Cross Platform Producer & Editor
Our client, a world-leading organization in finance and news and media industry, looking for a highly versatile and ambitious Producer/Shooter/Editor to create short-form news videos for their team, with stories originating from the client's newsroom. This is a 12-month contract role, five days per week, onsite in their Mumbai office.
This role is ideal for a visual storyteller who can move efficiently and accurately from pitch to publish, creating compelling video stories that explain the forces shaping business, technology, markets, and global culture.
The ideal candidate will have experience in video production within a newsroom or digital publisher, with proficiency in Adobe Premiere and the Adobe Creative Suite.
Key Responsibilities:
- Produce end-to-end video stories, from receiving a pitch all the way through publication, including research, pre-pro, scripting, field and studio production, editing and delivery
- Translate news and enterprise reporting into compelling short-form videos for digital and social audiences. The result will be dynamic, high-impact short-form videos that explain complex topics with clarity and strong visual storytelling
- Work on tight deadlines and balance multiple projects in a fast-paced news environment
- Film a variety of setups (interviews, activities, b-roll) in both studio and field
- Oversee freelance production crews, in person and remotely
- Edit quickly and efficiently in Adobe Premiere, incorporating original footage as well as stock and archival footage
- Collaborate with our creative design team to develop graphics and motion elements when appropriate
- Follow and refine processes to ensure clear and professional communication with client's Newsroom reporters and editors in order to maintain Client's editorial voice and journalistic standards across all content
- Prepare for publishing by drafting headlines and descriptions that clearly communicate complex topics to a broad audience
Key Requirements:
- 4-6+ years of experience in video production within a newsroom or digital publisher
- Extensive experience editing in Adobe Premiere and the Adobe Creative Suite
- Strong communication and project management skills, with the ability to keep multiple time sensitive projects on track at a time with all stakeholders clear on timelines and expectations
- Demonstrated ability to write, produce, shoot and edit your own digital videos
- Strong news judgment with proven ability to research and break down complicated editorial concepts into clear scripts and interview questions
- Experience collaborating with print reporters to create visually compelling stories
- Experience working in person and remotely with freelance crews
- Experience with professional cameras (Sony, Canon, Blackmagic or equivalent) in both production and post production environments
We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applicants from all sections of the community, regardless of age, sex, gender (or gender identity), ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, and transgender status.
Unfortunately, we are only able to contact applicants who are successful to interview stage.
