In brief:
- Senior Video Editor / Post Production Lead for a multi-award winning creative agency near Cambridge.
- Requires advanced editing skills and strong knowledge of post production technology and workflows.
- As a senior member of the Creative Services department, full breadth involvement in projects; creative direction, pitching, delivering for high profile clients.
- Managing and overseeing asset and media management, archive and post production workflows.
- Working with an ambitious and dynamic team with opportunities for continuous personal development and managing / mentoring others.
- High spec industrial office space with studio, plus agency owned cafe on site. (opening Sept 2021).
- Ideal candidates will be highly experienced, creatively talented and familiar with agency production.

In Detail:
We're looking for a multi-skilled Senior Video Editor and Post Production Lead with an impressive portfolio of work and the creative flair to post-produce and edit captivating and engaging video content. Working within our creative services department, the role will see you overseeing all things post production as well as being a hands on Senior Editor. You will work closely with all members of the creative services team in managing the workflow associated with the post production side of projects, including the technical aspects of client media storage and asset management.

Essential skills and capabilities for this role include:
- Strong all round skills across video editing, and experienced in working in collaboration with other creatives in the process.
- Experienced and capable in client project management; prioritising, organising, delegating and motivating others, managing expectations, highlighting risks, pragmatic budget management. High standards of work, creating opportunities to create additional value, recognising and adapting to client scenarios.
- Strong ability in narrative development and creative storytelling.
- Strong attention to detail and good understanding of quality assurance.
- Very experienced in using Adobe Premiere Pro, with a good level of skill and knowledge of Adobe After Effects.
- A familiarity and understanding of 3D animation would be an advantage.
- Knowledge of different output formats and specifics / standards of each.
- A strong understanding of what makes up a good post production workflow and strong familiarity with codecs and other post production related technologies.
- Ability to mentor others and support more junior members of the team in their development
- Overseeing and guiding the work of freelance Editors ensuring we receive the highest standards of work.
- A strong understanding of IT/Technical side media & asset management - being involved in the implementation and development of the management of the media storage infrastructure.
- A knowledge of workflow efficiency and an interest in exploring new techniques and approaches in the delivery of the post production phase of a project.

About us:
Hello from the team at Somersault! We're a successful creative agency, working with large international clients on high importance campaigns. Our HQ is a few miles south of Cambridge, in the heart of the world famous tech / biotech cluster. It's a pretty interesting neighbourhood, combining big guns like Amazon, Apple and AstraZeneca with extraordinary tech startups and scale ups.

Over the last 9 years we've been very busy and we've achieved a lot, including being named the UK's leading video agency by the Drum (ahem, three years in a row), and winning various other awards as a high calibre small business and a leading employer. Regardless of this success, we remain an ambitious team with much more that we want to do; maybe you could be a part of the next chapter?

Our current team say the following are the things they like most about the position:
Working across a wide variety of campaigns for some of the world's largest brands and the opportunity to flex your creative muscles in every area of the film production lifecycle, from pre-production right through to post-production.
Collaborating with an amazing team of ambitious creatives that all look to push boundaries and think big.
Progression opportunities within a dynamic and fast-moving company and the chance to help others develop too.
Our brilliant company culture that enables and encourages you to do your best work with maximum flexibility.

Our team describes our culture and values in various ways - supportive, ambitious, creatively driven, fun, team first, open and honest, hard working, committed, flexible, humble but confident. Suffice to say you'll fit in well if these sorts of things align with your values and you're looking to bring your very best to a new challenge in 2021.

About you:
You've earned your stripes as a creative professional, having worked on countless projects and campaigns and risen through the ranks. A proper team player; someone that knows how to act in the important moments, bring fun to the difficult moments, can take feedback, and give it diplomatically too. You're flexible and adaptable to the needs of projects and wider plans; happy to step in and support others, confident and capable in leading a group too.
You're also someone that has mastered the fundamentals of being part of a professional and productive team; you're organised and structured, positive-minded, set and expect high standards, considerate and aware of the needs of others around you.

On offer:
Salary £35-£40k; dependent on experience, plus pension.
A flexible work schedule including options for home / remote working by arrangement.
High quality workspace with in house studio facility. Agency owned Cafe on site from Summer 2021.
Company pension, 25 days' holiday + bank holidays. Free flu jabs and eye tests.
Regular company socials, summer BBQ and Christmas Party, team training at 'Somercamp' our annual training and planning retreat, 'lunch & learn' sessions held monthly and charity support.

Application Information:
We run a three stage interview process. In normal times this consists of an initial video call and two in person interviews, where candidates get to meet various members of our team. We're hoping that we can follow this process this time around but we'll adapt as needed based on the Covid-19 guidance at the time.

To apply for this position please submit a covering letter, your CV and a link to your showreel. We're specifically interested in seeing examples of work that are of a similar nature to our typical client projects; corporate promotional videos, product explainers/overviews/case studies, content to showcase products/support product launches and storytelling to demonstrate customer and employee experience .