Video Editor - Contract

Jackbox Games • Chicago, IL

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About The Position

Jackbox Games is looking for a Contract Video Editor to join our marketing team! This role involves editing high-end marketing materials, including trailers, cutdowns, and promotional spots, for a popular game studio known for its party games. The editor will work closely with the marketing team to create engaging content for various platforms, including social media, and will be responsible for conceptualizing, editing, and delivering final assets in both horizontal and vertical formats. The company culture is described as entrepreneurial with a strong work ethic and a playful spirit, reflected in their marketing videos.

Requirements

• 5+ years of professional experience editing high-end marketing materials in both horizontal and vertical formats
• Expert-level proficiency in Adobe Premiere
• Proficiency in the full Adobe Creative Suite
• Basic motion graphics and design skills
• A strong feel for structure, timing, energy, and rhythm
• Comfort making bold creative choices
• A goofy, playful sense of humor
• Awareness of social media trends, with the ability to ideate and pitch new content that ties the brand to these trends
• A strong ability to prioritize varied workloads with long and short-term deadlines
• A team player mindset
• A roll-up-your-sleeves mentality

Responsibilities

• Support the creation of promotional materials for our products and website
• Concept, edit, and iterate trailers and promotional spots, from first assembly through final deliverables
• Execute cutdowns of existing marketing assets, such as cutting a 60-second spot down to its essential components, hitting 30- and 15-second variants with limited direction
• Handle large stringouts of raw live action footage
• Creating organized stringouts of gameplay recordings, and pulling high-quality selects
• Edit and deliver finished content in both horizontal and vertical formats
• Work with our Marketing Producer to make sure any advertising video we create has received approval from platform representatives and internal stakeholders

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed