Freelance Video Editor

ABOUT AVANT ARTE

Avant Arte is a curated marketplace that makes discovering and collecting art radically more accessible for a new generation. Our team of passionate experts collaborate with leading contemporary artists from across the globe to create bespoke limited-edition artworks to browse and collect. We began as a cult blog of contemporary artists and since 2015 we've grown our community to over 3.3 million strong across more than 100 countries. We're proud to collaborate with leading contemporary artists to create limited edition works - from sculpture editions and works on paper to NFTs and hand-finished silkscreen prints.

We’re looking for a motivated and skilled Freelance Video Editor to collaborate with our content team for two days per week over the next few months. You will collaborate with writers, creatives, and producers to craft stories about some of the world’s leading artists. This role can be fully remote but there is the option to work from our London Office (East) if preferred. In this role you will:

• Produce engaging, polished, and impactful short-form video edits tailored for multiple digital platforms, aligned with our brand identity.

• Explore and test creative approaches to evolve and elevate our editing style.

• Subtitling video content with impeccable grammar and punctuation skills.

• Selecting and editing music to complement video projects.

• Be up-to-date on all editing and motion graphics trends and techniques.

• Having a good understanding of the content and editing styles from other top culture brands.

• Working to deadlines and engagement targets.

The main skills we’re looking for are:

• Strong proficiency in all aspects of creating finished edits with Adobe Creative Cloud, working within Adobe Premiere, Adobe After Effects and Media Encoder.

• Knowledge of Photoshop, Illustrator, Audition a bonus.

• Knowledge of third party plug-ins and digital video and audio file formats.

• Knowledge of Frame IO.

• Working knowledge of web content platforms and streaming media encoding.

• Skills in media management and archiving.

• Be conscious of spelling across all content and maintain impeccable grammar and punctuation.

• Good project management skills – with experience meeting deadlines and briefs.

• Passionate about art and popular culture – with the ability to make creative cross-cultural connections.

• Ability to thrive in a fast-moving environment.

We think you’ll probably have experience:

• A strong portfolio / reel of work.

• Worked for a top culture brand.

• Experience in a similar position.