Video Editor

Job Description

Our client, Yahoo Finance, is looking for a Video Editor in New York!

Position Details:

Video Editor, Originals 

Yahoo is a global media and tech company that connects people to their passions. We reach nearly 900M people around the world, bringing them closer to what they love—from finance and sports to shopping, gaming, and news with the trusted products, content, and tech that fuel their day. For partners, we provide a full-stack platform for businesses to amplify growth and drive more meaningful connections across advertising, search, and media.  While this is an on-site role, editors must be technically proficient and capable of working both in and out of the office, assimilate to changing workflows as the edit infrastructure evolves with changes in technology and the need for some work to happen offsite. 

About Yahoo Finance 

Yahoo Finance is the most-used business and financial digital platform in the world, offering millions of daily users access to data, insights, tools, news, and information from its own in-house team and other leading financial media. Its news operation produces live streaming market coverage each trading day, as well as other special programming throughout the week. Its programming reaches millions of viewers daily through Yahoo Finance’s own apps and platforms, social media platforms, and leading Advanced TV platforms. Our digital storytelling plays a key role in support of Yahoo Finance’s mission of helping all our users protect and increase their wealth, focusing on economic, corporate, and investing news and insights that drive the markets, personal-finance priorities, and insightful profiles and interviews of the world’s most prominent business leaders and influential investors. 

Job Description 

Yahoo Finance is seeking an experienced video editor to edit engaging, informative and timely video features, recurring series episodes and in-depth interviews. The video editor will regularly work on segments ranging from eight to 10 minutes with opportunities to expand stories to 25 minutes for OTT platforms.  

These originals will be expected to capture viewers' attention through their sharp perspective, approachable style, and clear relevance to the biggest investments and financial questions investors face. You will help spearhead execution across a range of programming formats. 

You will work closely with reporters, studio, graphics, and more to elevate Yahoo Finance’s feature video stories. You will be expected to be a strong collaborator and execute an efficient video production process to ensure clean, final delivery. Attention to detail, clear communication and being mindful of deadlines are a must. Strong candidates will be comfortable balancing a variety of projects and deadlines while working with different producers. 

Responsibilities: 

• Edit original Yahoo Finance features using Adobe Premiere, for audiences across our daily live distribution onsite and off, YouTube, and major social platforms.
• Help conceptualize, manage and execute visually dynamic, original edits in a deadline-driven environment. 
• Stay up-to-date on the workings of company systems including proprietary infrastructures, working with the post support team to source and acquire assets as necessary for projects. 
• Communicate in an appropriate and timely manner to relay issues and concerns about individual edits, technical issues and deadlines. 
• Regularly update media and project tracking documents as necessary. 
• Troubleshoot day-to-day issues with the IT team and post management. 
• Develop and grow audience engagement across major platforms and help editorial leads establish and maintain OKR goals 
• Complete additional duties as assigned. 

Qualifications: 

• At least 3 years of experience editing narrative features for onsite and OTT. 
• An exceptional storyteller with a proven track record of editing high-quality, original field production with the audience and platform in mind. 
• Proficient with Adobe Premiere. 
• Must be experienced working with graphic templates and MGRTS within premiere. AfterEffects experience preferred. 
• Comfortable sourcing pictures, video, soundbite from subscriptions services, including AP, Reuters, Getty, etc. 
• Editor must thrive under deadline pressure and be able to juggle multiple tasks and assignments. 
• Clear communicator, both written and verbal. 
• Be able to work within and conform to established organizational systems and work/troubleshoot in team environments. 
• Quality control of all video assets sent to the control room and published to our site and OTT platforms. 

Other Details:

• Rate: $600.00 / 10
• Hybrid: must be able to commute to Manhattan NY office 

Job Requirements

• At least 3 years of experience editing narrative features for onsite and OTT. 
• An exceptional storyteller with a proven track record of editing high-quality, original field production with the audience and platform in mind. 
• Proficient with Adobe Premiere. 
• Must be experienced working with graphic templates and MGRTS within premiere. AfterEffects experience preferred. 
• Comfortable sourcing pictures, video, soundbite from subscriptions services, including AP, Reuters, Getty, etc. 
• Editor must thrive under deadline pressure and be able to juggle multiple tasks and assignments. 
• Clear communicator, both written and verbal. 
• Be able to work within and conform to established organizational systems and work/troubleshoot in team environments. 
• Quality control of all video assets sent to the control room and published to our site and OTT platforms. 

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