Video Editor Job at More Perfect Union, Washington DC

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  • More Perfect Union
  • Washington DC

Job Description

Position Title: Video Editor 

Compensation: $87,000/year

Job Type: Salaried, full time

Location: Remote

About MPU

More Perfect Union is an advocacy, journalism, and education organization with a mission to build power for the working class. We cover politics, policy, labor, business, and economic news through a class lens, and we pair our reporting with activism to help working people win policy fights. Launched in February 2021, More Perfect Union’s Emmy award-winning coverage has garnered over 1 billion video views and over 5 million followers and subscribers. 

About the Position

The Video Editor will work closely with other members of the video team as well as our reporters and producers to conceptualize, script, produce, and edit news-driven videos — with a mission to change policy in our country — ranging from breaking news, opinion pieces, policy explainers, exclusive interviews and short field documentaries.

The Video Editor will report directly to the Supervising Producer. The Video Editor must be immersed in and excited about the process of telling stories through video, with the technical and narrative skills to create powerful stories that hook viewers and keep people watching to the end. The position requires a high level of self-sufficiency, strong collaboration and communication skills, and a desire to help develop and grow our brand.

Core Responsibilities 

  • Conceptualize and edit videos ranging from studio productions and text-driven narratives to field documentaries;
  • Suggest visuals to producers at the scripting stage, as needed;
  • Give producers feedback on scripts/story structure as needed;
  • Execute best practices for achieving editorial and video excellence across the range of social platforms to which we publish;
  • Capture, source, and/or animate additional images, video, and assets as needed;
  • Conceptualize and create motion graphics 
  • Select appropriate music and sound effects, and report appropriate music usage;
  • Archive and organize projects to streamline productions;
  • Meet video teams' publishing schedules;
  • Assist in ideating ways to expand our asset library;
  • Complete assignments from supervisor and colleagues and meet deadlines;
  • Manage multiple projects simultaneously and meet expected deadlines
  • Maintain high standard of work in a nimble, fast paced environment
  • Perform other duties as assigned

At More Perfect Union we strive to increase diversity, equity, inclusion and justice in all elements of our work. We recruit, employ, train, compensate, and promote regardless of race, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity (including gender nonconformity and status as a transgender individual), age, physical or mental disability, post-secondary educational status, citizenship, genetic information, past, current, or prospective service in the uniformed services, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law. We strongly encourage members of historically underrepresented and marginalized communities to apply.

!! Important Notice !!

To protect your privacy and ensure the legitimacy of our hiring process, please only respond to emails from our official domain, @perfectunion.us. We will never ask for personal information or payment during the recruitment process. Be cautious of any emails or job offers that do not come from this domain.

Job Tags

Full time, Local area,

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