Video Editor

Video Editor

Your Responsibilities:
Elevate and differentiate the client brand through world class storytelling. You'll touch a gamut of subjects, creating assets and editing stories that help promote equipment, share the customer story, and enhance our rich brand legacy.
The ideal candidate will be well-experienced across a myriad of video styles and formats, from short, thumb-stopping social content to longer-form editorial-style productions. The work is largely self-managed, but you collaborate closely with internal clients and stakeholders and outside agency partners throughout the editing process. When not working on client projects directly, you will help curate, cut down, and catalog clips for our internal client Stock video library.

The Editor is a critical part of our larger Visual Services photo/video department, which maintains residency of a 50,000 sqft studio. While this role's primary function is working as a video Editor as described above, the candidate will also occasionally assist shoots in-studio and in-field, running grip and operating video equipment.

Major duties:
Editing video (70% of the time)
Assisting video shoots, in-studio and in-field (20% of the time)
Studio help (10% of the time)

What skills you need :
5-7 years video editing experience
Excellent communication and project management skills, extremely organized with post-production workflow and file management
Expert working knowledge of Adobe Creative Cloud, namely Adobe Premier Pro, After Effects and Photoshop or Illustrator
Experience with professional cinema camera equipment from manufacturers such as Sony, Canon, Panasonic, RED
Expert working knowledge of numerous video camera file formats, codecs, transcoding and export of appropriately formatted deliverables
Basic working knowledge of video lighting, audio and general production equipment.
Proficient in Mac OS operating systems and Microsoft Office Suite
Proficient in basic audio editing to achieve the best possible sound
Capable of performing physically demanding tasks, including (but not limited to) : navigating uneven/rough terrain while carrying gear; working in all weather conditions (very cold to very hot); able to lift and carry gear weighing up to 50lbs
Ability to thrive in fast-paced environment
Ability to travel up to 10% of the time
Ability to self-start and work independently as well as follow direction and edit and produce content that effectively captures the intended story or purpose
Must submit link to portfolio/demo edit reel at time of application

What makes you stand out :
Proven track record of executing a range of video projects - smaller promotional videos to larger commercial edits to content for social media
Motion graphics experience / competency / 2D or 3D animation
Experience or familiarity with heavy equipment (ability to operate is a ++)
Experience shooting the industries we serve (ag, construction, forestry, turf, etc.)
Experience working in a video studio and or outdoor jobsites
Experience editing and working with large corporations or brands and high level leadership

Education :
Four-year University Degree (or equivalent work experience ) in related field - editing, motion graphics, videography

VIVA is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants have an equal opportunity for placement, and all employees have an equal opportunity to develop on the job. This means that VIVA will not discriminate against any employee or qualified applicant on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status