Social Video Editor

ABOUT US

Caters Media Group is a content agency, one of the largest of their kind, creating, and licensing content to media outlets, commercial brands, and brand agencies worldwide and publishing across their flagship owned and operated brands on global platforms.

With a rights-cleared library of hundreds-of-thousands of assets and new content produced daily, our viral videos, images and trending stories help power global web and social publishers, TV and OTT platforms and global, commercial brand campaigns.

Additionally, as content producers and aggregators we are dedicated to producing and sharing, original, engaging content for the millions of fans across our owned and operated channels. Our in-house brands including Awesome Videos, Okay Really, Pawsome Pets, Filter Flirt and The Positivity Fix are followed by millions on YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook and Snapchat.

This is an exciting opportunity for you to join our ever-growing creative production team, producing content for an amazing variety of O&O social brands.

THE ROLE

Caters Media Group is looking for a brilliant Social Video Editor.

The right candidate will be as comfortable editing a viral video compilation for Facebook as they are a narrator-driven profile piece for Snapchat.

This person will be able to see the production process through from start-to-finish: Idea generation, sourcing clips from our archive, creating an engaging hook, accurately subtitling speech, editing and completing changes for a fast turnaround.

You’ll know about things like the importance of a 60-second AVD on Facebook and how to keep people engaged on YouTube, as well as what it takes to keep people watching on Snapchat. You’ll already know about the different technical requirements of the various social channels.

To apply, you should be very familiar with Premiere Pro and have at least two-years’ experience producing entertainment and/or factual content for social platforms. After Effects experience would be a bonus.

Ultimately, the right candidate will have worked for a social video brand, producing video content with a focus on storytelling.

If you feel you’ve got what it takes to join our creative team, please send a CV and cover letter detailing your experience and salary expectations to jobs@catersnews.com.

As part of your application please also provide links to at least one example of your work:

1. A live example of a video you’ve edited for Facebook.

2. A live example of something you’ve edited for YouTube or Snapchat.

These links should take us to your edit that is public on those platforms.

RESPONSIBILITIES

· Editing Snapchat Discover episodes for our successful O&O brands, including The Positivity Fix.

· Sourcing and editing three-minute plus story-driven videos and compilations for our Facebook brands, including Awesome Videos.

· Editing for other social, OTT and SVOD platforms including, but not limited to, YouTube, Instagram and Tiktok.

· Editing videos for licensing.

· Maintaining high standards and adhering to edit/brand guidelines.

· Keeping track of existing trends and edit techniques specific to the various social platforms.

· Designing basic graphics for new and existing projects.

· Archive research (sourcing content relevant to your edit from our extensive video archive).

· Idea generation (based on data, suggest edit and story ideas to drive views and performance).

· Be fully conversant with the current community guidelines for all social media platforms, most importantly, Snapchat, Facebook and YouTube.

REQUIREMENTS

ESSENTIAL

· Advanced skill on Adobe Premiere Pro.

· Fluent in written and spoken English.

· Key understanding of social media platforms and digital content.

· Minimum of two years editing for social platforms (consuming facing, entertainment or factual)

· Excellent written and oral communication skills.

· Able to design and write accurate, compelling storytelling sub-titles for social videos.

· Experience working with UGC and viral videos.

· Knowledge of the video technical video specifications of the various leading social media platforms.

· Proficient with Microsoft Office.

· Independent video editor with excellent problem-solving skills.

· Work well in a team.

DESIREABLE

· Familiar with After Effects.

· Experience in editing for Snapchat Discover.

· Have existing viral video examples which you have edited.

· Experience in working with social media analytics platforms such as Snap Story Studio, Meta Business Suite and/or YouTube Studio.

· Experience in designing and animating simple logos or text graphics.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Salary: £22,500.00-£24,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Company pension
• Free parking

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday
• Weekend availability

Experience:

• Video editing: 2 years (required)

Work Location: In person