Title: Video Editor
Location: East Moline, IL
Duration: 12+ Months
Your Responsibilities:
Elevate and differentiate the John Deere brand through world-class storytelling. You’ll cover a variety of subjects, creating assets and editing stories to promote equipment, share customer stories, and enhance our brand legacy. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience across various video styles and formats, from short, attention-grabbing social content to longer editorial-style productions. While much of the work is self-managed, collaboration with internal clients, stakeholders, and outside agency partners during the editing process is crucial. During downtimes from client projects, you'll assist in curating, editing, and organizing clips for our internal JD Stock video library. The Editor plays a vital role within our Visual Services photo/video department, based in a 50,000 sqft studio in East Moline, IL. Apart from primary video editing duties, the candidate will occasionally support shoots in-studio and in-field locally, handling grip work and operating video equipment.
Major Duties:
- Editing video (70% of the time)
- Assisting with video shoots, both in-studio and in-field (20% of the time)
- Providing support in the studio (10% of the time)
Required Skills:
- 5-7 years of video editing experience
- Excellent communication and project management skills, with a strong organizational grasp of post-production workflows and file management
- Expertise in Adobe Creative Cloud, particularly Adobe Premiere Pro, After Effects, and Photoshop or Illustrator
- Familiarity with professional cinema camera equipment from manufacturers like Sony, Canon, Panasonic, RED
- Expertise in various video camera file formats, codecs, transcoding, and exportation of appropriately formatted deliverables
- Basic understanding of video lighting, audio, and general production equipment
- Proficiency in Mac OS operating systems and Microsoft Office Suite
- Basic audio editing skills to ensure optimal sound quality
- Physical capability for demanding tasks, including navigating rough terrain while carrying gear, working in varied weather conditions, and lifting and carrying gear weighing up to 50lbs
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment
- Willingness to travel up to 10% of the time
- Self-starter who can work independently while also following direction to effectively capture the intended story or purpose
- Portfolio/demo edit reel required at the time of application
What Sets You Apart:
- Demonstrated ability to execute a range of video projects, from small promotional videos to large commercial edits and social media content
- Experience or proficiency in motion graphics and 2D or 3D animation
- Familiarity or experience with heavy equipment operation
- Experience shooting in industries served by John Deere (agriculture, construction, forestry, turf, etc.)
- Previous work in a video studio or outdoor job sites
- Experience editing for large corporations or brands with high-level leadership involvement
Education:
- Bachelor's degree (or equivalent work experience) in a related field such as editing, motion graphics, or videography.
Job Types: Full-time, Contract
Pay: $27.00 per hour
Expected hours: 40 per week
Schedule:
Work Location: In person