Mic is a diverse news and media company for young people. Our mission is to inform, inspire, and empower our generation to make change happen. Each month, more than 65 million young people rely on Mic to make sense of the world.

Mic is expanding its Emerging Media team and social video offerings and looking for a highly organized and ambitious Motion Graphics Editor to help increase daily video content across Mic’s Instagram accounts. A strong candidate is passionate about social media storytelling and specializes in creative videos, photos and GIFs. This role will report to Mic’s Emerging Media Managing Producer.

Responsibilities:

• Edit daily Instagram videos for Mic’s Emerging Media team
• Create daily motion graphics to run on short-form video content
• Innovate new formats to grow Mic social video audience
• Create original animations that align with each account’s voice and brand guidelines
• Work to build a library of templates and video formats that can be re-used
• Manage post-production project workflow, media management, and quality standards across all Talent Team productions
• Collaborate with team to ensure quality standards across all programming

Qualifications:

• 2+ years experience within motion graphics and editing social video content
• Proficiency with Adobe Creative Cloud
• Premiere, After Effects, Photoshop, etc.
• Eagerness to experiment and create new formats
• Strong passion for social media storytelling
• Easily adapt video content to new social media platforms like Snapchat Discover
• Process­ oriented, extremely organized
• Keen sense of visuals
• Highly communicative and strong interpersonal skills
• Self-starter and quick learner
• Ability to manage projects and prioritize assignments in a fast­-paced environment
• Passion for creativity, storytelling, and new media

Bonus:

• Cinema 4D or other animation experience beyond After Effects
• Experience shooting and producing in-studio Instagram videos
• Experience with creating branded content short-form videos