Senior Video Editor

THE BIG PICTURE:

Girl&Bear is about totally transforming the way we make stuff now and adding to that offering so we’re fit for the future and beyond.

VCCP is a challenger agency for challenger brands. We have always challenged ourselves internally to develop our model and our offering. It’s this challenger spirit which led us to be ahead of our time with our internal production capabilities in VCCP.

The market has moved quickly however, and plenty of other businesses are now fighting to produce the ideas and campaigns we develop, and often they claim to be able to do it cheaper, faster and better.

We have outstanding capabilities across design, film, content, stills, experiential, digital and post production, but they exist in silos around our business. We are bringing these together and evolving them to create a contemporary and market-leading integrated ‘making’ offering.

THE ROLE:

The Senior Editor is to provide innovative and creative editing to VCCP’s remodelled in-house Production Agency. Supporting both the Head of Post Production, you are a lead editor in the department, providing experience and direction for the team and maintaining a high standard of creative output. You will foster a culture of craft in our work, of creativity, and of the power of video editing to deliver a compelling message.

Key to the role will be to build trusted relationships with the agency’s creative teams, to go beyond simply taking a brief to be able contribute and show direction, to be insightful and responsive, and know what it takes to deliver work that upholds and exceeds the creative vision.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Creatively determine the narrative, structure, tone and look of an edit.
• Offline and online broadcast and non-broadcast projects, but with a focus on craft editing, offline and creative development.
• Consult and advise with the director, creative, and producer throughout the process.
• Build trusted working relationships with creatives and agency producers.
• Deliver jobs to the highest standard and to the correct technical specifications.
• Help to ensure and maintain consistent file management and workflow is adhered to across all editors and freelancers.
• Help develop and nurture editors and junior editors
• Support the Head of Post and Head of Post Operations in overseeing the quality and progress of projects in the department and keep them informed of any issues.
• Ensure brand guidelines are always followed when delivering projects.
• Ensure master deliverables meet legal and technical specifications.

SKILLS & EXPERIENCE:

• Extensive experience in offline editing.
• A proven track record in creative, impactful, short-form editing.
• The ability to take a sliver of a brief and run with it.
• Experienced in creating compelling and impactful mood reels that communicate a story.
• Experience of editing content for major brands and advertising campaigns.
• Competence and understanding of working within a post production pipeline i.e. offline, conform, grade, VFX, online, and requirements for handing off files.
• Understanding of broadcast standards, including QC process and clearcast guidelines.
• Advanced knowledge of Adobe Premiere Pro CC
• Knowledge of Davinci Resolve After Effects preferred but not essential.

ATTITUDE:

• A passion for all things creative and advertising
• Resilience to keep going in a fast paced environment
• Strives for excellence
• Can do attitude
• Approachable and personable
• Builds rapport and is able to quickly establish excellent working relationships
• Team player

If this sounds like you and you share our challenger spirit, then we would love to hear from you!