- Job Requirements: This is a remote job.
Condé Nast is home to Wired, Vogue, GQ, The New Yorker, Vanity Fair and more of the world's most celebrated brands. Condé Nast Entertainment (CNE) develops, produces and distributes video content across all of these brands. Our team creates high quality video programming experiences for viewers across every screen, and is led by industry veterans who have built video businesses with billions of monthly views. Since its inception in 2011, CNE has grown rapidly and has an extensive digital distribution network, with more than 60 million subscribers on YouTube and ranks in the top 20 in unique viewers in comScore's Top 100 Properties.
Job Title: Video Editor
Overview:
CNE Video Editors bring compelling, culturally-impactful, entertaining, and diverse creative content to life every day. Candidates should be natural storytellers and creatives first, interested in a role that spans a wide array of projects and styles, and able to collaborate with many creative partners in Production and Programming. This position works closely with Directors, Producers, Post Production Supervisors, other post-production team members, and reports to the Supervising Editor.
Primary Responsibilities:
-Edit a variety of complex digital video concepts across Condé Nast’s portfolio of brands, primarily for YouTube.
-Collaborate with Directors and Producers throughout post production to meet the creative and technical goals of each unique project.
-Able to quickly and independently cut to the essence of a story, and create compelling and entertaining narratives from diverse raw materials.
-Maintain active lines of communication with Post Production Supervisors, Directors, and Producers throughout the course of a project; be vocal when it comes to a project’s scheduling, creative, and technical needs, and flag concerns or delays promptly.
-Video Editors will have multiple projects assigned to them at once; time management and flexibility are key to successfully stay on schedule in CNE’s fast-paced, high-volume post-production environment.
-For any assigned project, complete motion graphics, color correction, sound design and mix, deliverables, and cue sheets.
-When applicable, collaborate with graphics editors, sound mixers, and colorists to complete projects on schedule.
Desired Skills and Qualifications:
-Minimum 4 years editing experience, primarily in digital video content; past work in a fast-paced, high-volume studio, media company, or post facility environment preferred.
-A well-documented history of working in a number of styles and formats is extremely important.
-Must be proficient in Adobe Premiere, with advanced capabilities with After Effects strongly preferred.
-Strong finishing skills; able to handle color correction, sound mix, motion graphics, and possess the capability to deliver high quality design and stylized content.
-Knowledgeable of professional workflows for graphics and VFX, audio mixing, color correction, and on-line mastering of deliverable assets.
-Strong understanding of editing principles and current digital trends, with an ability to tell a cohesive story.
-Finger on the pulse of viral digital video trends, with a knack for creative, insightful, and comedic timing.
-Must have impeccable organizational and communication skills.
-Must be able to self-organize priorities to ensure that deadlines for multiple projects are met, adhering to best practices set forth by senior management.
-Ability to problem solve and work through issues and produce under the pressure of deadlines.