Video / Film Editor / Animator

We’re on the look-out for an innovative, self-motivated and dynamic Mid-weight or Senior Editor to join our HEAD post production team in London/UK. You will be working for our in-house Creative Agency with an emphasis on bringing our creative ideas to life, and contribute towards the development and execution of our various post production requirements.

You will be integral to development, and output of our suite of film, video and motion design deliverables. You’ll work alongside our lead creatives and production department in the planning, ideation and production of creative across TVCs, social and various other motion touchpoints for example out of home and retail.

We need someone bursting with ideas and passion for creative. You will be a natural leader, helping to develop other members of the team, aid the operations team implement best working practices, champion these processes, manage your own edits and creative inquisitiveness runs through you.

Key Responsibilities

Creative development: first port of call for helping the creative leads and producers in developing video creative including storyboards, feasibility and accurate timing estimates. As a natural creative, you’ll be given the space to problem solve and immerse yourself in R&D and developing techniques to elevate our quality of output. We’re looking for someone who brings an infectious inquisitively to the creative process.

Workflow management: manage the workflow of the post production team. You will be integral to developing our motion practices and ways of working. You will be responsible for ensuring the team adheres to these processes, utilisation of studio documentation and data management. You’ll be aware of how to gauge an opportunity, what our limitations are and where we can break new ground. You will make the effort to be engaged with what the wider studio is developing in order to facilitate a smooth transition from creative concept to realising the edit opportunity.

Editorial excellence: you will be expected and given the platform to exercise your core skill and execute a range of edit projects, primarily live action and 2D animation, but also 3D from time to time.

Hunger to succeed: just delivering films and content is not enough for you. You have an innate drive to succeed and be proactive. Where others are not meeting a level of dedication expected, you inspire them to unlock their potential and lead by our core studio values.

Represent the brand: help HEAD showcase themselves as a creative leader in all that we do, aligned with the wider HEAD Group.

About You

Passion for sport

• A very strong motion all-rounder with experience in live action, 2D and 3D animation.
• You must be responsible for your own work, well organised and thrive in fast turnaround environments.
• You must be a natural leader wanting to transition to a managerial position
• You think audience-first and understand how to create assets that best resonate with a variety of consumers in different touchpoints.
• Be proactive and involved in unlocking the potential of how the post production team creatively integrates with the wider studio.
• The ability to conceptualise and lead the creation of compelling video content.
• A go-getting self-starter who is responsible for your own work and has a passion for driving your vision forward.
• You must take great pride in your work and what you do.

Skills & Experience

You will need 4+ years’ experience working in a creative post production environment creating content for offline and online platforms, along with being able to demonstrate experience in the points below.

• A passion for sports and is keen to learn.
• A proven ability to produce high quality motion output (edit and animation).
• You must have come from a production/post production company where motion is core to what you do.
• Faultless attention to detail.
• Can work quickly and efficiently, managing multiple projects at once.
• Understands edit workflows and can accurately provide time estimates.
• You must take great pride and responsibility in your work and what you do.
• You must be an expert in post-production processes.
• Can demonstrate your own edit and animation – live action, 2D, 3D in your portfolio. Filming and photography is a bonus.
• It would be beneficial if you can demonstrate instances where you have led a team in the past.

Software

• Very good knowledge of best in class and professional software and hardware such as Adobe Premier and AFX along with best working practices.
• A good grasp C4D, Arnold and Houdini preferred.
• Still/Motion camera operation and lighting is a plus but not a pre-requisite.
• A basic understanding of InDesign.