Video Editor

Straight Arrow News - Omaha, NE

Full-time

Omaha, NE

About the position

Straight Arrow News is seeking a skilled video editor to enhance our morning digital news output. The role involves creating high-quality video elements for our website and social media, ensuring that our news content is engaging and visually appealing.

Responsibilities

• Assemble and deliver VO and SOT elements for news packages
• Edit vertical video segments for social media channels
• Re-purpose 16x9 video timelines into vertical format
• Search and acquire video/images/sound for use in video
• Provide trims and fixes to recordings in studio when necessary
• Select and provide 'featured images' for social media platforms and website

Requirements

• Proficient editing video in Adobe Premiere timelines with multiple video/audio/graphics layers
• Good organizational skills with regards to project & media management
• Strong computer skills, ability to navigate Windows and Mac interfaces
• Understanding of visual composition/framing
• Knowing which images qualify as strong, purposeful, accurate, intentional, and fair
• Strong attention to detail and pride in precision for all aspects of the job
• Self-starter, proactive in problem solving
• Understanding of motion graphics over video
• News background preferred, via school or previous employment
• Eagerness to work in a fast-paced newsroom environment with a patient and calm demeanor