Social Media Video Editor

Your new role Social Media Video Editor The Social Media Video Editor is responsible for creating compelling and impactful video content for National Highways' social media channels. This role plays a crucial part in enhancing the organisation's online presence, driving user engagement, and supporting the overall campaigns strategy for social media content. You will help ensure best practice and accessibility guidelines are followed, complying with our visual identity, while seeking opportunities to innovate, and embed insights in the approach to develop content that effectively addresses key issues. What you’ll be leading on
Edit and produce high-quality video content for National Highways' social media platforms, including Facebook, X, Instagram, LinkedIn, and YouTube, helping to ensure that all communications are aligned to the National Highways Communications Strategy and cross-cutting campaigns. Enhance video content with visual effects, motion graphics, sound, and other elements to create visually compelling and captivating social media videos. Edit raw footage and assemble it into engaging videos using industry-standard video editing software including Adobe Creative Suite (e.g. Premiere, After Effects) Ensure all videos are optimised for social media platforms, considering aspect ratios, file sizes, and technical specifications for seamless integration and optimal performance. Stay updated on emerging video editing trends, techniques, and tools to deliver cutting-edge and innovative social media videos. Coordinate with stakeholders, including videographers, photographers, graphic designers, and animators, to ensure content meets quality assurance standards. Monitor and analyse the performance of video content, using insights to refine future videos and improve engagement metrics.
To be successful you’ll need
Bachelor's degree in film production, video editing, or a related field. Relevant certifications or a strong portfolio of video editing work are highly desirable. Proven experience in video editing using software, such as Adobe Premiere, producing engaging video content for social media platforms. Strong understanding of video editing techniques, including pacing, storytelling, colour grading, audio synchronisation with the ability to transform raw footage into a compelling narrative. Knowledge of social media platforms, trends, and best practices, with a focus on optimising videos for maximum impact and aligning with brand guidelines, with experience in a creative or digital marketing team. Ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams and manage multiple video projects with varying timelines. Ability to work in a fast-paced environment, adapting to changing priorities and delivering results on time. Passion for creativity and innovation, with a drive to stay updated on emerging video editing trends and techniques.
A bit about us We are passionate about working together to deliver creative and compelling communications, building advocacy, increasing awareness and improving driver confidence about how to drive safely on our roads. Our role is to lead and deliver communications and engagement????????????????????? activity that showcases the positive impact of roads investment, supporting the delivery of the RIS and building advocacy for future investment. We partner with the business to build our company's reputation as a trusted operator of the network that puts its customers and their safety first. Want to know more? To request a copy of the role profile, please ##### reference number #5189 About Us Why you should join us At National Highways we believe in a connected country. We are passionate about creating a culture where colleagues feel connected, included and enjoy greater wellbeing to achieve this. We’re proud that as an organisation we are continually striving to do better and actively encourage and support our colleagues to do the same with their careers. So, if you put safety first, take ownership of your work, show passion for what you do, work effectively in a team, and demonstrate integrity in how you do it – then you’ll be a great fit for our organisation. An informal blended working approach has been adopted for many of our roles across National Highways. We offer many different ways to work flexibly and we’re open to discuss part-time working, job shares, and flexible start and finish times. Please wait until the interview stage before asking us about flexibility, and we will explore what is possible. Our benefits package
Our total reward package includes basic salary, the potential for a performance related bonus Contributory pension scheme with employer contribution of up to 10% Annual Leave starting at 26 days (plus Bank Holidays) rising by 1 day each year up to 31 days (plus Bank Holidays) Flexible hours and blended working between base location/home Life assurance of 4 times annual salary Health and wellbeing support, including anEmployee Assistance Programme, available 24/7 365 days and network of mental health first aiders. Plus access to a wellbeing app to enhance your self-care 24/7, Occupational health service and flu vaccines A cycle to work scheme for the purchase of a bicycle and equipment for healthy, low carbon travel Significant investment in your career development, through learning and development, talent management, coaching, mentoring and on job experience
And we are
Family friendly with enhanced maternity leave and pay, paternity leave (15 days), shared parental leave, adoption leave. Plus access to financial support for holiday play schemes and paid special leave (up to 5 days pa), eg for caring responsibilities Money friendly with access to a discounts platform including over 3000 discounts for supermarkets, eating out, leisure, holidays. Alongside a financial wellbeing programme Community friendly – offering paid leave to volunteer, 3 days basic/year plus an extra 3 days to support the national Covid effort
If you are successful, it is key to know all offers of employment are subject to satisfactory completion of our pre-employment checks which include:
Right to work check 3 year employment history references DBS criminal record check Social media and adverse journalism check Driving licence check (if applicable) Fit to work questionnaire (for all), followed by a medical check (if applicable)
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