SPECTRAFORCE - Freelance Video Designer

Video Editor is needed in Columbia, United States.

Client: SPECTRAFORCE

Location: Columbia, MD

Contract: No Job Type Listed

Job Description:

We’re looking for an innovative and creative freelance video designer with exemplary digital design skills to assist in the creation of highly effective and engaging content for clients throughout Connections Academy. Working in conjunction with the teams’ in-house designer, project manager, and creative services manager, this person will conceptualize, design, and produce digital content solutions for Connections Academy and emerging corporate partnerships. In this role, this person will be designing, producing, and developing video content for web and social media. Explainer videos for marketing, short, animated clips for social media, and creating videos for multiple media channels. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in brand design/development, creating creative designs within specific brand parameters, designing for accessibility, digital design, graphic animation, interactive content platforms, and social media content creation. The video designer should have extensive experience in motion design using Adobe Premiere Pro and After Effects. Experience in Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign is a plus.

Requirements:

• Proficient in Adobe Creative Cloud programs: Premiere Pro, After Effects, Photoshop, and Illustrator.
• Specialization in motion and animation for social media platforms (Facebook, Instagram, TikTok).
• Experienced in creating “talking head” type videos.
• Familiarity with working under strict brand guidelines is essential.
• A portfolio is required, showcasing design work and video examples.

Other Information:

• Location: 100% Remote
• Pay Rate: $35/hr. on W2
• Duration: 24 months
• Flexible work hours if deadlines are met.
• Hours are project-based, typically 15-20 hours per project but will vary.
• Projects are usually not on tight deadlines, but if they are, the Manager will communicate.
• Location: It can be in any time zone.
• Specifically seeking a video designer, not a marketing professional.
• This is a very freelance position, and the hours can range from 0-20 hours a week.
• There could be weeks where the worker has no hours, so the worker must have a steady form of income elsewhere.
• This will be a deadline-driven position - once the manager assigns work, they will work on communicating schedules to reach a deadline for completion.
• There is occasionally work that needs to be completed ASAP, but the manager will be able to communicate that ahead of time and work something out if needed.
• The best candidate will be someone who has worked with educational companies/brands and knows the seriousness of working with tight brand restrictions and their guidelines.
• The need for this role is due to additional projects.

Brand Description:

• Target audience: students and families.
• Brand identity is youthful.