Video Editor – Gauteng needed at eMedia Investments

Specific Tasks and Outcomes

• Editing
• Creating of imaginative edits which will continue to set The Show apart.
• Syncing sound to raw footage.
• Inserting offline and online edits of segments.
• Building and designing motion graphic and design holding devices.
• Creating effects and transitions.
• Manipulating raw film and video images to create consistent colour tones throughout the edit.
• Choosing compelling and effective music for each edit.
• Sourcing and creating sound effects.
• Assisting camera department with ingest of raw footage.
• Editing, packaging, and delivering of weekly and monthly promos.
• Packaging final episodes.
• Delivering episodes and promos to final mix.
• Liaising with freelance team members and final mix.
• Delivering final episodes for broadcast.
• Editing and sending weekly social media cuts and WhatsApp promos to the Executive Producer.
• Providing the highest quality of work, both artistically and technically, while working within the limits imposed by available deadlines.
• Ensuring weekly deliveries of promos and episodes are made on time in accordance with the broadcast date to the correct internal server.
• Prepping and delivering weekly promos and episodes to online.
• Contributing to weekly editorials (when not editing) with the sole purpose of generating entertaining and informative television.
• Liaising with the Executive Producer, Managing Editor, and Producers daily.
• QC’ing weekly episodes.
• Media Management/Archiving
• Ingesting of raw footage and the creation of insert specific working files.
• Ensuring back-ups of active files and effective management of hard drive space.
• Assisting in sending interviews to the relevant team members for transcriptions.
• Managing hard drives, servers and editing equipment, in an effort, to maximise storage space and minimise wastage.
• On going checks on relevant hardware, ensuring all resources are in working order.
• Ensuring back-ups of all active projects are created and maintained.
• Archiving aired programmes, B-roll and Final Cut projects.

Key Performance Indicators

Performance Criteria

Key Performance Indicator 1

• Ensuring weekly back-ups of active files and effective management of hard drives, servers and editing equipment, in an effort, to maximise storage space.

Key Performance Indicator 2

• Providing the highest quality of work daily, both artistically and technically, while working within the limits imposed by available deadlines.

Key Performance Indicator 3

• Editing, packaging, and delivering of weekly and monthly promos as well as episodes.

Key Performance Indicator 4

• Editing daily and weekly offline and online versions of episodic segments as well as implementing QC notes after viewings.

Key Performance Indicator 5

• Creating of daily imaginative edits which will continue to set The Show apart.

Key Performance Indicator 6

• Building and designing motion graphics and design holding devices as well as creating effects and transitions for weekly episodic edits. Implementing colour grading and choosing compelling and effective music for each edit.

Requirements

• A National Senior Certificate
• A minimum of 1-2 years’ experience within a similar role