Videographer & Editor - Premiere and AE

Job Description

We're on the lookout for a video and motion graphics maestro to join our team and help us dazzle the digital world with our expanding portfolio brands. If you eat, sleep, and breathe video editing, and can make a camera, Premiere and After Effects your playground, we want to hear from you!

Who We Are:

Next isn’t your average highstreet store; we're a force of brands and cutting-edge distribution network that's growing at speed. From homeware to fashion, beauty and everything in-between, our portfolio is bustling with opportunity. And in a digital-first world - videos are vital to our success.

About the role:

• Become the go-to for video needs for Next and our growing umbrella of brands.
• Craft visually stunning videos that tell our brand stories in a way that captivates and engages. You’ll play a key role at every stage of the design process, from initial concept to execution.
• Collaborate with our teams to bring ideas to life in the form of videos.
• Dive into Premiere like a pro, creating eye-catching animations and seamless edits that make jaws drop.
• Designing for a diverse range of business areas, from in-store video-screens to social media, broadcast advertising and internal or external communications.
  
  

What You Bring to the Table:

• Experience behind the camera as a videographer
• Excellent skills in Adobe Premiere, with the ability to create/edit and reformat video content for different media outputs.
• Proficient in Adobe After Effects with a strong understanding of media encoder to export your animations and videos.
• 2D Motion Graphics Experience (AE)
• You’ll have impressive previous experience in a similar role (3 years or more) with an impressive portfolio to show for it.
• An outstanding portfolio of exceptional creative and commercially focussed animations/videos to showcase to us (please include your showreel in your application)
• A strong interest in fashion and retail, and a clear understanding of how to deliver the most compelling designs for our customers.
• You’ll have exceptional skills in Illustrator and Photoshop and the ability to prepare artwork and photography for animating.
• Ability to work extremely well with other members of the studio and key project stakeholders, ensuring all work actively reflects and enhances the Next brand and the brands you’ll work with.
• Filming skills are preferred
• C4D experience is a bonus
• Knowledge in all things video – from colour grading to sound mixing, you’re in the know.
• Creative flair that turns ordinary footage into extraordinary content.
• Ability to work at the speed of light (or at least, at the speed of tight deadlines).
  
  

What to include when applying:

Your CV, a link to your showreel, and a brief note telling us why you're the editing enthusiast we've been searching for 🚀✨

About Us

You know Next, but did you know we’re a FTSE-100 retail company employing over 35,000 people across the UK and Ireland. We’re the UK’s 2nd largest fashion retailer and for Kidswear we’re the market leader. At the last count we have over 500 stores, plus the Next Online and it’s now possible to buy on-line from over 70 countries around the world! So we’ve gone global!

About The Team

• 25% off most NEXT, MADE*, Lipsy*, Gap* and Victoria's Secret* products (*when purchased through NEXT)
• Company performance based bonus
• Sharesave scheme
• On-site Nursery available; OFSTED outstanding in all areas
• 10% off most partner brands & up to 15% off Branded Beauty
• Early VIP access to sale stock
• Access to fantastic discounts at our Staff Shops
• Restaurants with great food at amazing prices
• Access a digital GP and other free health and wellbeing services
• Free on-site parking
• Financial Wellbeing - Save, track and enhance your financial wellbeing
• Apprenticeship - Grow and develop on the job whilst gaining a qualification
• Direct to Work - Discount online and instore, collect your items the next day for free from your place of work or local store
• Support Networks - Access to Network Groups to empower and celebrate each other
• Wellhub - Discounted flexible monthly gym memberships, with apps, PT sessions and more
  
  

Conditions apply to all benefits. These benefits are discretionary and subject to change.

We aim to support all candidates during the application process and are happy to provide workplace adjustments when necessary. Should you need support with your application due to a disability or long-term condition, feel free to get in touch with us by email [email protected] (please include 'Workplace Adjustments' in the subject line), or call us on 0116 284 2486 and leave a voicemail.