Associate Editor

Big Spaceship•New York, NY

About The Position

At Big Spaceship, we're explorers, not settlers. We partner with ambitious brands ready to venture into new territory, push creative boundaries, and lead rather than follow. We're a full-service creative shop built for brands that want to break new ground. Our diverse team of entrepreneurial spirits, creative minds, and makers brings bold ideas to life for some of the world's most innovative and culturally connected brands. If you thrive on exploration, creative risk-taking, and charting new paths, you belong here. This Associate Editor role requires a technically proficient and artistically skilled visual storyteller with collaboration and communication skills. The role requires a knowledge of video editing and motion graphics software and a desire to innovate and bring emerging techniques to projects. The ideal Editor/Animator will bring enthusiasm, creativity, and craftsmanship to the video elements of our client work, pitches, and internal projects.

Requirements

1-3 years of post-production, editing and animation experience
Proficient in Premiere and After Effects
Degree or equivalent experience in Design, Art, Filmmaking, Marketing, or a related field
Understanding of visual storytelling, editing and animation techniques, and software
Strong conceptual thinker and problem solver able to approach a script from several different angles and provide options to the directing individual or team
A passion for digital culture and inventing solutions to tomorrow's challenges today
Editing, design and animation skills
Communication and presentation abilities
The ability to work collaboratively with colleagues across disciplines

Nice To Haves

3D modeling, rigging, animation and rendering skills a plus

Responsibilities

Act as editing and animation resource on client video work
Act as assistant editor and animator on internal initiatives like case studies and pitch videos
Take direction from and collaborate with creative teams
Organize and manage project files, assets, and media across editorial workflows
Prep and build out Premiere and After Effects project files for production
Translate scripts and briefs into edited pieces of video that clearly communicate the required messaging
Participate in ideation of content for internal projects and client campaigns, leveraging understanding of visual storytelling, editing techniques, and motion graphic design
Brainstorm with insight and empathy to help solve problems in awesome and compelling ways
Work directly with Production counterparts to set and meet deadlines
Keep the agency informed of trends in video post-production techniques, workflow and software innovations
Help to grow the Studio’s technical capabilities by collaborating with the Studio Manager to improve the facility and workflow