: GYG's August 2026 results report 17.9% network-sales growth.
- Applicants have several entry paths: GYG lists crew-to-management roles and Hola Central jobs in finance, technology and operations.
- Staff recognition has a shared channel: GYG reports 90% Workvivo activation and over 100 weekly nominations connecting crews with headquarters.
What critics are saying
- U.S. opportunities ended with an exit: August 2026 reporting confirmed GYG's withdrawal and A$67.3 million in FY26 discontinued-operations losses.
- Restaurant hiring is partly decentralized: GYG's franchisees employ their own crews and manage day-to-day staffing.
- Supply-chain labor risks differ: November 2025's assessment rated protein sourcing elevated, packaging moderate-to-high, with potential risks in uniforms and construction.
What makes Guzman y Gomez unique
- GYG claims a chicken-sourcing distinction: its prospectus describes exclusively fresh, free-range chicken as unique among Australian quick-service market leaders.
- Kitchens use an in-house system: GYG designed its operating platform and stickers to coordinate made-to-order meal preparation.
- Franchise preparation starts early: GYG trains operators 9-12 months before opening, with dedicated opening teams and culinary and operations coaches.
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