
Video Editor
Darkroom
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • 🇵🇹 Portugal
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Mid-LevelSenior
About the role
- You will be editing UGC-style videos in a variety of content formats
- Develop and execute thumb-stopping social media video edits, layer audio seamlessly and overlay text that drives key brand messaging
- Brainstorm inventive edits and hooks that drive engagement, leverage new formats
- Stay current on all social media platforms, ad offerings, content publishers, tools, trends, and best practices
- Be a creative collaborator: Have the ability to be the voice of the brand and the influencer to create content that is authentic and powerful for all channels
- Be comfortable using video editing software, editing audio, and taking editing direction, while working in a fast pace environment
- Provide accessible content that includes closed captioning, voiceover, and overlay text in a variety of aspect ratios
- Setting up projects for edit staff
- Ingesting and logging footage
- Working in tandem with edit staff to meet deadlines
- Editing lower-level projects
- Maintaining media storage (hard drives, servers, GDrive)
- Mastering deliverables and archiving projects
- Assisting senior staff with edit and administrative needs
- Versioning various aspect ratios of completed edits
- Maintaining all software and assets (Mac OSX, server operating system, frame.io, Vimeo, shared assets)
- Coordinating and troubleshooting edit equipment
- Reporting to the Post-Production Supervisor and Producers, the AE will upon request create high-quality video edits that will span various media platforms
- Performance creative editing (collaborating with the performance marketing team in reviewing ad analytics/performance
Requirements
- Experience creating platform native content (including video content and organic content), especially IG Reels, Meta ads, and TikTok viral video campaigns
- Exceptional time management and organization skills with the ability to manage deliverables across an array of brands
- Strong Motion Graphics/ Graphic Design/ Typography skills required
- Proficient in Adobe Premiere Pro + FCPX
- Working knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite (especially Media Encoder, After Effects, Premiere, and Photoshop)
- Familiarity with broadcast finishing workflows (mix, color, VFX, conform, online)
- Familiarity working in a networked server environment
- Strong technical knowledge of codecs and transcoding practices
- Strong time management skills and ability to work in a fast-paced environment
- Strong communication skills
- Proficient with animation/ graphic design preferred.
Benefits
- Parental Leave: flexible parental leave benefits to support new parents during this important transition, ensuring time to bond with their families while maintaining work-life balance.
- Endless opportunities for growth: Our agency is founded on an interdisciplinary approach, giving Darkroomers insights into services far beyond your job description. Grow your skills and interests beyond your niche and stay at the forefront of the industry through total immersion in cross-functional collaboration.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
video editingaudio editingmotion graphicsgraphic designtypographyAdobe Premiere ProFCPXAdobe Creative Suitemedia encodingtranscoding
Soft skills
time managementorganizationcommunicationcreativitycollaborationadaptabilityattention to detailproblem-solvingability to meet deadlinesability to take direction