Senior Editor

1 week ago

Johannesburg, South Africa Hogarth Worldwide Full time

Hogarth Worldwide is the world's leading creative content production company. Born to make the best work brilliantly, we combine craft, insight and technology to bring creative work to life for many of the world's most famous brands.

**A Hybrid working model**

Now offices are fully open we have embraced a hybrid working model, which allows our employees to split their time between the office and other locations, something we hope will provide everyone much more flexibility to their working week. The expectation is that working life at Hogarth will involve working from the office for about 50% of the time for most people. Please speak to the Talent Acquisition team to find out more information.

**What does a Senior Editor do at Hogarth?**

The position requires a high level of expertise in video editing and post-production, creating videos worthy of the Hogarth brand. More specifically it includes the following:

- Required to work independently but also in a team context.
- Setting up and operating computer editing systems.
- Acute awareness of deadlines, content requirements and graphic guidelines.
- Studying and interpreting scripts to become familiar with production concepts and requirements.
- Footage conversion and ingestion, shot selection etc.
- Choosing specific visual effects, music and special audio elements.
- Work closely with producers, directors and motion designers to meet specific goals.
- Assembling various audio-visual materials into a finished product with a high level of production quality.
- Editing video material into the various video genres.
- Determining specific audio and visual effects and music necessary to complete videos.
- Confer with producers and directors concerning layout or editing approaches needed to increase dramatic or entertainment value of productions.
- Collaborate with music editors to select appropriate soundtracks.
- Other related editing requirements - grading, conversions, final material etc.

**Requirements**:

- Five years working experience as an editor
- Three years Solid Animation/graphic motion experience
- Relevant tertiary qualification
- Experience working with/for a production facility is an advantage
- Experience working with/for an advertising agency is an advantage
- Excellent knowledge of Adobe Premiere.
- A solid working knowledge of Adobe After Effects
- A working knowledge of 3D and 2D animation.
- Considerable knowledge of the methods, video equipment, personal computers, and techniques used in the video editing field.
- Ability to visualize production scripts and other verbal or written instructions.
- Ability to effectively operate and maintain video editing systems and related equipment.
- Knowledge of online media and social media is an advantage.
- Knowledge of technical elements of video - i.e. formats, codecs, delivery options

**Skills**
- Ability to combine a creative eye with attention to detail.
- Ability to work under pressure and manage deadlines.
- Organized and thorough.
- Ability to take ownership and responsibility
- Ability to give creative input and direction
- uploads, compression, web platforms (YouTube etc) etc
- Problem solving. Time management. Resourcefulness.
- Have excellent creative problem-solving ability.
- Excellent attention to detail.

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