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Jr. Video Editor

The Studio

As we develop communications campaigns for our clients across the earned, owned, paid and shared channels, we turn to the creative and design expertise in the Studio to help breathe life into our ideas. From the creation of an influencer series to a dynamic animation, to a visually stunning TVC, the Studio creates the content that carries our stories to audiences around the globe.

Everyone that succeeds here enjoys the diversity of clients and projects and is driven to do great work that will have a positive effect on our client’s businesses.

What We’re Looking for:

Our team is built on the character of the people that work here, so the details below are just a starting point. We want you to make the role your own, and customize it to fit your personality, skills and interests.

As a Junior Editor, you will work closely with the film and production team in our New York office. Your primary role will be to work in post-production, editing video content, and generating motion graphics for various clients and brands - specifically ongoing projects and repeatable formats for social media and occasionally broadcast.

Outside of client work, you will be creating internal H+K films when required – we have an increasing demand from our culture and New Business teams to create slick pitch films and internal presentation films circulated to our US offices.

You will also be assisting in the archiving and migration of our current and ongoing projects from physical drives to the cloud (frame.io), creating an easily accessible database for remote editors.

Your video editing experience will include creating video content for social media, promos, and brand videos, together with some motion design experience that includes planning and creating animated visuals, animations, and motion graphics.
You must possess an awareness of trends across social content channels and the ability to think creatively, be detail orientated, and have a passion for branded content and digital media.

As a part of the film and production team, outside of execution, you will also be encouraged to get involved in other stages of the creative process, from interpreting the brief to helping develop mood storyboards, as well as the opportunity to attend shoots. You will also work closely with producers, art directors, creative directors, and account management to bring a shared vision to life.

Our ideal candidate is a team player but will need to be a self-starter.

You’ll Be:
  • Curious, creative, inspirational, and entrepreneurial
  • Smart, direct, and a clear communicator
  • An optimist that’s calm under pressure
  • Obsessive about attention to detail
  • Fresh thinker who embraces challenges and new methods of working
  • Working in a fast-paced environment with tight deadlines
  • A multi-tasker

This role will report to the Senior Motion and Film Creative and editors.

Here’s What You Will be Doing:

  • Editing client films - from simple Q&A’s to high-end commercial/ident work, editing ongoing projects and repeatable formats, specifically for social media and occasionally broadcast
  • Creating internal H+K films for pitches and culture teams
  • Address all notes and edits throughout the approval process
  • Be responsible for delivering the final product to the required specifications
  • Maintain proper file structure and naming conventions allowing for future edits
  • Assisting in the archiving and migration of our current and ongoing projects from physical drives to the cloud

What You’ll Need to Get Here:

  • 1 + years’ experience editing with agency or in-house
  • Basic animation skills
  • Moderate to highly skilled in Adobe Premiere Pro
  • Creative skills and ability to concept incorporating current technologies and creative forms
  • Creatively minded with an interest in the development side and early stages of content creation
  • Well organized - able to work under pressure and under deadlines, with strong follow-through abilities
  • Solid communication skills
  • Ability to work cohesively as part of a team
  • Detail-oriented
  • Flexible and helpful
  • Able to multi-task
  • Self-starter
  • Able to work within brand guidelines and turn around high-quality video quickly
  • Not necessary but a bonus
    • Skilled in Adobe After Effects
    • Experience with 3D animation
    • Sound design skills
    • Camera/shooting experience using Blackmagic or similar

Background
  • Film production
  • Background in Technical/editing/animating

The base salary for this position at the time of this posting may range from $35,000 to $75,000 Range. Individual compensation varies based on job-related factors, including business needs, experience, level of responsibility, and qualifications.

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About
H+K Strategies is one of the world’s largest and most renowned communications firms, with more than 85 offices around the globe.

At H+K here in the U.S., our first priority is our people and creating an experience for each employee that is positive and fulfilling. Do you like being able to work from anywhere and in a way that is best for your life? Come join us at H+K. Do you like working for the industry’s most exciting clients and supporting headline-grabbing programs? Come join us at H+K. Do you like working with nice people? Come join us at H+K. Do you like industry-best benefits, vacation time, wellness time, and parental leave? You guessed it, come join us at H+K.

Come join us at H+K. Where we believe in the power of “Being” everything that our employees need us to be – creating a work life that is all about Being Flex, Being Connected, Being Well, Being Empowered, and Being Valued. And we keep innovating and evolving our employee experience based on what we hear directly from our team members because we strive to be the absolute best place to work.

So, let’s recap, what to expect if you were to work at H+K:
  • Nice, passionate colleagues and a supportive work culture
  • Flexible work modes program, where you can choose whether you work from home, work from the office, or a mix of both – a completely hybrid, distributed workforce
  • Exciting clients and opps to stretch up and across to grow within the company
  • Competitive compensation
  • Amazing, industry-best benefits, such as
    • Comprehensive and inclusive health, dental, vision, and mental healthcare
    • Back-up care paid parental leave (16-week maternity leave!), and other family solutions
    • Retirement savings and student loan refinancing partner options
    • Incredibly good vacation and wellness time off, no matter your level
  • Plus, other engaging employee programming, such as
  • Ally and Mentorship program
  • Employee Resource Groups
  • Employee Experience committees
  • And, worth mentioning, frequent happy hours

Most importantly! As an Equal Opportunity Employer, H+K Strategies does not discriminate against applicants or employees because of their race, creed, color, age, religion, sex, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, military status, national origin, or ancestry.

COME JOIN US!


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