Senior Video Editor - Reach Studio

Are you an expert on all things video editing with a passion for creating high quality original content for some of the biggest news brands in the UK? We are looking for a Senior Video Editor to join our Reach Studio team. This is a unique opportunity to work with our national and regional news brands including but not limited to The Mirror, Daily Express, Manchester Evening News and many more. You will oversee the editing of original, social, vodcast, and branded content aimed at evolving our audience engagement and expanding revenue opportunities.

Key responsibilities and accountabilities:

• Edit a diverse range of high quality content, working across commercial, editorial, social and marketing projects.
• Ensure all video content is edited to brief, in line with resource allocation, budget and deadlines, whilst ensuring quality expectations are met.
• Undertake animation and motion graphics tasks at a high level using After Effects and Photoshop.
• Edit large-scale projects with several hours of rushes, creating a narrative that drives audience engagement.
• Create social cut-downs from the longer edits that drive users to YouTube.
• Edit smaller-scale edits with pace and precision to drive engagement.
• Keeping up to date with video trends and feeding back in the right forums.
• Colour correction and grading images and videos, conforming to broadcast and social standards and guidelines.
• Sourcing audio tracks and sound mixing edits, creating well mastered tracks across multiple layers.
• Lead by example and ensure regular quality checking across the team ensuring maximum attention to detail to guarantee the product is shown in the most optimum way for all deliverables.
• Able to intake feedback from stakeholders and re-deliver new draft versions that complete feedback and/or offer creative solutions to comments.
• Guiding more junior members of the video team, directing and assisting when needed, teaching best practices and maintaining and policing their technical processes.
• Maintain hard-drives and archives and check media for any corrupt files.
• Contribute to departmental technology software and hardware launches when required.
• Uphold Reach's policy around diversity and inclusion and work to ensure our values around non-discrimination are upheld in everything we publish.
• If possible, some camera operating skills on DSLR, professional level cameras or mobile phones.

Qualifications:

• Sufficient industry experience in video production management or a similar role within the media or creative industries.
• Advanced knowledge of and skills using the Adobe Creative Suite, with exceptional proficiency in Premiere, After Effects and Photoshop.
• A track record of editing content for social and YouTube.
• High level of proficiency in colour grading using Adobe Premiere.
• High level of proficiency in sound mixing and mastering.
• Passion for original, social and branded content.
• Be able to demonstrate initiative, problem solving and creativity on a daily basis.
• Confident in Microsoft Office Suite of programs.
• Ability to manage and oversee multiple projects simultaneously from start to finish, meeting tight deadlines e.g. breaking news.
• A ‘can do’ attitude, able to work well under pressure.
• Ability to take on feedback, new ideas and direction.
• An ability to work both independently and collaboratively with the wider team.

What can we offer you?

• We are offering a competitive salary and benefits including: Help saving for your retirement - join our pension scheme and we’ll match contributions up to 6%.
• 25 days’ holiday per year when you join. After three, five and ten years’ service with Reach, you’ll accrue one additional day of annual leave. We also have a Holiday Purchase Scheme.
• Giving back day - an additional day’s leave each year to support a cause close to your heart.
• Enhanced family leave - including maternity, paternity and adoption - and you’ll be eligible after just six months’ employment.
• Private Healthcare Cash Plan - free health cash plan so you can claim back cash for a range of medical expenses.
• As one of the UK’s top 50 Inclusive Employers, everyone’s invited to join our events, programmes and networks to celebrate diversity and build an environment where all our people can thrive.
• Wellbeing support - including a 24/7 employee assistance programme (EAP) for you and your nearest and dearest.
• Awesome career opportunities - you’ll have support from your line manager and a range of learning & development programmes.

Reach plc believes diversity brings benefits for our customers, our business and our people. This is why we are committed to being an inclusive employer and encourage applications from all suitable applicants irrespective of background, circumstances, age, disability, gender identity, ethnicity, religion or belief and sexual orientation.