We use our creativity as a force for good.

Media Zoo is one of the UK's leading communications companies with a blue chip client base. Headquartered in our own state-of-the-art offices next to Chelsea Harbour, we specialise in engaging communications leveraging skills in film, learning, digital marketing and design to help our clients drive positive change.

Winners of PR Week's fastest growing agency, The Grand Prix at the New York Film Awards and Learning Provider of the Year at both the LPI and Learning Technologies awards, our creative strategies are widely regarded as some of the best in the corporate communications industry. We are currently the UK's Production Company of the Year and are ranked as one of the top thirty independent PR companies in the country.

With over 100 awards to our name within the last five years and over 100 full-time professionals across three offices, Media Zoo has the skills and resources to support our clients whatever their needs.

The company has grown rapidly over the last two years and as such have the demands on the senior executive team. Coupled with securing recent inward investment, the team is in need of a bright and dedicated Editor who can help with all the requirements of the team.

About the role
Are you a passionate storyteller with bold ambitions? Can you craft a story and visualise the end result? Do you want to work with a team of super enthusiastic and creative people in an award-winning creative agency? Then we want to hear from you!
We're on the lookout for a talented Video Editor to join us. This is a great opportunity to put your stamp on a growing and successful team on a mission to reinvest and challenge the industry! We are a fun and hard-working team who take pride in what we do.
You will be working across multiple films for high-profile clients in a range of industries - from talking heads to dynamic longer form content, no two weeks are ever the same. You will work closely with a team of unique personalities, from talented producers, designers, directors and animators. The team turns around multiple projects quickly, efficiently and to high specifications.

Key Tasks
- Work within the team to edit digital video content.
- Complete post production for projects including grading, mastering, encoding in different formats and uploading to the web.
- Research original images, music and video content as support material to video shoots.
- Take a leading role in backing up all data and organising a library of all media.
- Perform quality assurance on all video footage.
- Take responsibility for video upload.
- Accurately archive footage to be easily accessed by the various teams.
- Have excellent organisation and time management.
- Ability to communicate clearly and concisely to clients and team members.
- Experience in working with a range of complex projects.
- Stay cool under pressure working across multiple projects.
- Positive attitude, strong work ethic and being able to work as part of a team is a must.
- Be resilient and highly adaptable to change.
- Work on After Effects to create graphic assets and simple animation from vectors.
- High standard of accuracy on subtitles.
- Manage a variety of ongoing projects and be able to work with other editors by adhering to consistent methods and workflows.
- Able to work autonomously to sync pull and create strong narrative structures.

This is a role that needs a confident, enthusiastic individual who was first to put their hands up in class and isn't afraid to try stuff out.

Requirements:
- At least 3 years experience inhouse or agency side with knowledge of the production workflow.
- An editing background with advanced experience using Adobe Premier and After Effects.
- Excellent understanding of video compression and optimisation for web video.
- Clearly demonstrate and show examples of production experience.
- Ability to work well within a fast-paced environment well under pressure with a flexible, creative attitude both within a team and autonomously.
- Strong understanding of audio capture and sound quality control.
- Understanding of usage and clearance requirements for music, images and footage.
- Knowledge of producing video for various devices e.g. mobile, tablet, etc. and interest of new developments and innovation in video content.
- A professional approach to work with great attention to detail, high quality and consistency.

Media Zoo is committed to continuing to make diversity, equity, and inclusion part of everything we do - from how we create our services to how we build our workforce.