Digital Content Creator

Southpaw is looking for a full-time Digital Content Creator. This role calls for a talented video editor and digital all-rounder who is both highly creative and has a “can-do” attitude. You'll get the opportunity to work on some of the world's best brands from Honda to Diageo.

The main focus of the role is to support the digital delivery across all of our clients’ brands. You’ll be taking on a range of different brands and be responsible for the final production of video, motion pieces and other digital content. You will contribute significantly to the development of our growing Dynamics Arts area.

You'll be collaborating with all of our internal teams in the process and hard drives will be going back and forth between different team members, so you must have methodical approach to setting up and organising your projects. Proxying footage, grading and cut-downs should all be second nature to you. We also want you to talk big ideas, crazy concepts & nerd out with the latest motion graphics & tech.

Requirements

-A strong portfolio, demonstrating video/motion design work. Showreel is a must.

-Great understanding of video and digital delivery. As well as being able to edit videos from scratch you must be familiar with understanding and working with other people's video projects. This includes creating cut-downs, subtitling, translations and reformatting video edits fit for social media formats.

-Robust strong audio design and how to choose and cut music to different duration of films.

-Should love innovation in the latest video & motion graphics techniques.

-Robust understanding of layout & type.

Software Specific

-Premiere Pro. Must have a strong experience of the software & how it can be used to tell great stories through video editing.

-After Effects. Must understand how to make great animated content & how the software links with other Adobe software for seamless workflows.

-Photoshop/Illustrator. We expect you to have a good understanding of these in order to create storyboards & work with assets/type from our wider design team.

-DaVinci. We expect you to have prior experience using DaVinci in order to colour grade footage.

Benefits

• 28 days holiday (inc bank hols) + birthday and Christmas off
• Hybrid working (2 days in office)
• Car parking
• Private Medical Insurance
• Social Events
• Wellbeing support (mindfulness, coaching, counselling, mental health first aid)
• Plus many others!