Job description
ABOUT THE ROLE:
The Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF) investigates, exposes and campaigns to end environmental injustice – the loss of natural habitats and biodiversity and the associated threat to basic human rights.
We are recruiting a Video Editor to cover maternity for an existing team member. You will join a dynamic and dedicated team, delivering long-term impact protecting people and planet through film. You should apply if you are a committed and creative aspiring editor with an ability to craft compelling stories and are passionate about our natural world.
Key Tasks
Selecting highlights from rushes and compiling clip reels from trip footage
Producing high-quality, engaging edits from new and archive footage
Processing, archiving and organising incoming footage and stills
Preparing graphics, text, and subtitles in multiple languages, and making amendments to edits following feedback
Processing and archiving stills and uploading to the digital photo library with tags
Sound mixing and colour correction
Producing animated elements for longer films
Drafting scripts for voiceover
Directing and recording voiceover sessions
Assisting Video Producers in managing day-to-day activities to streamline the post-production process
Various fact-checking, research, proofreading tasks
About the successful candidate
You enjoy research and understand the fundamental need for attention to detail and factual accuracy
You have a passion for storytelling through editing and presenting visual material to diverse audiences to secure their understanding and support for EJF’s campaigns
You are able to deliver agreed outcomes on time and on budget, at times managing multiple projects and tight deadlines and you are able to prioritise your workload
You are entirely comfortable taking direction and feedback, working in a team, with equal ability to work independently, taking initiative and responsibility
You can comfortably work across all video styles from documentaries to social media explainers, interviews to event edits
Necessary Skills
Highly proficient in Adobe Premiere Pro
Comfortable with Audition, After Effects, Lightroom and Photoshop
Comfortable working with a variety of codecs and formats
A strong understanding of editing workflows and file structuring
Must be highly organised, technical and have a keen eye for creative detail
Knowledge of social media trends and formats
Ability to work to tight deadlines and produce multiple cuts for varied audiences at short notice
Desirable Skills
Experience using InDesign and Illustrator
Experience using Handbrake
Design, VFX or motion graphics experience
Second language skills
An interest and understanding of the environmental campaigning landscape

Please send your CV and cover letter explaining why you are the right person for this job to: [email protected]
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
Candidates must have the legal right to work in the UK.
EJF is an equal opportunities employer, committed to diversity within the workplace.
Deadline: Thursday 26th September