The Senior Video Editor is an expert at piecing together raw video footage into engaging and effective content for Marketing, Merchandising, and Social Media stakeholders. The editor is organized, resourceful, and self-motivated in creating original content, but also good at taking direction and working in a team environment. They are creative, but also possess a strong command of the editorial technical duties, such as logging, working with RAW files, light compositing, sound design and mixing, codecs, and compression. A normal day for them will involve a lot of multi-tasking while calmly dealing with tight deadlines. Finally, the Senior Video Editor stays up-to-date on visual and editing trends in the broadcast, advertising, and corporate video spaces.
Duties and Responsibilities
Attends pre-production video meetings for upcoming projects, asking clarifying questions with the intent of truly understanding the desired outcome
Reads script drafts to help flag any editorial issues
Imports and logs original camera footage
Edits video content based on an approved script and storyboard, using industry experience to improve the original ideas whenever possible
Quickly turns around revisions based on stakeholder feedback
Effectively communicates the "why" behind creative decisions to key stakeholders
Color corrects final video product, sometimes from flat RAW files
Creates a sound design for each video, including using natural sounds of working tools
Chooses music that matches each video’s style and achieves the feeling a video is meant to evoke
Participates in the formal video review process, collecting and interpreting notes, asking follow-up questions where additional clarity is needed
Creates multiple versions of videos for length and/or social media platforms, including but not limited to, Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok
Compresses final videos for dissemination, maximizing bitrate for any required codecs.
Maintains an archive of all video material, and shares with other teams as needed.
Scope
Staff supervision and development: No
Decision making:
Able to make creative decisions to achieve the desired look and feel required by stakeholders
Travel: Up to 5%
Flex Designation: Local
The anticipated salary range for this position is $78,100-$117,100 depending on location, knowledge, skills, education and experience. This position is also eligible for an annual discretionary bonus. In addition, we offer comprehensive and competitive benefits to Associates (and their families) such as medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term and long-term disability. Eligible Associates are able to enroll in our company’s 401k plan. Associates will accrue paid time off up to 236 hours per year (inclusive of PTO, floating holidays, and paid holidays). Paid sick time up to 80 hours per year unless otherwise required by law.
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Senior Video Editor - Remote (Los Angeles Local)
Harbor Freight Tools · Calabasas, CA, USA ·
- Pay:
- $78,100-$117,100/yr
- Job type:
- Full Time