Video Editor (Editorial) - Hybrid (Creative Design)
POSITION OVERVIEW:
The Globe and Mail is seeking a highly motivated video editor to join our newsroom's visuals team.
The successful candidate will have strong news judgement, and a proven ability to work with visual journalists to help shape story ideas from start to finish. You will be highly responsive to breaking news, unflappable under daily deadline pressures, and be comfortable working independently as well as in a team setting.
Strong technical editing skills are essential, as is a passion for how video fits in with the future of digital journalism, particularly with mobile readers.
The Globe and Mail's visuals team is a multidisciplinary group of designers, developers, photo and video editors, data journalists and graphic artists. We work collaboratively across all aspects of The Globe's coverage on everything from long-term investigative projects to breaking news and immersive story formats.
The successful candidate will be a collaborative journalist and a positive advocate within the wider newsroom for the power and value of visuals as core to The Globe's journalism. You will also have a passion for continually improving processes and workflows in an ever-changing media environment.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Edit, produce and publish news video from wires, staff and freelance visual journalists
- Manage video coverage of planned and breaking news events
- Collaborate with the wider visuals team by integrating video into The Globe's overall storytelling experience
- Collaborate on social video with The Globe's audience team
- Responsible for receiving footage, editing, reviewing with others, exporting, media managing and archiving
- Edit video for longer-term projects as required
- Explore innovative uses of video for mobile-first journalism
QUALIFICATIONS:
- At least three years of experience working in a newsroom with daily publication demands
- Solid news judgement
- Ability to work quickly and independently
- Strong drive to collaborate with other teams in the newsroom
- Skilled with Final Cut Pro (preferred) or Adobe Premiere Pro
- Proficiency with other Adobe products like Photoshop, and Photo Mechanic a plus
- Able to review and identify how footage can be used and then execute an edit
- Produce work that varies in form and length, from short clips of breaking news to longer ‘mini-doc' stories
- Knowledge and experience of camera operation, sound and lighting, including contemporary Sony cine camcorders and Canon SLRs
- Write succinct, impactful copy for headlines, captions and in-video text
- Familiarity with CMSs to publish their own videos and review videos supplied by wire providers
- Generate story ideas or fresh ways to cover a recurring topic
- Skills in motion graphics a plus
APPLICATION: Please submit a cover letter with your resume.
SALARY: This position is classified as a Content Editor in Group C of the Editorial Collective Agreement.
