Video Editor in Seattle, WA, USA

Job Summary
CreatorUp! is a digital creative studio and the world’s leading digital media training company, powering clients like Google, YouTube, SXSW, and more. We’re passionate about sharing industry-leading knowledge to unlock the power of content.

We are seeking a video editor in Seattle, WA who has a background/experience in animation. This individual must be able to work on a tight schedule and meet deadlines, be organized and efficient in their editing, is a good communicator and listener who can be easily reached, and pays close attention to details.

Animation experience is required as CreatorUp will be constructing videos with a large amount of animated assets, ranging from basic graphics to fully animated videos.

Responsibilities and Duties
Your work as an animation editor will involve:

• creating 2D computer animations that will be used to form a range of short videos (average of 3-5 minutes)
• creating a ‘rough cut’ (or assembly edit) of the video and determining the exact cutting for the next and final cuts
• reordering and fine-tuning the content to ensure the logical sequencing and smooth running of the video
• communicate with post production team on a regular basis to implement all changes requested by clients
• backing up and delivering all files/projects on a hard drive at the completion of the edit

Additional tasks may include:

• overseeing the quality and progress of audio and sound design
• creating and cutting graphics into the video
• color correcting
• suggesting or selecting music

Qualifications and Skills
Your qualifications as an editor must include:

• 3-5 years of experience as a professional video editor/animator
• proficient with professional video editing software and animation software
• access to professional video editing and animation software on a - personal device (desktop or laptop)
• able to edit off of hard drives
• background in digital/branded content
• high level of attention to detail
• able to communicate on a daily basis with post production team
• include a demo reel in your resume/application

Secondary qualifications include:

• experience with Adobe Creative Cloud
• experience with sound design
• able to work in-house

Benefits
While this is a temporary/freelance position, part-time and full-time positions as in-house editors may be available for individuals who prove to be exceptional. This will be determined based on an outstanding combination of the responsibilities and skills outlined above.

Job Type

• Contract

Salary

• $250-$300/day

Experience

• Video Editing: 3 years (Required)
• Animation: 3 years (Required)

Work Location

• One location
• Remote/Work from home

Contract Length

• Varies

Are you looking to pay or is this a collaboration?
Pay to hire someone

Is this ongoing work or a one off job?
Ongoing work

How would you prefer to pay?
Day rate

What’s your day rate budget range? (USD)
$250-350 (Industry average)

Do you have an estimate of the job or project length?
A few months

Are you a company or individual hiring?
Company

Do you have internal sign off on the hire?
Yes

Do you need to hire for a specific city, country or place?
Yes, they need to be at a location (give location in job title)

When do you want to have the freelancer secured by?
2-3 weeks

What is most important for this job?
Quality

Twine can guarantee 3 relevant freelancers for an upfront fee of $650/£500. Would you like to know more?
No

How many freelancers do you want to contact you?
4-5

Do you have a job specification or creative brief?
Yes (please enter this in the description)

Does the freelancer need insurance?
Yes

Where did you find Twine?
You contacted me