Junior Social Video Editor

At a glance 👀

SCREENSHOT Media is hiring a Junior Social Video Editor who will work directly under our Head of Video, alongside our Video team in the editing of our short and medium format content across Facebook Watch, YouTube, and Snapchat shows.

About SCREENSHOT Media 🤩

SCREENSHOT Media is an award winning new generation media company made out of our digital publishing and a creative agency arms. Our mission is to create and distribute content across news, culture and entertainment to our core audience of 18-25 year olds on their own terms.

We have built one of the fastest growing Gen Z-specific media companies in the UK, grown organically through a savvy and creative team. Established just over 3 years ago, SCREENSHOT Media reaches half a billion (yes a billion) Gen Zers every month and accumulates shy of 50 million 1 minute unique views across our social media channels as well as our flagship website.

Our agency arm SCREENSHOT Agency helps best in class brands speak to Gen Z in an authentic and purposeful way, working with the likes of TOMS, Wagamama, Huawei, Calvin Klein and many more.

We dominante the Gen Z space with content that hits different and pride ourselves on the information we deliver to our audiences through each and every one of our channels. Our core purpose is to give the youth generation a voice by building communities that inform, engage and entertain.

As far as an exciting, next generation media company goes, this is it! And we’re looking for hardworking, savvy, creative and energetic people to join us for the ride.

Role overview 📹

Being a Junior Social Video Editor at SCREENSHOT Media means delivering best in class video content across our channels and constantly looking for entertaining and informative content!

In your role as Junior Social Video Editor you’ll be working hand in hand with the Video and Social teams to edit, schedule and publish engaging viral videos using both UGC, and original footage.

As a Junior Social Video Editor within SCREENSHOT Media’s video department, you’ll want to keep pushing yourself to create viral videos!

Your tasks and responsibilities 😃

• Editing, scheduling and publishing 4-5 videos a week between our Snapchat, YouTube, and Facebook Watch shows and content
• Ensure daily and weekly workload is delivered on time and in line with our publishing schedule
• Support the video team in ideating and creating new video concepts as well as sourcing content
• Source UGC clips from video licensing companies
• Make sure your videos are edited within the brand TOV and editorial guidelines
• Work with the video team to analyse data and implement new strategies in order to grow performance
• Devise fresh, exciting and unique videos to help capture a wider audience across our shows and channels
• Update status reports for our weekly and monthly targets across views, and reach
• Identify any issues and resolve them in a timely manner
• Ensure content meets editorial, ethical and legal standards and is in line with SCREENSHOT Media’s brand and tone of voice.
• Potential to liaise and run interviews with talents
• Writing relevant and engaging narrative for Facebook Watch videos
• Potential to write scripts for our Snapchat shows

Role skills and requirements ✅

• 6-12 months of personal experience editing video, or interning as a video editor in a media publisher, creative agency, or production company
• Excellent abilities across Adobe Creative Suite, with particular avid skills in Adobe Premiere or Final Cut Pro
• Passionate about entertainment, social media trends, and already paying attention to breaking stories across news and entertainment, celebrity knowledge is a plus
• Strong knowledge of computer software that is related to web design, video editing, and graphic design.
• Excellent attention to detail with the ability to work well under pressure.
• Outstanding communication and interpersonal skills.
• Must be able to work on multiple projects simultaneously
• You have a quick-thinking ability and thrive in fast-paced environments
• You are able to collaborate within a team and are an effective communicator
• You are able to ideate and oversee the production of original scripts for our shows
• You always take initiative when necessary and enjoy working with quick turnaround timelines
• You are detail-oriented and love working with task management programmes

What we offer ✨

• This position is £23,000 - £24,000 per annum
• Candidates must be London based
• A hybrid WFH and office culture. We have a beautiful office in Shoreditch and ask our team to come in a minimum of twice a week. We totally get it that after Covid, no one wants to be in the office 5 days a week, but at the same time know that we’re best when we’re bouncing off of each other and brainstorming together.
• Our working hours are from 9am to 6pm.
• Bi-monthly team lunches
• We work half days on Fridays!
• 25 holiday days a year, plus bank holidays and the awkward days between Christmas and New Year’s.
• Your birthday off 😎
• Boxing, yoga and meditation classes for free in the office