Rooster Teeth has an opportunity on the Achievement Hunter team for a contract video editor to assist with videos and deliverables as needed. This position is for an experienced editor who grasps how to create high-quality online video content on fast paced deadlines. The ideal candidate should be comfortable editing both gameplay content as well as live action content with a good grasp of story-telling and comedic timing. Please visit our YouTube page for further insight into the content. This position requires the candidate to start working remotely, but has the potential to move on-site.
Please submit a resume highlighting your experience and abilities along with a URL to samples of your work. All videos must be linked in their entirety. Submitting a cover letter is a big plus!
Responsibilities
- Ingest, edit and complete assignments on time with pre-agreed on deadlines
- Create exports and packaging for final release on both the Achievement Hunter and LetsPlay YouTube channels
- Manage organization of projects, media and assets throughout the editorial process and backup projects inline with Achievement Hunter workflow guidelines
- Execute changes to edits based off notes from producers, clients and/or management, within the notes window in the production schedule
- Create motion graphics, fix audio levels, and polish videos within the brand standard
- Collaborate with talent and producers to create sales, marketing and other promotional integrations
Qualifications
- 2+ years demonstrated experience editing videos in a professional capacity
- Strong sense of storytelling and comedic timing
- Proficient in Adobe Premiere and Photoshop
- Familiarity with Adobe After Effects and Motion Graphics Design highly desirable
- Knowledge of hardware and software required for video and audio format conversion and compression
- Experience with multi-cam editing and workflow
- Must have an understanding of video file formats, video analysis and metadata
- Strong attention to detail and organizational skills including specific editing workflows
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Proven ability to work effectively in a team environment & accept feedback/notes on work
- Desire to further improve skills and techniques
- Strong will and self-motivation to take on projects and complete tasks on time
- Understanding of YouTube and internet content needed
About Achievement Hunter
Achievement Hunter is Rooster Teeth’s comedy-based gaming brand that creates daily videos, livestreams, podcasts and more. Achievement Hunter members host a variety of gaming series on their YouTube channels Let’s Play and Achievement Hunter, that reach more than 4 million subscribers. The group dynamic consists of comedy created by playing video games somewhat poorly where hilarity ensues.
About Rooster Teeth
Rooster Teeth is a fan-driven, community-built entertainment company in Austin, TX. From humble origins in a spare bedroom, Rooster Teeth created the web series Red vs. Blue, an innovative form of entertainment for a changing media landscape that sparked the growth of a passionate global fandom. From that foundation, Rooster Teeth pioneered a direct-to-consumer lifestyle brand for its growing online following with subscriptions, advertising, e-commerce, and live events. Rooster Teeth produces several original content series including RWBY, the most popular western-style anime series today, The Rooster Teeth podcast network, and a daily video series featuring an in-house cast of influential talent. With broadcast and live-action production capabilities and an animation studio, Rooster Teeth engages industry-leading networks, streaming entertainment services and creative talent to develop projects that reach global audiences through its Studios division. Rooster Teeth cultivates the gaming lifestyle it helped define with partnerships through its industry-leading video-first podcast network, The Roost. Rooster Teeth has a massive global footprint of more than 45 million subscribers to its YouTube Network, 5 million unique weekly viewers across its RoosterTeeth.com hub and more than 4 million registered community members. The company was founded in 2003, and is a subsidiary of Otter Media, a WarnerMedia company.
