About the role

  • Senior Video Editor crafting engaging digital content for brands like InStyle and Byrdie. Collaborating with producers to create high-quality videos across multiple platforms in a hybrid work environment.

Responsibilities

  • Coordinate and communicate with in-house producers to creatively and efficiently execute a wide range of videos in a fast-paced environment for multiple online brands.
  • Seamlessly pivot between GFX packages and edit styles, including celebrity interviews, recipes, product reviews, beauty, home improvement, and doc-style projects.
  • Move across projects quickly with little ramp time.
  • Ensure videos are optimized for various platforms, including adhering to platform-specific guidelines and best practices for YouTube, social media, and other digital channels.
  • Proactively identify creative ways to incorporate text, sound effects, music and more to make videos more engaging.
  • Take ownership over the final exports as much as producers do.
  • Bring your technical skill and creativity to every edit and be self-sufficient.
  • Build cuts based on scripts and articles with little guidance from producers.
  • Maintain brand consistency and quality standards across all video content, ensuring alignment with People Inc’s brand voice and style.
  • Manage feedback from producers and deliver flawless edits and revisions; strive to catch errors before they make it up the chain.
  • Execute basic color correction and audio mixes.
  • Manage personal production queue, asset delivery, and upload across content management tools including Google Sheets, Airtable, and our in-house CMS.
  • Be a team leader: mentor junior editors, bring new ideas to the table, always be on top of the latest trends and proactively suggest new ideas and techniques to enhance video quality and engagement.

Requirements

  • Minimum of 5 years of professional video editing experience, with a strong portfolio showcasing diverse work, particularly YouTube and social media content.
  • Creativity and Precision: a keen eye for detail and a creative approach to video editing and storytelling.
  • Expertise in Adobe Creative Suite, particularly with Premiere, Photoshop, and AfterEffects.
  • Immersed in digital video across multiple platforms; up-to-date knowledge of video formats and aesthetics on YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, etc.
  • Advanced verbal and written communication skills.
  • Proven experience fluidly communicating and collaborating with producers and project stakeholders.
  • Ability to see spelling and grammar errors in basic text.
  • Ability to identify and/or create narratives hand-in-hand with producers and consider the creative objectives and feedback of multiple stakeholders.
  • Deadline-Oriented: must be able to manage multiple projects efficiently and meet deadlines without compromising quality.
  • Professionalism: a respectful, responsible and calm attitude towards work and client interactions is highly valued.
  • Organized: Working within our Media Asset Management system to ensure project organization meets Post Production best practices.
  • Access to high internet speed at home.
  • Self-starter who requires little oversight.

Benefits

  • medical, dental, vision, prescription drug coverage
  • unlimited paid time off (PTO)
  • adoption or surrogate assistance
  • donation matching
  • tuition reimbursement
  • basic life insurance
  • basic accidental death & dismemberment
  • supplemental life insurance
  • supplemental accident insurance
  • commuter benefits
  • short term and long term disability
  • health savings and flexible spending accounts
  • family care benefits
  • a generous 401K savings plan with a company match program
  • 10-12 paid holidays annually
  • generous paid parental leave (birthing and non-birthing parents)
  • voluntary benefits such as pet insurance, accident, critical and hospital indemnity health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance

Job title

Senior Video Editor

Job type

Experience level

Senior

Salary

$100,000 - $120,000 per year

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

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