Video Editor - Birmingham, United Kingdom - University of Birmingham

University of Birmingham

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Birmingham, United Kingdom

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Position Details
External Relations

Location:
University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham UK

Full time starting salary is normally in the range £31,396 to £33,966 with potential progression once in post to £38,205

Grade: 6

Full Time, Fixed Term contract up to October 2024

Closing date: 14th April 2024

Our offer to you
People are at the heart of what we are and do.

The University of Birmingham is proud to have been a part of the City of Birmingham and the wider region for over 100 years, and we are equally proud to be recognised as a leading global university.

We want to attract talented people from across the city and beyond, support them to succeed, and celebrate their success.

We are committed to helping the people who work here to develop through our sector-leading Birmingham Professional programme which provides all professional services staff with development opportunities and the encouragement to reach their full potential.

With almost 5,000 professional services jobs in a wide-range of functions in Edgbaston and in our campus in Dubai, there are plenty of opportunities for you to be able to develop your career at the University.

We believe there is no such thing as a typical member of staff and that diversity is a source of strength that underpins the exchange of ideas, innovation, and debate.

We warmly welcome people from all backgrounds and are committed to fostering an inclusive environment where diversity is at the heart of who and what we are, and how we work.

Supporting our people to achieve a healthy work/life balance is important both to our employees and to the success of the University and, depending on the role, we offer a variety of flexible working arrangements.

We therefore welcome discussions on all forms of flexible working.

In addition, you will receive a generous package of benefits including 40 days paid holiday a year, one paid day a year for volunteering, occupational sick pay, and a pension scheme.

We also have three high quality subsidised day nurseries.

The University is situated in leafy Edgbaston and there are excellent transport links to our beautiful campus, including main bus routes and a train station on site.

On campus we have a state-of-the-art sports centre with pool, shops, places to eat and drink, our own art gallery, museum and botanical gardens.

Find out more about the benefits of working for the University of Birmingham

Background
External Relations delivers the University of Birmingham to the world.

Whether it's outstanding awareness raising campaigns, recruiting and admitting students or developing strategic links with international partners, External Relations are at the heart of the activity.

"

Cathy Gilbert, Director of External Relations

Creative Media is a full-service agency sitting within External Relations. We work across a variety of channels with numerous audiences, clients, and sectors. We deliver high quality, innovative and creative solutions across, design, digital, video, and print.

This role is key to the agency's success: delivering quality video content for high profile and/or strategically important projects.

The postholder will have a specialism in video editing and post-production and will be able to deliver our creative offerings while responding to client needs.

Role Summary

Reporting to the Senior Content Producer Media, this role is responsible for producing engaging and effective content while collaborating with the wider team.

You will be a strong narrative editor who is able to adapt your approach across multiple output channels such as online, events or social media.

As an efficient and organised editor, you will also be adept at audio design, motion graphics, colour-balancing and all associated workflows.

As an experienced team player, you will be creative and able to deliver pre-production concepts, rough storyboards, and collaborate through to completion on large projects.

You will also be willing to assist on shoots if required.

You will be passionate about creative, digital media and technology.

You will keep abreast of the latest innovations and trends while continuously developing your skillset and pro-actively put forward ideas to support clients' challenges and improve workflow.

Main Duties

Deliver narratively strong video projects from ideation to output that meet client briefs within budget and on time. This will include;

- effectively interpreting briefs, researching audiences and developing solutions
- strong idea generation from treatments/proposals through to storyboards
- editing and mastering in the Adobe Creative Cloud

Collaborate on video content creation for clients by working effectively with the wider media production team, design team, account management team and freelance suppliers.
Participating in and ensuring the effectiveness of project and team meetings as required.
Producing highly organised and high quality files, ensuring all work is back