SENIOR EDITOR

Trailer Park is the World's leading Entertainment and Content marketing agency. We make, market and move high impact content for some of the world's leading film houses, broadcasters and entertainment brands, from film and TV launch campaigns to branded content, social, full scale video production, editing and design. We work with all of the top film houses and distributers including Disney Pixar, 20th Fox and Universal, broadcasters including Red Bull Media House, ESPN and Nickelodeon as well as the new OTT players in the market including You Tube Red, HBO Now and NOW TV.

We recently opened our doors in London, bringing some Hollywood glamour to the UK. However, there are no A-list egos here. We're a start-up filled with down to earth and passionate people, prepared to roll up their sleeves and get stuck in. As well as working directly with our own clients, we are already partnering with other Engine Group companies as their creative and content production partner for brands such as Alton Towers, BAE Systems, Samsung, Santander, and Standard Life.

Engine is an award-winning global communications company with more than 2,100 employees based across locations including London, New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Shanghai, Hong Kong and Melbourne. 13 partner businesses make up the Engine family, including Trailer Park, WCRS, MHP, ORC International, Partners Andrews Aldridge, Deep Focus, Synergy, Calling Brands, Mischief, Fuel, Transform and Slice. Most of us share our home in Great Portland Street.

What is the role?

The Senior Editor role at Trailer Park London is highly creative. It requires you to adopt the vision of brands we work on; their tone of voice, creative standards and spirit; and translate into exciting, entertaining and inspiring branded content.
It is a varied role which demands your ability to generate ideas, contribute in brainstorms, develop storyboards and write scripts in collaboration with the Creative Department. The Senior Editor will work alongside a Producer and Creative Director to manage the end-to-end content creation process.

What are the main responsibilities?

Responsible for editing high quality video, ensuring the timely delivery of all projects and that expectations are always exceeded
Participate in the creative process; offering your own ideas and creative solutions
Understanding and adherence of brand guidelines in all circumstances
Help to drive and deliver 'best-in-class' creative output of the department
When required, manage other members of the team; taking responsibility for their creative output and workflow
Assist and drive the development of the junior members of the team
Build a strong relationship with our LA office, seamlessly working with them when required
Always ensure that best practice is met and constantly help to develop/improve methods
Interrogation of delivery specs, ensuring all projects are delivered to exemplary standards
Accurately archive existing video assets. Create archiving standards for future use, such as naming conventions and file size/type requirements.

Who are we looking for?

Extensive experience in editing promos, TV commercials & Social Media Videos as well as motion graphics experience in After Effects
Innovative and creatively minded; must be able to add their own ideas and creative flair to an edit
Work well with and take instructions from Creative Directors
Personable and able to work as part of a team
Proven ability to work under time pressure and to tight deadlines
Fast and efficient
Excellent communication stills, both written and verbal and the ability to learn new techniques
Highly organized and methodical
Outstanding attention to detail
Ambitious and enthusiastic
Extensive knowledge of Premier Pro and After Effects
Full understanding of codecs and complex delivery specifications
Understanding of usage and clearance requirements for music, images and footage
Archive and data wrangling experience of large volumes of high quality digital assets
A good knowledge of industry standard cameras and associated post production techniques
A good understanding of audio capture and sound quality control
Knowledge of various online video platforms e.g. You Tube, Vimeo, Vine, Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat etc.
Excellent understanding of video compression and optimization for web video
Knowledge of producing video for various devices e.g. phone & tablet and interest of new developments and innovations in video content
Experience using Da Vinci Resolve & a good understanding of colour
Understanding of Adobe Audition
Ability to use and write expressions with After Effects
Knowledge of Nuke
2D/3D Animation skills - Cinema 4d and After Effects

What we offer

At Engine and Trailer Park UK, you can expect a great working environment and superb flexible benefits to match, including: Free breakfast at the in-house cafe, gym discounts, childcare vouchers, contributory pension, cycle to work scheme and much more! We've been recognised for the way we look after our people, by being listed in The Sunday Times Top 100 best companies to work for 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016.