Clipchamp hiring as video creation goes viral

BRISBANE-BASED video creation platform Clipchamp is hiring software engineers and other staff as it takes advantage of growing social media use amid the coronavirus shutdown.

BRISBANE-BASED video creation platform Clipchamp is hiring software engineers and other staff as it takes advantage of growing social media use amid the coronavirus shutdown.

Clipchamp, which numbers Queensland rich-lister Steve Baxter as an investor, has 41 full-time employees globally, with the majority based in Brisbane.

There are currently positions open in the Brisbane office for software engineering, product management and design roles.

Clipchamp now has 10 million registered users globally with major markets including the US, Brazil, Spain, Colombia, Mexico and Italy.

Co-founder and chief executive Alex Dreiling said the billion-dollar video content creation industry was growing exponentially through COVID-19, with platforms such as TikTok seeing an increase of 842 million in first-time video downloads over the past few months.

Clipchamp co-founder Alex Dreiling says social media use is driving company growth.

"As industries continue to adjust to the ‘new normal’, video creation has become an essential part of business marketing activities, with organisations looking to continually create and distribute new and engaging content across various platforms,” Mr Dreiling said.

The company this week appointed former Amazon executive Benjamin Gauthey as vice president of global strategy and business development.

Clipchamp was founded in 2014 by Mr Dreiling, Soeren Balko, David Hewitt and Tobi Raub, and its flagship and core tool, Clipchamp Create, was launched in 2018.

The company has raised nearly $US11 million ($A17 million) in equity funding to date.