Editor

This is a Full Time Job

Editor (Freelance/Temporary)

Designed to meet the powerful consumer demand for lifelong learning, The Teaching Company is a rapidly growing media company that produces The Great Courses: an intellectually robust series of video and audio courses led by the world's top professors and experts in fields such as philosophy, history, literature, science, and the arts.

The pioneer of the concept of direct-to-consumer delivery of comprehensive and engaging academic courses, The Teaching Company maintains a catalog of more than 330 courses comprising more than 5,000 hours of content. Since its establishment in 1990, The Teaching Company has sold more than 8 million courses to customers around the world. Prominent and loyal customers of The Teaching Company include Bill Gates, Charles Schwab, Bruce Hornsby, and Jim Collins, to name a few.

Through its unique consumer-driven model, The Teaching Company creates only the content that customers want, in formats that are readily available and convenient to use (such as DVD, audio CD, and audio download formats). From its original solid base of above-average income baby boomers, The Teaching Company is capturing the interest of new generations of consumers by diversifying into areas such as lifestyle, leisure, and business topics. In addition, the Company continues to pursue dynamic new distribution channels at home, along with continued international expansion into Canadian, UK, and Australian markets.

Position Summary:

The Great Courses is looking for creative Final Cut Pro Editors to assemble video, graphics and still images into a cohesive educational course. The Editor's goal is to maximize the educational experience for the customer by working collaboratively with the Producer and the Graphic Artist on the planning, design, and execution of visual editing decisions in alignment with company quality standards and the completion of the course material on time and within budget. Projects are anticipated to start on 1/2/12 and last several weeks. Candidates must work onsite for this position (second shift).


Major Responsibilities

• Assembling video, graphics and still images into a cohesive program in Final Cut Pro
• Working with materials correctly portray both the information and the emotion of a project
• Working as part of a production team
• Staying on schedule
• Working directly with producers and graphic artists to assemble and create and manipulate visual elements
• Image manipulation and color correction of all assigned projects
• Be a good communicator and able to take direction well
• Maintain a close working relationship with their producer, graphic artist and technical engineer
• Be able to work in a fast-paced production team environment and be able to come up with creative solutions to challenges

Ideal Experience
The ideal candidate will have:

• A minimum of five (5) years of hands-on-experience as a video editor for a post house/television studio/or other video production
• Advanced Final Cut Pro editing experience
• Ability to work quickly and efficiently in a fast-paced production environment
• Excellent attention to detail
• Proven ability to work within a set schedule and time constraints without sacrificing creativity and quality of final product
• Ability to give advice and take direction
• Working knowledge of Photoshop
• Able to use both MAC and PC computer applications
• Knowledge of any of the following a plus: Motion, Aftereffects, Maya3D, and Adobe Illustrator.
• Experience in HD