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UWorld's team is growing! We are seeking a Scientific Video Editor, Contractor that will take detailed storyboards on dense scientific concepts and translate them into engaging, entertaining content lectures. The role will ask you to work with high efficiency and think creatively. A successful candidate will have outstanding video editing skills and extensive knowledge of medicine and the biological sciences.
Minimum Education:
- Bachelor’s degree (teaching or scientific illustration is a plus)
Minimum Experience:
- Minimum two years of experience in digital multimedia creation and editing
- Exceptional proficiency with Adobe Creative Suite (ie. Final Cut Pro, Media Encoder, After Effects, Photoshop, Illustrator)
- Proficiency in PowerPoint
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
- Confidently work in an environment with high expectations
- Research and comprehend advanced scientific concepts
- Be receptive to continuous feedback from peers and management
- Have excellent attention to detail and organizational skills
- Develop new skills rapidly
- Post-production editing, preparation, and coordination of material, and rendering quality videos
- Experience working in 3D (zbrush, cinema 4d, maya), UCSF Chimera is a plus but not required
Job Responsibilities:
Design and Create
- Create engaging videos for cutting edge online courses such as Biology, Physics Chemistry and Psychology
- Analyze scripts and storyboards and form animation strategies
- Communicate with Content Producers and peer editors on video edits
- Edit video content adhering to style guidelines
- Import and transcode 4K footage, color correct and sound balance
- Master a non-standard workflow using a mix of custom templates, layered illustrations, and key-framing
- Build efficient timelines with revisions in mind
- Edit and alter illustrations as needed
- Communicate efficiently with remote teams and can follow sprint deadlines, delivering video content every week.
- Utilize a library of 3D and 2D assets
- Ensure artistic excellence and factual accuracy of the animated work
Consult and Collaborate
- Collaborate with our teams to create novel ways of visualizing difficult concepts
- Collaborate with management and team members to define schedules and deliverables, and to ensure goals are met
- Help maintain an efficient and successful production process
- Adapt to shifting priorities and be able to assist our on-site medical and scientific illustrators as needed
Technical/Quality Assurance
- Communicate effectively with IT & quality assurance teams to anticipate and resolve issues
- Work independently or in small groups to trouble-shoot and provide solutions to production issues related to creation and content building
Benefits
Compensation and benefits:
- Stable and growing work environment that prioritizes a quality work/life balance
- We offer a competitive compensation package that’s contingent on experience, including yearly bonus opportunities.
- We advocate utilizing your paid time off that is allotted on a sliding scale according to hire date and work hours.
- We are excited about our generous paid holiday schedule, which includes the entire week of Christmas off.
- We have a comprehensive benefits package including medical, vision, and dental with low copay, as well as life and disability insurance.
- We offer a 401(K) plan with 5% employer-matching (eligibility after 90 days of employment).
- We offer twice daily onsite group fitness classes and a relaxed work environment.
At UWorld, we believe strength is derived from the talents, ideas, and experiences of a diverse workforce. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, veteran status, or any other protected class. UWorld is proud to be an equal opportunity employer providing a drug-free workplace. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.
