Senior Creative Editor London, England
Job description
Hogarth Worldwide is the world's leading creative content production company. Born to make the best work brilliantly, we combine craft, insight and technology to bring creative work to life for many of the world's most famous brands.
Diversity & Inclusion
Hogarth is an equal-opportunity employer. That means we believe in creating a truly inclusive culture that values diversity, equity and inclusion for everyone through our ideas, our people, how we behave and how we conduct ourselves. We strive to recruit people from diverse backgrounds and support them to achieve long-term success. This not only makes Hogarth a better company and place to work, but an environment where everyone can give their point of view, experience connection, enjoy opportunity and feel a sense of belonging.
We welcome applications from everyone, regardless of race, ethnicity, religion or belief, gender, gender identity, age, national origin, marital status, military veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, or physical or mental disability. As part of our commitment to making our hiring processes as equitable as possible, we are currently rolling out a policy which ensures that hiring managers review CVs only after they have been processed through an automated anonymisation system. This aims to ensure that all candidates are considered for interview based solely on their experience and what they can bring to the role. The solution, provided by MeVitae, scans and redacts CVs to reduce potential reviewer bias.
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A Hybrid working model
Now offices are fully open we have embraced a hybrid working model, which allows our employees to split their time between the office and other locations, something we hope will provide everyone much more flexibility to their working week. The expectation is that working life at Hogarth will involve working from the office for about 50% of the time for most people. Please speak to the Talent Acquisition team to find out more information.
Department Summary
Hogarth Post Production department based at Sea Containers is there to service as an in house post facility for all WPP companies within the SC building and beyond. We offer end to end post which includes edit, audio, animation and grade. We can work on any briefs from any clients from case studies, pitch, mood and sizzle films all the way to broadcast TV commercials.
What does a Senior Creative Editor do at Hogarth?
Hogarth is seeking an experienced Senior Creative Editor with a strong technical background to work within our busy in house post-production department. The ideal candidate will have an advanced working knowledge of Premier and AFX.
Primary duties will be editing of all moving image which range from TVC's - UK and international markets but will have a main focus on internal content which will include pitch work, mood films, sizzle reels, case studies and social films.
Having an understanding of the Post-Production process and maintaining an efficient and cost-effective service to the client is key.
Key Responsibilities:
- General day-to-day editing, for all types of agency work including pitch films, mood reels, animatics, offline and online TVCs for broadcast, social media videos, DOOH and case studies.
- Being able to take a creative lead on a project give suggestions and advice on look, feel, style and pacing of a project
- To take brief's and give creative input, solve problems and make creative solutions.
- Combines both creative skills with technical know-how
- Keeps up to date on all things technical and creative that can help the department keep elevating itself
Reporting lines and key stakeholders
This role reports to the Head of Creative Editing at Sea Containers.
Requirements
- Ability to create edits with minimal briefing and being able to give strong creative input
- Ability to work directly with clients and directors and have attended edit sessions
- Experience working with numerous post houses/production companies
- Exceptional Adobe Premiere skills
- Strong Adobe After Effects skills
- Knowledge of Photoshop and Illustrator
- A thorough understanding of video codecs and intermediary processes (e.g. EDL, XML, standards conversions etc.)
- Knowledge of Broadcast software systems
- A strong comprehensive showreel demonstrating the above skills
- Strong story telling skills
- A critical eye, with a real attention to detail for the craft
- Good leadership skills with the ability to give feedback
- Outstanding Knowledge of broadcast formats
- Ability to collaborate and work well within a team
- Outstanding interpersonal and communication skills with both clients and staff
- Ability to mentor more junior members of the team
Diversity and Inclusion
Hogarth is committed to diversity and inclusion, through our ideas, our people, how we behave and conduct ourselves. Creating a truly inclusive culture at all levels of the organisation that encourages different points of view, making Hogarth not only a better company and place to work but an environment where everyone experiences connection, opportunity and a sense of belonging.
Hogarth Values
Heart and Soul: We love what we do. We bring energy and enthusiasm to all our work. We push boundaries, we are never satisfied and always want to find a better way.
Hands on: We don't wait for things to happen, we get on with it. We are pragmatic and don't have an ego. We do what it takes to get the job done to the highest standards.
Honest: We are straightforward; we speak openly and clearly. We operate with integrity and live up to our promises.
Happy family: We enjoy working together. We look out for our colleagues. We are an eclectic bunch. We want to work with people from many cultures and demand great things of each other. Even when things get tough, we don't lose perspective or our sense of humour.
Hungry: We are an inquisitive community. We want to create an environment which inspires ourselves and others to be better. It is important to continuously challenge ourselves and our ways of working. We aim to provide staff with the opportunities to develop and learn.
Find out more at www.hogarthww.com/culture
The Package
- 25 days holiday
- Private Medical Care (Bupa)
- Life Assurance – four times annual salary
- Pension Scheme
- Half day leave on your Birthday
- Employee Assistance Programme
- WPP Group Discounts
- Travel Season Ticket Loan
- Gym Discounts
- Mortgage Advice – In partnership with Charles Cameron and Associate
- 1 Volunteering day per year
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