Based: London
Tenure: Full time, permanent
Salary: Salary £22,000 -£26,000 (depending on experience)

Benefits:

Annual leave of 28 days (including 8 public holidays) increasing by 2 days each year; 1 personal day per year; additional paid leave over Christmas
Home working one day per week (after completion of 6 month trial period)
Cycle to work scheme
Employer contributory pension increasing for each year of completed service
Comprehensive private health insurance plan
Position overview

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Environmental Justice Foundation's Film Unit team as an Assistant Video Editor/Producer. This role will work across all of EJF's campaigns to produce the films that underpin and support our campaigns and advocacy work. It is a unique chance to work with an international leader in environmental protection and human rights.

About the Role

This is a creative and challenging role that demands proven experience and skills to deliver on ambitious plans. You will be assisting the Film Unit in all aspects of the post-production process and should have experience in producing visual content, primarily the development of short films from ideas, scriptwriting and editing. Camera operating skills would also be desirable and for the right candidate, there may be the opportunities to shoot new material.

As well as producing content you will be expected to assist in the promotion of EJF's visual content through a variety of means from social media through to international film festivals. In addition you will be expected to maintain the organisation of EJF's digital assets and manage sales of film and photographs.

The successful candidate must be able to work on multiple projects at the same time and be willing to take direction and edit according to prescribed needs and within tight time-scales.

Key Tasks

Selecting highlights from rushes and compiling clip reels from trip footage
Producing high-quality, engaging 1st edits for social media, events and screenings
Archiving, logging, proxy-creation and organising incoming footage and stills
Preparing graphics, text, subtitles in multiple languages, and making amendments following feedback
Processing and archiving stills and uploading to the Digital Library with tags
Drafting scripts for voiceover
Directing and recording voiceover sessions
Assisting Video Producers in managing day-to-day activities to streamline the post-production process
Various fact-checking, research, proofreading tasks
Experience operating cameras on location

About the successful candidate

You enjoy research and understand the fundamental need for attention to detail and factual accuracy
You have a passion for storytelling through editing and presenting visual material to diverse audiences to secure their understanding and support for EJF's campaigns
You are able to deliver agreed outcomes on time and on budget, at times managing multiple projects and tight deadlines and you are able to prioritize your workload
You are entirely comfortable taking direction and feedback, working in a team, with equal ability to work independently, taking initiative and responsibility
You're creative with a keen eye for good design
You can comfortably work across all video styles from documentaries to social media explainers, interviews to event edits

Necessary Skills

Highly proficient in Adobe Premiere Pro
Comfortable with Audition, After Effects, Lightroom and Photoshop
Comfortable working with a variety of codecs and formats
A strong understanding of editing workflows and file structuring
Must be highly organised, technical and have a keen eye for creative detail
Knowledge of social media trends and formats
Ability to work to tight deadlines and produce multiple cuts for varied audiences at short notice
An interest and understanding of the environmental campaigning landscape

Desirable Skills

Experience using InDesign and Illustrator
Experience using Handbrake, MPEG Streamclip
Design, VFX or motion graphics experience
Sound mixing and colour correction
Second language skills
Documentary/journalistic experience