Mid Weight Video Editor

We are seeking a mid-weight Video Editor with great Premiere Pro knowledge and After Effects competency to work with our experienced, full service video department.

what3words has a different creative model. You’ll work collaboratively in a motivated award winning marketing and design studio, reporting directly to the Video Team Lead. You’ll need to be proactive and enjoy the rapid pace of a tech company that’s creating a global standard for location.

We create a large variety of projects, from use case films to advertising campaigns, for many countries, and we’re always trying to improve.

Responsibilities:

• Storytelling edits for what3words and our partners to be used as campaign content, sales enablement, and on social channels. These videos have various lengths and purposes, and are created from footage supplied by a variety of production companies, in-house production, partner companies and stock libraries

• Eye-catching motion design: animating titles, creating graphics, using templated assets, screen replacing on filmed footage and animating storyboards created by our Design team

• Strong colour correction and grading skills: matching shots from different sources, improving the look of poorly lit images, setting a consistent tone across the edit

• Great audio skills: From music selection to VO editing, audio effects, and overall audio mixing

• Consistent file management and project workflow: It is essential for us to set up all our project in the same way that is accessible for everyone on the team

• Versioning and delivering projects to all major platforms: Knowledge of file formats and best practice for Vimeo, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, LinkedIn and YouTube

• Working with other Video Team members, Copywriters, Art Directors, Marketing Managers, Traffic Manager and other Studio team to deliver high quality video assets for what3words channels, PR, partners and presentations

Skills:

• You’ll be a great story teller, with the ability to create emotive content

• Ability to create exciting edits and make great music choices

• An eye for detail

• A good sense of pace and rhythm when animating text and other elements

• A keen interest in branded content and what’s currently trending

• The ability to think on your feet, add ideas and work quickly under pressure

• Ability to keep track of various versions of a project under tight deadlines

• Good knowledge of best practice for video workflow

• Good knowledge of technical set up for an efficient video suite

• Good experience working with pre-existing project’s folder structure

Software:

• Adobe Creative Cloud: Excellent knowledge of Premiere Pro, After Effects, Media Encoder

• Working knowledge of Photoshop & Illustrator

Experience:

• A strong showreel showing technical and storytelling abilities with content showcasing branded content including media such as TikTok, Instagram and Facebook

• Minimum 3 years of post-production experience as an editor, either freelance, in-house video team or at a post-production house

• Any secondary languages are a bonus

About us

The what3words team is a mix of experienced entrepreneurs, people who have worked at the highest levels in large global organisations, academics, and bright graduates – it’s a good balance, and it’s important for us that we get the right person who is happy working alongside people from various backgrounds. We have a relaxed and focused office in West London, with regular team socials, and we have a lot of great benefits. We have a culture that encourages diversity, curiosity and imagination in how we achieve our goals, and an absolute focus on building a global business.

• Competitive salary of $900 / month + commission
• 6 week remote working (work from anywhere) policy
• 25 days holiday: plus the option to buy more!
• Share options
• Private health insurance
• Annual health assessment
• Wellbeing Days
• Generous parental leave policies
• Family friendly policies
• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
• Birthday perks
• Lunch & learn sessions
• £300 (pro-rata) for personal development via Learnably
• Company Laptop
• Office perks; snacks, regular team lunches and socials
• Sports and hobbies clubs

Compensation Range: £33K - £37K