Social Video Editor
Bustle Digital Group (“BDG”) is looking for a talented Social Video Editor to join the organization’s social media team on a part time basis.
The role will report into BDG’s Associate Social Director and focus on editing social-first video content for BDG’s portfolio of internationally recognized lifestyle brands, including Bustle, Elite Daily, NYLON Magazine, The Zoe Report, Inverse, Scary Mommy, Romper, and The Dad.
The candidate should have a strong understanding of what makes a vertical video perform on social media and be able to implement this knowledge when editing video content from BDG’s original shoots, junkets, and content capture days. This role’s work will primarily be executed using mobile video editing apps like Capcut, Prequel, and Edits, but an understanding of Premiere is also required.
BDG’s brands are extremely online, and so are our teams. We are looking to hire someone with an encyclopedic knowledge of what the internet is talking about and why they’re talking about it. The candidate should be able to use this knowledge in their day-to-day work, creating highly watchable, highly engaging videos as a result.
Candidates must be based in the New York area and be committed to coming into the office 2 to 3 days per week.
Key Accountabilities
- Use mobile video editing tools to execute snappy, engaging social-first video edits from from junkets, original shoots, and content capture days
- Employ editorial judgement to build strong, engaging narratives and identify footage for punchy, sharable social cutdowns
- Make creative decisions on framing, cutaways, music, captions, and text to enhance storytelling and viewer experience
- Work with each deliverable’s intended platform in mind and optimize accordingly – when required, edits should be pivoted to Premiere Pro
- Maintain a proper workflow from rough cut to final deliverables, including the archiving and organizing of projects, creating cleans, and tracking the use of licensed content
- Quality control work, ensuring only the highest quality deliverables are provided to the team for publication
- Assist with in-office content capture where needed
- Stay abreast of social media trends and developments, working these into video concepts where appropriate
- Identify and act on opportunities to reuse/repurpose BDG editorial video content
Candidate Profile
- 1+ years of experience in short-form video editing
- Skilled in mobile video editing and experience using tools like Capcut, Prequel, Edits, etc.
- Intermediate user of Adobe Premiere Pro
- Basic understanding of color correction, audio mixing, motion design, and multi-cam editing
- A strong understanding of what makes an effective and watchable video on social media
- Adept at switching workflow based on priorities and happy to execute on tight deadlines
- Confident with ingest/export settings and file types
- Collaborative in mindset and keen to work closely with Creative, Social, and Post Production teams on their respective parts of the process
- Experience at a digital media organization is desirable but not required
- Abiltiy to work 28 hours per week
$26.44 - $26.44 an hour
