Editor / Shooter

Burson is the global communications leader built to create value for clients through reputation. With highly specialized teams, industry-leading technologies and breakthrough creative, we help brands and businesses redefine reputation as a competitive advantage so they can lead today and into the future. Burson is part of WPP (LSE/NYSE: WPP), the creative transformation company. Learn more at www.bursonglobal.com.

OUR TEAM

In Studio, we create ideas and bring them to life. We’re a multi-disciplined team, creating content for integrated marketing campaigns, brand experiences and brand identity. We currently have a team of around 40; a mix of Creatives, Brand and Digital Designers, Editors and Content Producers and Creative Project Managers, supplemented by freelancers when specialist skills are needed or workload dictates.

Everyone that succeeds here enjoys the diversity of clients and projects and is driven to do great work that will have a positive effect on our clients’ businesses.

THE ROLE & RESPONSIBILITIES

As an Editor / Shooter, you will be working closely with Studio’s film and production team. Your primary role will be to work in post-production, editing video content and generating motion graphics for a variety of clients and brands. In addition, there will be opportunities for you to go out and shoot content. You are a comfortable self-shooter and have a good working knowledge of a variety of digital cameras and lighting equipment.

You are an experienced and talented Video Editor with an eye for motion design, and a desire to deliver the highest standard of work.

Your video editing experience will include planning and creating video content for social media, promos, and brand videos together with motion design experience that includes planning and creating animated visuals, animations, and motion graphics.

You must possess an awareness of trends across social content channels and the ability to think creatively, be detail-oriented, and have a passion for branded content and digital media.

As a part of the film and production team, you will be involved at all stages of the creative process, from interpreting the brief, through to developing mood storyboards and rough cuts, and producing motion content suitable for publication across multiple devices. You will also be working closely with Producers, Art Directors, Creative Directors, and sector teams to bring a shared vision to life. Our ideal candidate is a team player but will need to be self-sufficient.

DESIRED ATTRIBUTES

Client:

• Creative skills and ability to concept incorporating current technologies and creative forms.
• You’ll be a smart, direct, and clear communicator, able to present your work with a clear rationale and take feedback constructively.
• Calm under pressure and able to suggest solutions that help to resolve issues quickly.
• Obsessive about attention to detail, you won’t rest until you’re happy that the work is the best it can be.
• A fresh thinker who embraces challenges and new methods of working, and inputs ideas in to how to make improvements.
• Thrive working in a fast-paced environment with tight deadlines.

Commercial:

• Able to edit to a high standard various types of content from high-end commercial/ident work to simple talking head interviews.
• Create motion end cards, high-end case study films, mood films, animated infographics, and motion typography and 3D animation.
• Shoot content alongside a Producer and/or Art Director – working cohesively as part of a team.
• Throughout the approval process, you have the ability to accurately address all client and internal feedback.
• Able to give clear rationale on any points you may disagree with, and to propose alternative solutions.
• Be responsible for delivering the final product to the required specifications.
• Maintain proper server filing structure and naming conventions.
• Demonstrate sophisticated aesthetic, technical skill, and knowledge of current media trends.
• Work to the project timings and within the budgeted hours, flagging any commercial concerns to your producer.

People & Culture:

• Take direction from your line manager and/or project lead constructively and remain ready to learn.
• Nurture talent within the teams and throughout the agency.
• Actively support and encourage people within the team to participate in the creative processes and to take pride in the work.
• Act as a Burson ambassador for creative internally and externally.
• An overall collaborative partner; works as an integral part of a dynamic team, as well as independently.

OUR LONDON OFFICE

Burson employs over 450 people in the UK, and our stunning Southwark offices run over two floors as part of the larger WPP Campus, Rose Court. We have access to a beautiful roof terrace with panoramic views across London and a bar/restaurant area, which is a great spot for client meetings and socializing with the wider agency and other WPP OpCo’s.

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