Assistant Producer/Editor, 4Studio

The Assistant Producer/Editor is responsible for creating social media video content at scale. It requires knowledge of what works across the content spectrum digitally and on all social media platforms - as well as the ability to deliver volume in edit. You will be creatively responsible for what clips are created to support our TV shows and platforms and drive reach and audiences at scale.

Key Responsibilities

Production

You’ll be responsible for the production of digital and social clips to support programming for your area.
You should be adept in editing on Premiere Pro and preferably After Effects. You’ll have an understanding of post-production processes including colour-correcting edits, exporting and delivering assets to a variety of technical specifications.
You’ll ideally have experience producing a wide variety of content - everything from compilations, short-form series, memes and anything in-between.
You’ll be comfortable working to deadlines and quotas when necessary.

Creative

You’ll be comfortable and confident that you can identify the key moments in programmes and how best to edit them to appeal to a range of social audiences on different platforms.
You’ll be keen to test and learn and adjust your edits and creative, based on the data that’s shared with you.
You’re obsessive about Channel 4’s back catalogue of shows and can talk about them in detail. You can put yourself into the mindset of a TV show fan, because you are one.

Performance and people skills

You’ll be creating content, for digital audiences, and should know how to make content engaging from the first frame. A strong awareness of best practices across multiple platforms is essential.
You won’t be responsible for reporting, but you should still be interested in results, be able to report them and use them to inform your future work.
You will work closely with the rest of your genre team to make sure that you’re hitting performance and volume targets for your area
You won’t be phased by productivity tools and reporting, including but not limited to Monday dot com, Dropbox, OneDrive and Tableau.
Resilience under pressure and powers of persuasion will occasionally be required when working with other areas of the business.
You’ll be comfortable receiving and giving constructive feedback to constantly improve creativity, performance, and behaviours.
You will be given a large degree of autonomy, but you need to be able to judge when something needs escalating.
You will be able to work within a team and can bend and flex to support colleagues in order to achieve shared goals.
You will need to have a good working relationship with Legal & Compliance.

ESSENTIAL EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS

Must have a solid understanding of the Adobe Creative Suite and strong knowledge of Adobe Premiere, Photoshop and some knowledge of After Effects.
Must be highly organised.
Experience working in a similar role for a digital media company, in social or digital video teams, and editing content at scale and with extremely swift turnaround times.
Good understanding of post-production processes including colour-correcting edits, exporting and delivering assets to a variety of technical specifications.
Must have a thorough understanding of processes, workflows, tools and methodologies.
Must be socially native, with a strong understanding of what content audiences engage with online applying this knowledge to campaigns.
Some experience of shooting is desirable, but not essential.

Salary Basic starting salary of £35,000 dependant on experience

Application questions to complete

Please remember to complete the additional application questions by uploading a Word or PDF attachment. These questions really help us get to know you better and we won’t be able to consider your application without them.

Please outline how you meet the ‘Essential Experience & Skills’ outlined in the Job Description (Max 500 words)

Benefits There are a million reasons why it’s great to work at Channel 4, here are just a few of the perks for you;

Private medical insurance with NO EXCESS
Free Virtual GP access for employees
Free Female Health hormone test each year
Free Tastecard membership
Financial guidance 1-2-1’s available each quarter
Free OnHand (as featured on Dragon’s Den) volunteering membership
Discounted Gym memberships
Pension
Life Assurance
Income Protection
Holiday Buy/Sell