Midweight Editor & Videographer

London, UK (Hybrid Working) 

A benchmarked salary between £31,320 to £37,800 based on your level within our progression framework.  You can read more about our approach to performance, salary, and progression here.

👋 Who we are

Born Social is a full service social media agency designed for the new era of advertising. We're a team of over 150 people across the UK & US and growing!

For the last 10 years, we’ve helped brands navigate and harness the chaos of social bringing method to the madness.   From household names like Guinness, Primark and Ford to the next generation of big brands like Nando's, Peloton and Fever-Tree.

As a proud B Corp we care about People, Planet and Profit in equal measure. Working hard to attract, retain and develop the best social-first talent in our industry and creating a business and culture for them to thrive in.

Join our Design & Studio department and collaborate on creating engaging, social-first video and visual content. We're seeking a post-production expert with agency experience to elevate our work and streamline our processes. You live and breathe social media and have a knack for crafting attention-grabbing content designed for social platforms.

Our Creative team is dedicated to delivering real business value to clients, with work closely aligned to account strategies that drive action. We're a dynamic group of social media strategists and creatives with a diverse skill set, including copywriters, art directors, photographers, producers, animators, and designers. We work hard, think social-first, and thrive on smart, innovative approaches to the social space. If you're passionate about social media and love being at the cutting edge, you'll fit right in.

✏️ What you'll be doing:

• Editing & Content Creation: The editing and sometimes shooting of content that translates client’s objectives into effective, inspiring and entertaining social-first video/visual content that is delivered to deadlines and created with the aim of achieving measurable results for our clients, in-line with specific brand guidelines.
  
• Collaboration: Working closely with the Client Services, Creative, Social Media Management, Design and Production teams to formulate stylised shoots to deliver against client briefs that support the brand strategy and creative ideation
  
• Organisation & Maintenance: As part of the role you will be responsible for the organisation and maintenance of camera inventory and equipment as well as the storage and organisation of captured content and data into a manageable and referenceable formats
  
• Time-Management: Working with the producers and account teams on organising and scheduling of various video shoots and managing your allocated time effectively.

👀 Who we're looking for:

• You're a talented, self-shooting Editor and Videographer with 2-4 years of experience (agency, in-house or freelance) and have experience filming both in a studio and on location
• You have a passion for storytelling and have the ability to craft a compelling and relevant narrative through a visual medium by playing a key role in footage selection and contributing your creative vision
• You're capable of taking a brief, and working through the production processs, from advising at pre-production stage, producing detailed shot-lists and work with Producers on shoot schedules and possible execution methods/camera techniques/lighting
• You have an excellent technical knowledge of using professional cameras and industry equipment for both shooting video for Hi-Fi video productions, as well as skill and experience in filming with Smart Devices/Phones to capture Lo-Fi content
  
• You are fluent in Premiere Pro and general video editing software, are confident in After Effects and are skilled at colour-grading
  
• You are experienced with agency post-production processes and are able to recommend new processes/advise on best-practice

✌️ Our values:

Our values aim to pinpoint the magic ingredients for us at our best. We look for people who share our values and can add to our culture. 

See Challenge as Opportunity... is about our attitude and to be very clear, this is not a value of optimism, nor is it about loving every challenge.

Say It Simply... is how we communicate. Think of the basic rules of communication - honest, clear, confident.

Do What You Say... is the crux of our reputation and longevity. When you join Born Social, our trust is fully given. It is yours to lose. 

Make Each Other Better... is about our culture of collaboration and commitment to development. We are only as good as the people around us so we all take responsibility for developing each other, as well as ourselves.

Consciously Contribute...is bigger than all the others.  It ensures we grow right. It broadens our focus beyond Born Social and cements our commitment to doing what’s just, not what’s easy or immediately self-serving.  

💙 Everyone's welcome:

We celebrate different ideas, perspectives, and backgrounds here at Born Social. As an equal opportunities employer, we believe in the power of an inclusive and representative team. We welcome applications regardless of race, religion or belief, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, political affiliation, family, or parental status. We don’t simply comply with the Equality Act, we go further and take pride in building a stronger and more creative work environment, committed to inclusion, diversity, and representation.

Born Social 🤝 Croud:
Born Social is proud to be part of Croud. Together we are a global, full service digital marketing agency. We operate as a unique scaled network of Intelligent, Creative Specialists, enabling us to deliver superior brand outcomes and unlock potential for our people, our clients and our communities.

Our shared culture is designed to elevate everyone, with a focus on trust, collaboration, innovation, generosity and purpose.