Working at GoPro

Check gopro.com/careers in January for 2017 intern opportunities! Thanks for wanting to come work with us, Solano89!

If I knew then what GoPro would become and how much it would take to get here...I probably would have been too freaked out to get out of bed in the morning. But this is where the power of blind optimism kicks in. Think it, see it, do it and don't worry about the risks. Leave that to everyone else and you'll wake up one morning successful at whatever it is you're focused on. Phew!

We do! One of the most satisfying parts of working at GoPro is seeing the great footage you all share. But it can be overwhelming to find the best stuff since there's so much of it. That's part of why we created GoPro Awards...to make it easy for you to share your sweetest moments with us through a program that helps us actually see it and PAY YOU FOR IT when we use it in our ads or on the GoPro Channel, etc. We think of GoPro Awards as a way to sponsor you when you capture and share killer footage. Together we rise!

Really good question. Our approach is to envision a "total solution" rather than think about each new GoPro as a "product". Products are standalone things. We want to build solutions that help solve problems for people. So, when deciding which features to included in a new GoPro, Karma, or any new software we think about the total solution and experience we're creating for our customers and not as much about the individual product itself. Hope this makes sense.

Ahh yes I'll reply to this, most employees enjoy going for a run and some enjoy biking for the most part. I myself use my breaks to eat as well as walk from time to time. Then again I do not work at GoPro nor do I have a job at all.

Maybe! I sure would like some interns around here that know video well. Right now we've got no more space though!

Very surprised. It's definitely a huge change with how we do things and how we're treated outside of work. My first event with GoPro was winter Dew Tour in 2009. No one wanted to wear our 'toy cameras'..we didn't have any athletes signed, it was all just bro hangouts. Like 'uhh well I have a friend that's good at jumps, he'll wear it.' Now my media compadre Bradford is in hawaii filming with Kelly Slater, I was just in Breckenridge with Shaun White. Weird. Anyway, the company itself is definitely overwhelming. We grew so fast that we had to move into a huge office building full of cubicles...ish (it's really really nice, but definitely not the same as sleepy Half Moon). Off the record, I don't think it represents the company super well at this point in the juncture, but maybe in the future we'll build it out to be more of the GoPro vibe. I envision our media dept with vaulted ceilings, a movie theater, and a big collab area with screens on the wall (i can dream right). Right now we're pretty cramped with desk after desk. That being said, it's an epic company to work for - everyone is always excited and the people around me are inspiring.

* 1) In the media team we work primarily with videographers, right now the social team are the ones that work with the photographers to get photos for online. The easiest in would be to consistently produce good photo content that people are noticing online. Have you seen Robbie Crawford or Kyle Ohlson's stuff? Everyone at GoPro knows who they are because they use GoPros nonstop and got good at it. I guarantee Kyle will have a job here when he finishes high school/college if he wants it. * 2) Yeah check http://www.gopro.com/careers Right now there's a photog position open, you can submit resumes and what not through that. * 3) yes. in Half moon bay there's a great place called flying fish. dank fish wraps.

Check this link http://www.shayboarder.com/2011/08/industry-profile-gopro-production-artist-abe-kislevitz.html Working for Nick is rad - he's always so fired up and into what we're doing. He's been involved with media from the beginning and he still sits in for hours with us on big projects & commercials moving clips around, chopping stuff up and figuring out what's gonna work best.

* This first one can be answered pretty well in this interview - scroll down to how did you get started in the industry: http://www.shayboarder.com/2011/08/industry-profile-gopro-production-artist-abe-kislevitz.html * I am in the office about 2/3 of the time now probably. I work in the office with everyone else, we have a media dept of about 20 people in house at any given time (lots of contractors in and out). Everyone is always working on different projects - when I'm in the office sometimes I'm on a big project where I'll lock myself in the edit suite we've got and crank away. Othertimes I'm on smaller tasks like commercial graphics, commercial formatting, helping with some coloring here or there. Favorite part is owning a big project - feels good to take on something huge and see it through to the finish. Equally as good is being on site at rad events like Euro X Games. * I don't do most of the in-house testing, but I do do a lot as sort of a personal thing - I'll ask what product designers are working on and see if there's anything to test. I have some of the most experience actually using GoPros in the field at this company so I usually like to think my feedback is pretty valid. Our engineering/design team is being built out ridiculously fast so protocols are changing daily, not sure what sort of background research they've got in place right now. *LinkedIn - I usually don't check friend requests on FB or LinkedIn.. I try to get to personal messages but a lot slips through the cracks :/ * For skiing and doing USC edits it's probably about 50/50. If I know it's going to be an epic park day I'll get the cams out sooner than later. If it's an epic pow shred I'll think about skiing first and filming 2nd - that usually entails just making sure I have some sort of POV on to capture the experience. I've had a few injuries over the seasons so filming has always been my fall back, but i really do love getting awesome shots. A lot of it depends on the mood of my riders and the weather, just gotta be on your toes if something is gonna go down. I always have at least 2 GoPros in my pocket on the hill.