History Hit is the UK's biggest digital history brand across Video on Demand, podcasts, social media and the web. Its website, historyhit.com, receives 1m sessions a month globally.
History Hit is part of Little Dot Studios, one of the world's fastest growing next-generation media companies. Little Dot Studios' digital history brands Timeline and Absolute History already generate more than 1m unique video views a day, with Timeline amassing 2m subscribers on YouTube alone.
We are looking for an Video Editor to work on sVOD and other visual media production.
Based in: Shoreditch, London (including flexible working arrangements)
Reports to: Senior Producer, History Hit TV
Contract Type: Staff, full time
Salary: Based on experience
Key Responsibilities
Editing long form content for sVOD and short form for social channels including TikTok & Instagram
Managing archive library, following existing edit processes and naming conventions
Comfortable writing pieces of copy for films, with intuitive understanding of History Hit's editorial voice and tone
General department support and assisting the Producers with the running of History Hit TV
Provide feedback and guide junior editors
Required Attributes
Must be familiar with Adobe editing tools, particularly Premiere Pro and preference for After Effects (familiarity with DaVinci is a plus)
Ability to develop and work with Essential Graphics templates
Understanding of template building and typography essential
Experienced editing archive based films
Experience leading and advising on art direction & comfortable making editorial decisions
Ability to work on your own and as part of a team. You need to be well-organised, efficient and self-motivating
Advising producers and creatives on production problems and the ability to spot possible problems ahead of time. Experienced cutting long form and short form content
Ability to work under pressure managing multiple tasks and maintain a release schedule across multiple social platforms. Demonstrable interest in taking on real
Desirable Experience
Ability to create animated maps, stats & title sequences to help drive narrative where archive is lacking
Understanding of the heritage and related education sectors