Video Journalist

Komi Group; Manchester; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A dynamic media company in Manchester is seeking a Social Media Guru to source and acquire video content across digital platforms. The role involves hunting down viral videos, verifying their eligibility for licensing, and collaborating within the team to meet client needs. Candidates should have a go-getter attitude, excellent writing and communication skills, and preferably some video editing experience. This position offers an exciting opportunity to engage with the latest social media trends and make a significant impact in the video licensing space.

Qualifications

• Go-getter attitude with a good sense of humour.
• Comfortable with phone communication to content creators.
• Results-oriented and performance-driven individual.
• Ability to be resourceful and take initiative.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Excellent writing skills.
• Basic video editing skills preferred.
• Copyright and licensing experience preferred but not necessary.

Responsibilities

• Hunt down incredible video content on various digital platforms.
• Verify the legitimacy and eligibility of videos for licensing.
• Review videos to ensure they meet quality standards.
• Organize video findings and important information in a database.
• Collaborate with the Licensing Team to meet client needs.
• Stay updated on trends and viral content.
• Leverage research insights for licensing deals.
• Write articles and edit videos to attract clients.

Skills

Go-getter attitude

Strong interpersonal skills

Excellent writing skills

Basic video editing skills

Comfortable with phone communication

Job description

Do you live and breathe TikTok & Insta? Are you up-to-date with the latest trends? Do you have the eye for a story? If so, this could be the role for you!

We are looking for a social media guru within our video licensing division to work across to source and acquire content for our internal and external clients, with a good eye for what makes a viral video funny, shocking, heart-warming, unique or awesome.
This person should be a high-performing team player that is willing to exhaust all resources to get the job done, while being confident enough to ask for assistance when needed.

The position requires strong written and oral communication skills to the extent of being comfortable speaking to people on the phone about how great their videos are. The right candidate will show the ability to find the best videos on the internet each day and will be able to source the trending videos when the happen. They will identify video content from multiple platforms to fit customer briefs in a short space of time.

Key Responsibilities

• Your job is to hunt down the most incredible video content on digital platforms, archives, social media, and wherever else it might be lurking.
• Do some detective work to make sure the videos you find are totally legit and eligible for licensing and distribution.
• You'll be our quality guru! Check out the videos, making sure they meet our high standards and match what our clients are after.
• Keep everything organised, we need you to keep track of all the videos you find and the important info about them in our database.
• You'll work within the Licensing Team to understand what kind of content we need for different markets and clients.
• Stay on top of the latest trends and viral hits! We want to be ahead of the game and have the freshest content in town.
• Your research insights will be our secret weapon! They'll help us score awesome licensing deals and keep everyone chuffed. Get creative and help put together brilliant collections of videos for promotions, campaigns, and special events. You'll want to be ready to dive into the world of contract lingo and effortlessly translate it into everyday language.
• Writing articles and headlines, and editing videos to get our clients interested in our content.

What We're Looking For

• You will need a go-getter attitude and a good sense of humour.
• You will need to be comfortable to get on the phone to content creators.
• You should be results oriented and performance driven.
• You will need an ability to be resourceful and take initiative.
• You’ll have strong interpersonal and communications skills.
• Excellent writing skills.
• Basic video editing skills preferred.
• Copyright and licensing experience is preferred but not necessary, must be a quick learner.