Mid-weight Video Editor & Digital Designer

We’re looking for a talented visual storyteller to join our team and work across Forward Slash (Agency, Studio, Academy) as well as our record label and music platform So Future.

As a Mid-weight Video Editor and Digital Designer you’ll both own and assist on various projects and campaigns, bringing them to life through fresh ideas, troubleshooting, and the ability to deliver on time and to budget.

This role is split as video editing (60%) - digital design (40%)

THE ROLE

• Generate ideas, concepts and interesting creative work with strong conceptual foundations
• Produce video output to specification including: review shooting script and raw material, create storyboard drafts to present to client or internal stakeholders, assemble and deliver rough and final cuts, input music, graphics and effects
• Produce a range of graphic assets, mixed media pieces, gifs, branding, motion graphics, visual presentations and decks etc for online and social media platforms
• Work autonomously, taking a concept from start to finish and making appropriate decisions along the way to ensure delivery to deadline and standard
• Support senior members of the team to define the creative outcome of a project while owning the creative development of the design and production elements
• Consult with all relevant stakeholders from production to post-production process
• Confidently pitch and convey your ideas in the appropriate way both internally and to clients
• Creative innovative and engaging concepts, informed by cultural awareness and technological insight
• Deliver the highest quality output across the board
• Work collaboratively with the rest of the team to develop creative ideas
• Interact confidently with clients face-to-face and over email

ESSENTIAL

Experience

You have minimum 2 years experience in video editing, graphic design, branding, creative ideation or similar, ideally within the creative industries.

• You have proven experience as a Video Editor and Digital Designer
• You have solid experience with editing software packages (E.g. Premiere Pro, After Effects, Final Cut)
• You’re experienced in working with both still and moving graphics and have a strong portfolio to demonstrate this
• You have basic illustration and photo manipulation skills
• You’re well versed in branding, typography, layout, prototyping and design
• You’re a ninja in Adobe Creative Cloud: Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects and Premiere Pro
• You’re flexible and can adapt to evolving deadlines without compromising the quality of your output
• You’re up to date with trends/ behaviours across social media and can translate these into content formats that are applicable to our campaigns
• You understand have a deep understanding of social platforms (Instagram, Twitter YouTube, Tik Tok etc)
• You love music and the culture that surrounds it

Key Skills

• You can confidently own a piece of work from inception to completion, unsupervised
• You have excellent verbal and written communication skills
• You have a keen eye for visual details and accuracy
• You have excellent visual storytelling skills
• You’re able to prioritise work loads ensuring all projects are delivered on time
• You manage your time effectively and work to evolving deadlines
• You can work both autonomously and as part of a team

Ideal

You have a specialism in an area such as 3D, animation, illustration, AR etc.

THE OPPORTUNITY

The contract is offered at 4 days a week for a fixed term of 6 months, with a view to extending. Working will be both remote and from our East London office.

Immediate start.

You will need your own MacBook Pro/ laptop and Adobe Creative Cloud subscription.