Video Editor
Central London (EC1Y)
We are looking for a creative, dynamic video editor with 3-5 years commercial experience and a strong portfolio, ideally of sports or high-end (e.g. branded) content. This is a critical role in a small but growing digital content team, working to produce content for an exciting new fan experiences for digital products featuring some of the world's most successful football clubs.
Core responsibilities:
• Creating dynamic, short-form video content for inclusion in new digital product
• Ingesting and organising content from supplier hard drives / FTP / Amazon EC2
• Ideation of thematic content selection
• Edit and grade clips, and perform basic sound layering/mixing
• Work with graphic designer to add gfx layers to videos
• Participation in partner content review process
• Upload and optimise clips in proprietary CMS
• Generate cut-downs, teasers, trailers, and loops of each program for various media platforms including social platforms and out-of-home
• Create a series of promo and marketing edits for 2019 digital product launches
Must have skills & experience:
• 4-6 years commercial experience
• Expert in Premiere Pro (or comparable), After Effects, Lightworks, and all media encoding
• Ability to work with highly technical teams and handle multiple projects in a fast-paced environment
• Good sense of timing, pacing, and controlling story flow through editing
• Experience of multi-supplier content workflows and quick turnaround environments
• Strong understanding of digital and social platforms as well as their use within marketing
• Fluent in all aspect of post-production, including creative concept development, scripting, development of graphic design and/or animation elements, and supervising all creative aspects of audio and video post-production
• Interacts regularly with Marketing and production teams (launch planning, music/talent, marketing, etc.) to determine needs/concerns
• An online portfolio or samples of work demonstrating strong video editing skills in across a range of media including online and mobile is a requirement for application
Nice to have skills & experience:
• Smoke (or similar grading experience)
• Sound layering / sound mixing experience
• Familiarity with special effects, 3D and compositing
• BS degree in film studies, cinematography or related field
Full-time permanent hire preferred (with significant benefits package in addition to competitive salary) but freelancers will be considered.