Senior Video Editor (YouTube-First)
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30+ days ago
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Job Summary
What We Do
At Heat Geek we are tackling the UKs biggest carbon contributor: home heating. 20% of all UK carbon emissions stems from residential temperature regulation and that contribution percentage is even bigger on a global scale. At Heat Geek we are changing that. By simplifying the process and revolutionising the technology we are getting more heat pumps into homes and slashing carbon emissions in the process - we are on track to preventkg of carbon from entering our atmosphere by February and we wont stop there!
Join Us!
People are at the core of who we are and what we do. From decreasing homeowners energy bills to help with the cost of living to empowering talented heating engineers to perform outstanding installations to ensuring a greener world for all of us we believe in the power of what we can all do together. And we need passionate talented hard working people to be a part of this journey.
Your mission
This role is the backbone of Heat Geeks content output. Youll be responsible for crafting highquality longform YouTube videos while also extracting engaging Shorts and social cutdowns that extend the life and reach of each piece of content.
This is not a basic edit role. Youll need to understand YouTube pacing retention and best practices and take real ownership of Heat Geeks motion and graphic language. That means creating custom icons graphic elements data visualisations and visual systems that make complex topics feel clear credible and engaging not just adding text or transitions.
If youre reading this and it resonates with you we know that you are talented and could do this work anywhere. But we want you to do it HERE with us because we need driven teammates who care about making a real difference in the world.
This is not a basic edit role. Youll need to understand YouTube pacing retention and best practices and take real ownership of Heat Geeks motion and graphic language. That means creating custom icons graphic elements data visualisations and visual systems that make complex topics feel clear credible and engaging not just adding text or transitions.
If youre reading this and it resonates with you we know that you are talented and could do this work anywhere. But we want you to do it HERE with us because we need driven teammates who care about making a real difference in the world.
Role Outputs
- Edit longform YouTube videos with strong narrative flow pacing and audience retention in mind
- Create YouTube Shorts and social cutdowns that are optimised for vertical platforms and discovery
- Design and implement motion graphics text overlays callouts and simple infographics to support clarity and engagement
- Work closely with the Video Production Lead to interpret briefs test formats and evolve the channels editing style
- Maintain consistency in look feel and quality across all content
- Help refine editing workflows to keep pace with a regular publishing cadence
Candidate Requirements
- Strong experience editing longform YouTube content
- Comfortable editing vertical video for Shorts and social platforms
- Solid motion graphics skills (Fusion After Effects or equivalent)
- A good instinct for pacing hooks and storytelling
- Interest in learning technical subjects and turning them into accessible content
- Experience as an in-house video editor
- Startup experience
- Industry experience with heat pumps renewable energy construction or utilities
We believe great teams are built from different ways of thinking learning and living and as such we strive to build an organisation where people can show up as themselves. Even if you dont tick every box listed above but are passionate about the work that we are doing and believe that you can make a positive impact here wed love to hear from you. So please drop us a message or share more detail in your application!
Ways of Working & Benefits
This is a 3-day-in-the-office-hybrid role where you will work with the team at our office in Sustainable Ventures in Waterloo Europes biggest climate tech hub. Its a 5-minute walk from Waterloo Station and an energising space for anyone working on climate change. And dont get us started on the epic view!
Some of our measurable benefits include:
Some of our measurable benefits include:
- 5000 contribution towards your own heat pump installation
- Shares in the company allocated under a tax-incentivised scheme
- Salary thats evaluated regularly and based on skills impact and role scopenot negotiation tactics
- Private medical & dental insurance
- Learning and development budget
- Annual summer retreat
- Gym membership contribution
- Season ticket loan
- Cycle to work scheme
- Yoga run club and social events with other sustainability startups in our co-working space
About us
Required Experience:
Senior IC
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About Company
At Heat Geek, we are empowering people to revolutionise home energy at nation scale . This audacious goal will enable our contribution to drastically reduce the carbon emissions from the residential buildings sector, which accounts for nearly 20% of all UK emissions. Our work requires ... View more
