Video Editor II, Salt Lake City, UT

Western Governors University • Salt Lake, UT

11d • Onsite

About The Position

The Video Editor II has a proven track record as a Video Editor. The Video Editor II is a strong conceptual thinker with a passion for video, animation and user experience as critical components of effective brand-building across WGU’s video channels. The Video Editor II plays a leadership role, translating communication objectives and data to tell a story through video and animation, and has a strong drive to innovate and develop something new and different as well as implement workflows for effective and efficient postproduction. At WGU, our mission is to expand access to high-quality education through innovative, student-centered experiences. As a Video Editor II, you play a key role in bringing that mission to life through compelling visual storytelling that elevates the brand and engages audiences across channels.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in multimedia, film studies, or related field or 7 years in the film and television production industry.
• 5+ years professional experience in post-production (editing, motion graphics, color correction, animation, etc.).

Nice To Haves

• Live event or broadcast production experience
• Experience with project management tools such as Asana, Wrike, Trello, or ClickUp
• Familiarity with Digital Asset Management tools, live streaming platforms, and captioning or ADA processes
• An equivalent combination of relevant education and experience may be considered.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Business Owners, Copywriters, Designers, Video Editors, the Video Manager, and Creative Director to conceptualize creative tactics aligned to business, marketing, and branding objectives
• Demonstrate a clear understanding of campaign objectives and devise strategies to achieve them
• Lead the creation of compelling video content and innovative solutions for integrated marketing initiatives that support and elevate the WGU brand
• Lead brainstorming sessions and partner with creative teams to develop cross-channel concepts spanning digital, social, traditional media, live events, and more
• Edit raw footage, dialogue, sound effects, music, and motion graphics while applying color grading, clean-up, and audio enhancements to build cohesive visual narratives
• Take a proactive approach to improving marketing tactics and develop rough cuts, storyboards, mock-ups, motion graphics, and pixel-perfect assets
• Develop and maintain video style guides, brand assets, templates, and efficient workflows to drive consistency, quality, and scalability across the Creative Video Team

Benefits

• medical, dental, vision, telehealth and mental healthcare
• health savings account and flexible spending account
• basic and voluntary life insurance
• disability coverage
• accident, critical illness and hospital indemnity supplemental coverages
• legal and identity theft coverage
• retirement savings plan
• wellbeing program
• discounted WGU tuition
• flexible paid time off for rest and relaxation with no need for accrual
• flexible paid sick time with no need for accrual
• 11 paid holidays
• other paid leaves, including up to 12 weeks of parental leave

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level