Video Editor

The Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF) investigates, exposes and campaigns to end environmental injustice - the loss of natural habitats and biodiversity and the associated threat to basic human rights., We are recruiting a Video Editor to cover maternity for an existing team member. You will join a dynamic and dedicated team, delivering long-term impact protecting people and planet through film. You should apply if you are a committed and creative aspiring editor with an ability to craft compelling stories and are passionate about our natural world.

Key Tasks

• Selecting highlights from rushes and compiling clip reels from trip footage


• Producing high-quality, engaging edits from new and archive footage


• Processing, archiving and organising incoming footage and stills


• Preparing graphics, text, and subtitles in multiple languages, and making amendments to edits following feedback


• Processing and archiving stills and uploading to the digital photo library with tags


• Sound mixing and colour correction


• Producing animated elements for longer films


• Drafting scripts for voiceover


• Directing and recording voiceover sessions


• Assisting Video Producers in managing day-to-day activities to streamline the post-production process


• Various fact-checking, research, proofreading tasks
  
  You enjoy research and understand the fundamental need for attention to detail and factual accuracy


• You have a passion for storytelling through editing and presenting visual material to diverse audiences to secure their understanding and support for EJF's campaigns


• You are able to deliver agreed outcomes on time and on budget, at times managing multiple projects and tight deadlines and you are able to prioritise your workload


• You are entirely comfortable taking direction and feedback, working in a team, with equal ability to work independently, taking initiative and responsibility


• You can comfortably work across all video styles from documentaries to social media explainers, interviews to event edits


Necessary Skills

• Highly proficient in Adobe Premiere Pro


• Comfortable with Audition, After Effects, Lightroom and Photoshop


• Comfortable working with a variety of codecs and formats


• A strong understanding of editing workflows and file structuring


• Must be highly organised, technical and have a keen eye for creative detail


• Knowledge of social media trends and formats


• Ability to work to tight deadlines and produce multiple cuts for varied audiences at short notice


Desirable Skills

• Experience using InDesign and Illustrator


• Experience using Handbrake


• Design, VFX or motion graphics experience


• Second language skills


• An interest and understanding of the environmental campaigning landscape, Candidates must have the legal right to work in the UK or the EU.