Video Editor

Turn 5 is one of the largest and fastest growing e-commerce retailers in the Greater Philadelphia area. Best known for our award-winning e-commerce platforms, AmericanMuscle.com, ExtremeTerrain.com and AmericanTrucks.com, we’ve been engaging car enthusiasts with exceptional products, services, and experiences since 2004.

Our purpose, however, extends beyond selling car parts. We have a commitment to creating meaningful customer experiences at every step of their journey. Whether it’s supplying a unique product that customizes the look and feel of their ride, providing thousands of educational videos for the DIYer or leveraging user generated content to inspire even the most experienced owner, we are obsessed with ensuring we reach as many like-minded gearheads across the globe.

To continue our growth path, we need a video editor to create high quality automotive video and product content for our customers. This is a pivotal role as our success is rooted in our ability to connect, with the passionate car enthusiast and the first-time car owner looking to modify their vehicle, through compelling and award-winning video content that appears across several websites and YouTube channels. We need someone who can craft and edit engaging product installs, “best of” video and culture-based content for our websites and YouTube channels.

Under the direction of the Video Production manager, the Video Editor is responsible for the completion of various videos from content featured on company sites and social channels.  The Video Editor is expected to use creative skills and techniques to create content based on project needs (video footage/scripts etc).

• Edits raw footage for content and product review & install videos into professional-quality videos, with and without supervision from Video Production Manager.
• Work with overseas partners to complete product review & install videos. This includes organizing and upload of footage to FTP server and completing/reviewing completed projects on return.            
• Creates animated text and graphics using After Effects.
• Collaborates with Video Production Manager and other video team members to identify video solutions to achieve business objectives.
• Works with edit team to manage storage of raw footage on Content Server
• Sources and edits appropriate music and sound effects.
• Responsible to fill out music cue sheets (to keep track of music and sfx used), and Metric forms.
• Uploading of finished videos to specified area on Content Server, as well as creating and sending email notification to appropriate department.
• Keeping up to date with latest edit tools, and updates (Premiere Pro, After Effects, Photoshop, new video codecs, etc)
• All other duties assigned by Video Production Manager

We can’t skip over some of the specific skills and experience we know are a “must” to be successful. So, we need you to have:

• A minimum of 3 years’ experience in the video/television field as an Editor.
• Must be fluent with Adobe Premiere Pro.
• Must be versed in color correction, audio mixing (with music, Host audio, natural sound), and creating basic support graphics (lower thirds, text graphics etc).
• Proficient with Adobe After Effects and Photoshop.
• Knowledge of web video encoding (best practices for web compression) a plus.
• Understanding of FTP upload and download practices
• Previous work experience in a corporate environment a plus.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills and maintains effective work relations with those encountered in the course of employment, familiar with modern office methods, practices, procedures, and equipment.