Senior Video Editor/Director

SmithGroup is an award-winning, integrated design firm that blends research, data and technology with innovation and a creative spirit to deliver resilient, inclusive spaces that solve our clients' greatest challenges. Our teams create exceptional design solutions for healthcare, science and technology, workplace, mixed use, higher education, cultural, waterfront, parks and open spaces, and urban environments. We are looking for passionate problem solvers who want to elevate design, push boundaries and move us closer to a carbon-free future. Care to join us?

The Chicago office of SmithGroup is looking for a Senior Video Editor/Director to join our team. SmithGroup is a four-time award recipient of Chicago's Top Workplaces by the Chicago Tribune!

Working with us, you will:

• Conceptualize and direct strategic and aesthetically creative, brand-appropriate content that is aligned with SmithGroup's overall creative approach, strategy and needs alongside Creative Services Manager and Communications Director.
• Direct and manage video content produced in collaboration with internal or external partners and/or vendors.
• Develop visual concepts through storyboards and sketches for a range of video assets with varying levels of production quality from high design to quicker informal videos.
• Edit video content, including color correction as needed, that meets cross-firm communication goals with the support of Communications and Creative Services team members.
• Assist in the development and management of video and photography standards, asset guidelines, libraries, and templates by maintaining Open Asset and SharePoint pages and communicating changes to various teams across the firm.

• Support the evolution of the SmithGroup brand while maintaining the core corporate identity system.

• Embody a commitment to innovation and experimentation to drive and evolve SmithGroup's video approach.

An ideal candidate has:

• 8+ years' experience in video editing/directing roles

• 5+ years' experience editing with non-linear editing tools. Experience with Davinci Resolve and Premiere Pro preferred.
• 2+ years of project management experience related to video production projects preferred.
• A bachelor's degree in film, broadcasting, communications or a related field preferred

• A comprehensive understanding of digital workflows and file-based delivery.
• familiarity with shooting and operating digital cinema cameras, lights, and audio equipment
• Knowledge of digital marketing, visual storyboarding, video direction, and editing for outputs such as social media, the firm website, project interviews, thought leadership campaigns, and other internal initiatives.
• Motion design & compositing experience in After Effects is a plus.

* Candidate Note: please submit a portfolio when you apply so the team has all the necessary information to review your application.

SmithGroup's competitive compensation and benefit package is designed to meet the needs of a diverse staff. It includes flexible scheduling, a hybrid work environment, 401(k), parental leave, wellbeing resources, PTO immediately available to new hires, plus 15 extra Fridays off - on top of holidays. Join us and see first-hand how these and other programs - like one-on-one career coaching and professional development opportunities - build culture, enhance collaboration and yield richer, more inclusive solutions.

If you are not sure that you meet all of the suggested qualifications described above, please don't leave this page. Your talents and attributes could be just what we're looking for - and we strongly encourage you to apply. If you need additional accommodations to complete the application process, please contact [redacted]