Senior Video Editor, Social Media

This is a Full Time Job

Position Overview

Saylor seeks a sharp, innovative Senior Video Editor to lead best-in-class creative campaigns for global brands on social media. This full-time role will work closely with the social media team to bring creative concepts to life at the speed of online culture.

The ideal candidate is a multi-faceted creative who understands social media trends and content nuances. They are part writer, producer, and content creator. They understand what algorithms want and what piques social audiences' interests. They know the difference between a shitpost and brainrot. They know how to create custom content for varying brand voices and styling. They identify their editing style spectrum capabilities from lo-fi meme video to elevated paid social video. Their eye starts to twitch when the first three seconds of a social video doesn't hit. This creative is a team leader who drives big ideas and innovative approaches.

About You

You've been raised in the social media trenches and you can spew a thesis about the spectrum of social video from memes to polished. You understand the value of speed over perfection in this social landscape. You're scrappy. You're one of the leaders of sharing content in your group chats. You thrive off of partnering with Social and Copy team members to bring unhinged, first-to-market creative that delights audiences to life. You overlap with Social and Copy because you understand and are enthusiastic about the creative development phase and want to participate in laying the foundation for hyper-engaging content.

Day To Day Responsibilities:
• Lead the development and execution of creative video content for social media campaigns, driving both concept and production; a fast maker with a strong social-media-first instinct who thrives on turning ideas into engaging, scroll-stopping work.
• Partner with your Social, Design, and Copy teams to maintain and execute the editorial tone for assigned campaigns
• Ensure that editorial projects are delivered on their agreed upon timeline, often at the speed of social
• Mastery of the brand guidelines and identity on social with ability to apply relevantly and quickly
• Reactivity to online trends that make sense for the brand, participating regularly with your project pod in ideation from a digital AV perspective
• Mastery of lo-fi organic content packed with the nuance that activates social audiences
• Mastery of quality control, logos, framing for social, and other tactics
• Ability to support in coloring, sound mixing, and captions, SRT file or transcript development as needed
• Act as a mentor for more junior teammates

Requirements:
• Have high level campaign editing experience in entertainment, brand, lifestyle, marketing. Both traditional and social.
• 8 years of experience as a video editor in an agency or in-house at a studio, with experience editing for social media vertical video.
• A well-developed editorial creative point of view, and the ability to identify strong ideas and executions.
• Attention to detail.
• Effective time management skills and the ability to meet tight, high-volume deadlines.
• Ability to seamlessly bounce between edit projects of varying complexity.
• Extensive knowledge and awareness of current social marketing video tactics and trends across various platforms.
• Ability to color correct and sound design projects within Premiere Pro.
• Ability to perform simple 2D motion graphics.
• Understanding of marketing, production, social media, branded content, long and short form video.
• Expertise with required desktop tools, including Adobe Premiere Pro
• Understanding of how audiences consume social media video in this current climate

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