Senior Video Editor

Job Description

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.

Requirements

Education and Experience
Education Requirements

• 4 Year / Bachelors Degree

Years of Experience

• Minimum of 7 years of experience as a lead video editor in a fast-paced video production environment, managing multiple projects simultaneously. Experience in corporate, commercial, advertising, and/or television production is strongly preferred.

Skills

• Must be fluent in the Adobe Creative Suite - Premiere Pro in particular.
• Familiarity with Adobe Audition for creating radio ads and mixing final videos.
• Experience using a Digital Asset Manager, such as Interplay or comparable systems.
• Ability to design and create graphics as needed using Photoshop, with a basic working knowledge of After Effects.
• Ability to provide working files for motion graphics animators.
• Great organization habits and multitasking skills, managing multiple projects.
• Ability to act and react professionally in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong technical troubleshooting and problem-solving skills, with the ability to proactively identify and resolve issues within post-production workflows.
• Willingness and ability to work flexible hours with little or no notice.
• Ability to communicate clearly both verbally and in writing.
• Must be familiar with collaborative workflows and thrive in a structured, organized, multi-editor post-production environment.
• Demonstrated ability to evaluate and integrate emerging AI technologies into post-production workflows to improve creative output, efficiency, and scalability.

Safety
Must be able to perform this job safely in accordance with standard operating procedures and good manufacturing practices, without endangering the health or safety of self or others.

About Harbor Freight Tools

We're a 45 year-old, $8 billion national tool retailer with the energy, enthusiasm, and growth potential of a start-up. We have over 1,500 stores in 48 states across the country and are opening several new locations every week. We offer our customers more than 7,000 tools and accessories, from hand tools and generators to air and power tools, from shop equipment to automotive tools. We provide our customers with the right tool for the right job at the right price, always delivering quality and value.