Senior Video Production Specialist

About the role

This job creates content and is involved in all aspects of the video production process, including planning, creating/shooting, processing, uploading, and editing for a wide variety of distribution channels. The incumbent works collaboratively with art directors, writers, and editors to create innovative, compelling, creative content. The incumbent is responsible for consistent quality, maintaining up-to-date technologies, best practices for the team, and mentoring other production specialists.

Responsibilities

• Partake in all levels of production including pre-production, setup, filming, and tear down.
• Maintain contact with client, producer and post-production team to ensure deadlines are established and met.
• May provide on set direction as project demands.
• Drive process - implements and owns the production-to-post hand-off.
• Offloads and catalogs clips, shares notes via producer.
• Maintain, inventory and keep equipment up-to-date and secure; which includes but is not limited to lighting, lenses, cameras, rigs, audio.
• Maintain and keep all video and graphic animation production software up to date.
• Provide equipment expertise and videography in all production areas including, shooting, lighting, sound recording, tele-prompting, and operation of such equipment as well as creative idea sharing.
• Provide motion graphic expertise and best practice guidance. Consult on work in regards to quality and best practice. Offer and receive criticism and critique equally well to help constantly raise our team's creative bar.
• Lead file sharing process and systems integration. Full knowledge and oversight of Editshare system of digital asset management. Document all procedures in order to standardize operations.
• Offer guidance on pre-production/set recommendations through collaboration with team members, as well as creative teams and multimedia departments. Offer advice about improvements for team production method and technology.
• Provide still photography services as a compliment to and in support of video production work.
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Required: Bachelor's Degree in Multimedia/Multimedia Tech. or related field
• Preferred: Bachelor's Degree in Animation & Special Effects or Visual Communication
• Required: 5 years working in video/media production and post production
• Preferred: 3 years with Adobe Creative Cloud Suite of software

Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of production process, workflow and software including Adobe Creative Cloud (Adobe Premiere).
• Able to manage planning many projects at once
• Advanced knowledge of Adobe Creative Cloud Suite of software (After Effects, Photoshop, Illustrator) and color correction software such as DaVinci Resolve
• Strong organizational skills and working knowledge of project management software (Workfront)
• Able to collaborate with remote team members and customers via electronic communication (Zoom, Teams, MS365, Skype)
• Deliver polished assets that illustrate a keen understanding of what works on the video’s intended platforms, social media, web or otherwise
• Film and edit independently and work with the support freelancers on larger projects
• Language (Other Than English): None
• Travel Requirement: 0% - 25%

Skills

• Strong knowledge of production process, workflow and software including Adobe Creative Cloud (Adobe Premiere).
• Able to manage planning many projects at once
• Advanced knowledge of Adobe Creative Cloud Suite of software (After Effects, Photoshop, Illustrator) and color correction software such as DaVinci Resolve
• Strong organizational skills and working knowledge of project management software (Workfront)
• Able to collaborate with remote team members and customers via electronic communication (Zoom, Teams, MS365, Skype)
• Deliver polished assets that illustrate a keen understanding of what works on the video’s intended platforms, social media, web or otherwise
• Film and edit independently and work with the support freelancers on larger projects

Benefits

Not specified

Pay

Not specified

Schedule

Hybrid based role in Pittsburgh, PA. Depending on the duties of the day will depend on which day to be onsite.