Video Editor - Freelance

News12; Edison (NJ); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

News12 is seeking a creative and experienced Video Editor to join their freelance team. In this role, you will edit content for various news programs, ensuring high-quality production that meets tight deadlines. You will collaborate with a dedicated team while possessing strong skills in Adobe Premiere Pro and editorial judgment. Ideal candidates should have a solid understanding of digital workflows in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of digital post-production experience; editing in Adobe Premiere Pro.
• 2+ years working in a high-pressure environment meeting tight deadlines.
• Proven experience editing content for various digital platforms.

Responsibilities

• Edit video for news programs, live coverage, breaking news.
• Create tagged commercials for broadcast.
• Work efficiently within time constraints.

Skills

Digital post-production

Editorial judgment

Understanding of workflows

Flexibility

Tools

Adobe Premiere Pro

Adobe Photoshop

After Effects

Job description

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News 12 is our award-winning, hyper local news station covering communities throughout Long Island, the Bronx, Brooklyn, Westchester, Hudson Valley, Connecticut and New Jersey. News 12 New York is our National streaming service for regional news, weather and News 12 originals.

If you’re committed to delivering high quality news and storytelling with a hyper local lens, we have positions available for both on and off-air talent with opportunities for development and growth.

Job Summary

AUSA News is looking for the right candidate to edit video for news programs, live coverage, breaking news and other productions and promotions. The Freelance Video Editor will work independently or as part of a team to create pictures and sound which accurately and fairly represent the news and turning it into finished product.

Responsibilities

• Create Tagged commercials for cross channel and broadcast.
• Analyzes, develops and recommends solutions for editorial, procedural, and operational needs to ensure quality videos are develop for both web and broadcast.
• Work closely with Lead Editors and Design teams in order to optimize the editorial processes.
• Work efficiently within time constraints in order to meet weekly and monthly advertising and non-advertised requirements.
• Being prepared to deal with changing requirements in a given day to meet the needs of the other teams and the tool
• Create and develop both internal external company communication
• Work with a team of other editors to effectively accomplish team goals
• Performs other duties as assigned by the management team.
  
  

Qualifications

• 5+ years of digital post-production experience; editing in Adobe Premiere Pro
• 2+ years working in a high-pressure environment meeting tight deadlines
• Strong understanding of digital workflows and file-based delivery
• Strong understanding of frame rates, aspect ratios, and resolutions
• Ability to read video scopes and audio levels
• Demonstrated strong editorial judgment
• Proven experience editing content for a variety of digital platforms, in non-traditional. formats and resolutions
• A team player who can work flexible hours including evenings, early mornings and weekends
• Proficiency in Adobe Photoshop and After Effects is a significant plus
  
  

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to recruiting, hiring and promoting qualified people of all backgrounds regardless of gender, race, color, creed, national origin, religion, age, marital status, pregnancy, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, military or veteran status, or any other basis protected by federal, state, or local law.

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Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Marketing, Public Relations, and Writing/Editing

• Industries

  Broadcast Media Production and Distribution

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