Video Editor

Job Title: Video Editor

Location: East Moline, IL, 61244

Duration: 12 Months

Job Type: Contract

Work Type: Onsite

Job Description:

Your Responsibilities:

• Elevate and differentiate the client brand through world class storytelling.
• You’ll touch a gamut of subjects, creating assets and editing stories that help promote equipment, share the customer story, and enhance our rich brand legacy.
• The ideal candidate will be well-experienced across a myriad of video styles and formats, from short, thumb-stopping social content to longer form editorial-style productions.
• The work is largely self-managed, but you collaborate closely with internal clients and stakeholders and outside agency partners throughout the editing process.
• When not working on client projects, you will help curate, cut down, and catalog clips for our internal JD Stock video library.
• While this role’s primary function is working as a video Editor as described above, the candidate will also occasionally assist shoots in-studio and in-field, running grip and operating video equipment.

Major duties:

• Editing video (70% of the time)
• Assisting video shoots, in-studio and in-field (20% of the time)
• Studio help (10% of the time)

MUST HAVE skills:

• 5-7 years video editing experience.
• Expert working knowledge of Adobe Creative Cloud, namely Adobe Premier Pro, After Effects and Photoshop or Illustrator.
• Experience with professional cinema camera equipment from manufacturers such as Sony, Canon, Panasonic, RED.

Additional Skills:

• Excellent communication and project management skills, extremely organized with post-production workflow and file management
• Expert working knowledge of numerous video camera file formats, codecs, transcoding, and export of appropriately formatted deliverables.
• Basic working knowledge of video lighting, audio, and general production equipment
• Proficient in Mac OS operating systems and Microsoft Office Suite
• Proficient in basic audio editing to achieve the best possible sound
• Capable of performing physically demanding tasks, including (but not limited to): navigating uneven/rough terrain while carrying gear; working in all weather conditions (very cold to very hot); able to lift and carry gear weighing up to 50lbs
• Ability to thrive in fast-paced environment
• Ability to travel up to 10% of the time
• Ability to self-start and work independently as well as follow direction and edit and produce content that effectively captures the intended story or purpose.

What makes you stand out:

• Proven track record of executing a range of video projects — smaller promotional videos and social activations to larger commercial edits
• Motion graphics experience / competency / 2D or 3D animation
• Experience or familiarity with heavy equipment (ability to operate is a ++)
• Experience shooting the industries we serve (ag, construction, forestry, turf, etc.)

Education:

• Four-year University Degree (or equivalent work experience) in related field — editing, motion graphics, videography

Job Type: Contract

Pay: $24.88 – $25.00 per hour

Expected hours: 40 per week

Benefits:

• Flexible schedule
• Health insurance
• Paid time off

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift

Work Location: On the road