Senior Video Editor
Colossal Biosciences
The Senior Editor will join the Creative Team to produce educational, entertaining and compelling narrative video formats, highlighting Colossal’s work. This role requires advanced post-production skills, including motion graphic and visual effects design, sound design and mixing, color grading and exceptional storytelling intuition. As part of the Creative Team, this role will develop content in a variety of formats to bring cutting-edge science to diverse audiences, fostering a deeper understanding and engagement with the groundbreaking work happening at Colossal.
This position is based on-site in Dallas, TX. Relocation assistance is available.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Edit and produce visually stunning and emotionally resonant video content to communicate complex scientific concepts in an engaging manner.
- Integrate advanced motion graphics, 2D/3D animations, and other VFX to elevate storytelling and create immersive visuals.
- Manage project organization, maintaining timelines, asset libraries and creative feedback loops to ensure efficient delivery and high quality output.
- Leverage technical expertise in encoding, rendering and multi-format export for various formats and distribution platforms.
- Participate in planning and creative development sessions to contribute creative and technical insights to production partners.
- Coordinate with IT to ensure best practice for development of infrastructure to produce, store, backup and distribute assets.
Required Skills and Abilities:
- High degree of proficiency with industry-standard software and tools (Adobe Creative Suite, Premiere, After Effects, Audition, Cinema 4D, Blender, DaVinci Resolve, etc.)
- Exceptional storytelling skills, with the ability to translate complex scientific concepts into compelling visual narratives.
- Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, and a demonstrated ability to work effectively in collaborative teams.
Education and Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree in Film/Television Production, Digital Media, or a related field.
- Minimum five (5) years professional experience as a video editor, with a portfolio demonstrating past work.
- Experience in science communication or creating content for educational and documentary purposes.
- Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively on projects with multiple contributors.
- Passion for wildlife conservation and cutting-edge scientific research.
What Colossal Offers You:
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage
- Unlimited PTO and company holidays so you can rest and recharge
- Flexible spending accounts (FSA)
- Company matched 401k retirement plan
- Paid parental leave up to 12 weeks
- Education reimbursement
- An opportunity to help us return the Earth to a healthier state
The team at Colossal is committed, colorful, passionate, intelligent, collaborative, creative, experienced, scientific and world-class. That sounds like a lot to fit into one building. That’s why we are spread out in several locations that include laboratories, test facilities, academic institutions, libraries and offices.
Through it all, however, we maintain a culture of positivity, hope, happiness and belief that we’re doing something big. Something Colossal.
Colossal is proud to be an equal employment opportunity workplace. We welcome people from all backgrounds as well as celebrate and support diversity. We are committed to providing an inclusive environment of mutual respect that is free from discrimination and harassment so everyone can thrive.
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