Video Editor/ Animator - Astronomy YouTube Channel (Freelancer)

Electrify Video Partners

  • London
  • Contract
  • Full-time
  • 2 months ago
We are looking for a video editor and animator with a background in astronomy/space/astrophysics or anything other that relates to space! We run a well-established astronomy Youtube channel with over 1.3M subscribers and are looking for our next A-player to join our editing team. It’s important for this role that you have a background in the things I mentioned earlier so please don’t apply if you have no prior experience or background in space-related topics.Tasks
  • Visually bring to life well-written scripts and voiceover files, creating beautifully edited and stunning final videos to be uploaded onto Youtube, all about space and astronomy.
  • Reversioning content for best performance across other social platforms
  • Creating clips, graphics, animations, editing compilations, optimising videos, adding lower thirds and subtitles, and uploading to a schedule
  • Source and utilising an archive library and third-party footage to create content
  • Day-to-day liaison with Content Manager and Executive Producer.
  • Asset management and archiving of content
Requirements
  • Essential to have good knowledge of and be passionate about space and astronomy content
  • Excellent knowledge of and at least 1-2 years of experience creating content for Youtube - Facebook, and other social media platforms is secondary - and deep insight the best use of video and audio editing techniques
  • Excellent knowledge of Adobe Premiere Pro, Adobe Photoshop, and Adobe After Effects (Animations, Subtitling, Lower thirds, and transitions are a part of every edit).
  • Strong knowledge of different video formats, video compression, sound/video synchronisation, downloading from an archive system
  • Strong knowledge of / passion for factual content is a bonus
  • Great English communication skills, the role requires constant communication with cross-functional partners.
  • Impeccable spelling and grammar and grasp of the English language.
  • Great attention to detail.
  • Fast internet connection (150mbps+ preferable)
Further Experience of Benefit:
  • Experience upscaling content (lower resolutions to 4K)
  • Colour correction
  • Frame interpolation
  • Compiling images into timelapses
  • Fixing raw grainy footage
  • Using extremely high res image files in After Effects
Electrify Video PartnersElectrify Video Partners is a digital media company that invests in and scales established YouTube channels. Our mission is to turn channels into global media businesses by building teams, scaling the production and distribution of the content and introducing new revenue streams across platforms. We acquire between 50% and 100% of channel businesses. We have raised multiple funding rounds and have existing revenue streams.

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