Senior Editor

Please submit your resume, cover letter, and portfolio (or link) here.

KERTIS is a creative agency in Louisville, Kentucky, founded with the belief that human connection inspires action. Our team of strategists, filmmakers, photographers, writers, and designers make beautiful, honest, and thoughtful work that amplifies ideas worth sharing. 

We are committed to telling the stories of people, organizations, and brands that make our communities more livable, equitable, and interesting. KERTIS employs a narrative-based strategy to guide creative work for a diverse spectrum of clients. Our work is strategic and is often expressed visually and in an authentic voice.

We are adding a Senior Editor to our team, someone with an innate talent for storytelling and the ability to build content in a creative and compelling way. This is a full-time position with competitive pay and benefits (see below). Contract hires will also be considered.

Who is a Senior Editor?

The Senior Editor is a seasoned professional with a specific skill set around the craft and discipline of video editing and a general, broader knowledge around the process of video production. 

Comfortable in both carrying out a fully-developed creative vision for an edit or stepping in to take the lead in the direction of an edit, the Senior Editor understands the balance and importance of collaborative teamwork. Pride in their work, adaptive to changes and challenges, attention to detail as a habit: the Senior Editor exhibits all of these qualities.

What does a Senior Editor do at KERTIS?

Senior Editors coordinate with the creative director and production team to aid in the development of a vision for a given project and then carry out that vision in the editing process. They collaborate during every phase of an edit: project setup, narrative-building, music + sound design, graphics implementation, and other related tasks to ensure that the final product meets client expectations, the creative vision, and KERTIS  standards.

Senior Editors research and vet new software and updates, troubleshoot technical issues, and stay up to date on evolving video trends and technology; additionally, they are responsible for maintaining and managing archives and connected editing system(s) (NAS).

Displaying flexibility, creativity, diplomacy, and calm under pressure, Senior Editors are also responsible for educating and guiding Associate Editors and Intern Editors throughout editing processes.

Responsibilities

  • Work with Producers and Creative Directors to collaborate in both project development and post production execution

  • Complete editing assignments on time, according to project milestones, phases, and quality expectations

  • Adapt to editing assignments of varying needs including duration, style, and most of all - story

  • Follow Post Production best practices and protocols around a project’s organization and redundancy throughout its life cycle

  • Support Post Production department in tasks surrounding media management including project archiving, NAS space administration, and external hard drive oversight

  • Aid Director of Post Production in departmental systems development and betterment 

  • Periodically provide Associate Editors and Interns with constructive feedback and guidance

Skills & Requirements

  • Minimum 3 years experience editing video in a professional, deadline-driven environment (creative agencies, production companies, in-house creative departments, freelance)

  • Proficient knowledge of Adobe Premiere Pro and related apps; working knowledge of Adobe Creative Cloud functionality

  • With a keen attention to detail, demonstrate proficiency in color correction, audio editing, sound mixing, basic graphics implementation, and story structures

  • Strong time-management skills with ability to maintain accurate schedules

  • Personal conduct that reflects a diplomatic, supportive team member with professional communication skills across platforms

  • Reasonable flexibility to adjust to occasional last-minute schedule shifts and other unknowns 

  • Motion graphic design, graphic design, 3D animation experience are a plus but not a requirement

Salary + Benefits

$55-65k Base Compensation depending on experience / skill level

  • Louisville based position but we have a hybrid working environment

  • Medical + Dental + Vision (50% of employee premium covered)

  • Long term disability + life insurance 

  • Cell phone reimbursement ($50 monthly, distributed quarterly)

  • 401K matching up to 4% (eligible after 1st year) 

  • 18 paid vacation days, plus additional company holidays

  • Family Leave for Primary & Secondary caregivers when welcoming a new child

  • Profit share per quarter (starting from hire date)

  • A strong company culture that ensures values alignment and a highly collaborative team

To Apply

Please submit your resume, cover letter, and work examples HERE. We understand that this role may have other titles in the industry, so please include a relevant portfolio or examples of experience in a similar role. Applications submitted without work examples will not be considered.

Equal Opportunity Employer 

The KERTIS workplace is one in which individual differences are recognized, appreciated, respected, and responded to in ways that fully develop and use each person’s talents and strengths.

We are committed to building and sustaining an inclusive and equitable work environment for all team members.

Because we value the diversity of the people we hire and work with, we are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, military or veteran status.