Video Editor

We are looking for an Assistant Editor to join Darkroom. The Assistant Editor will sit in our Post-Production department, managing all media, and assisting senior edit staff. We’re looking for a candidate experienced in data and post workflow within multiple post-production softwares - including but not limited to - FCPX, Adobe Creative Suite and DaVinci Resolve. The candidate must be incredibly organized and be able to work in a fast-paced, high-pressure environment.

Assistant video editors help the primary editors on post-production projects. In this role, your job duties may include reviewing the raw footage, logging each shot into a database for easy access, compiling requested footage, preparing the editing equipment and software, and loading up the videos before editing begins. Assistant video editors are support positions that complete the preparation and administrative tasks necessary for editing, but they may occasionally edit some portions of select projects. Many assistant video editors aspire to become a primary editor, and use this position to gain experience in the field as well as network with other editors.

This is a remote job, and is open to candidates based in Sao Paulo, Brazil & Lisbon, Portugal. This role supports teams working in US Eastern Standard/Daylight Time and should be flexible to support and work in these times.

Pay Rate: This is a full time, contract based role, paid out on a 12 month basis. Pay - $1000-1200 USD/mo

• Experience creating platform native content (including video content and organic content), especially IG Reels, Meta ads and TikTok viral video campaigns

• Exceptional time management and organization skills with the ability to manage deliverables across an array of brands

• Strong Motion Graphics/ Graphic Design/ Typography skills required

• Proficient in Adobe Premiere Pro + FCPX

• Working knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite (especially Media Encoder, After Effects, Premiere and Photoshop)

• Familiarity with broadcast finishing workflows (mix, color, VFX, conform, online)

• Familiarity working in a networked server environment

• Strong technical knowledge of codecs and transcoding practices

• Strong time management skills and able to work in fast paced environment

• Strong communication skills

• Proficient with animation/ graphic design preferred

• You will be editing UGC-style videos in a variety of content formats

• Develop and execute thumb-stopping social media video edits, layer audio seamlessly and overlay text that drives key brand messaging

• Brainstorm inventive edits and hooks that drive engagement, leverage new formats

• Stay current on all social media platforms, ad offerings, content publishers, tools, trends, and best practices

• Be a creative collaborator: Have the ability to be the voice of the brand and the influencer to create content that is authentic and powerful for all channels

• Be comfortable using video editing software, editing audio, and taking editing direction, while working in a fast pace environment

• Provide accessible content that includes closed captioning, voiceover, and overlay text in a variety of aspect ratios

• Setting up projects for edit staff

• Ingesting and logging footage

• Working in tandem with edit staff to meet deadlines

• Editing lower-level projects

• Maintaining media storage (hard drives, servers, GDrive)

• Mastering deliverables and archiving projects

• Assisting senior staff with edit and administrative needs

• Versioning various aspect ratios of completed edits

• Maintaining all software and assets (Mac OSX, server operating system, frame.io, Vimeo, shared assets)

• Coordinating and troubleshooting edit equipment

• Reporting to the Post-Production Supervisor and Producers, the AE will upon request create high quality video edits that will span various media platforms

• Performance creative editing (collaborating with performance marketing team in reviewing ad analytics/performance)

About Darkroom:

Darkroom is a vertically integrated digital agency pioneering the next generation of consumer-facing brands. Our team has been responsible for generating hundreds of millions of dollars in market value for some of the most innovative brands in the world. A category leader in results-driven growth marketing, Darkroom’s success is attributed to our unique partnership model, purposefully built to launch brands to market and accelerate growth across direct-to-consumer. Our model is predicated on four major disciplines — Brand & Identity, Digital Products, Creative Production, and Growth Marketing – threaded by one cohesive, interdisciplinary team.

Taking the startup mindset to the agency space, the collective expertise of our team of entrepreneurs and senior digital marketers are deeply aware of the newest trends in e-commerce, development, and digital marketing. Our learned experience has allowed us to take clients (and internal ventures) from $0 to millions in revenue in just a few months. We work with game-changing brands: Olipop, Everytable, VYBES, Joybird, & Maaji – to name a few.

We're building the future of advertising and are looking for the minds to help us do it. We only seek out the best—from our clients to our people. Our team is our most sacred asset, and we offer highly competitive salaries and the following perks:

• Fun, fast-paced startup environment located where the most talented people want to live. Virtual employee hubs include Los Angeles, Bay Area, Philly, New York, Sao Paulo, Lisbon, and Albania.

• Every role makes a difference - shape your own career path and company culture.

• International, motivated team with flat hierarchies.

• Attractive opportunities for growth.

• Darkweek, Unlimited Vacation Policy, and Holidays: Rebooting is one of the most important parts of growth. At Darkroom, you have access to an unlimited vacation policy, our annual “Darkweek” full office closure, and all public holidays of your country of origin throughout the year to keep you recharged and sharp.

• Work on the best with the best: we are highly selective with who we work with – both clients and team members. Our business development process is characterized by finding “right-fit,” category-leading brands. We look for the people to match.

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