Video Specialist I in West Chester, Pennsylvania at Stream Companies

About Stream Companies

Stream Companies is a full-service, fully integrated advertising agency built for brands that want to move forward. Founded in 1997 and headquartered in Malvern, Pennsylvania, we partner with clients to launch, position, and manage brands through both full-service relationships and project-based work.

We operate with an entrepreneurial mindset—collaborative, curious, and always pushing what’s next. By combining strategic planning, creative development, media planning and buying, digital, interactive, television, production, and co-op management with cutting-edge technology, we deliver integrated solutions designed for today’s marketing challenges.

Role Overview:

A Video Specialist I eagerly embraces the opportunity to excel in a dynamic, fast-paced environment, understanding the importance of adhering to processes for the benefit of Production and Creative departments, demonstrating a proactive and positive mindset. They possess foundational knowledge in pre-, pro-, and post-production, leveraging video, graphics, text, effects, animation, and sound design to enhance scripts and client branding. Contributing ideas aligned with creative strategies, they foster effective interdepartmental communication, and thrive in collaborative team environments. Committed to continuous improvement, they actively engage in training and feedback sessions, striving to meet goals and enhance their skill set. Their responsibilities encompass creating radio spots, rough video cuts, and stills, alongside supporting Video Specialist II and Directors in shoot preparation, equipment handling, and client interactions. Additionally, they manage footage organization, metadata addition, and backup, ensuring efficient production workflows.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Beginner with Adobe Creative Suite (Premiere, Audition, Photoshop).
• Create appealing and engaging Radio and On Hold messaging with voiceover(s), music and/or jingle and sound fx.
• Compose rough cuts of all footage- whether it be on camera standups for a spot, running footage or stock footage for a script, footage for a testimonial using CAM A, CAM B and b’roll, ground & aerial footage to create web reels and help film & edit walkaround reels of major models for each brand.
• Assist the Production Coordinators with any assets needed for our freelance team to do a project if it’s not available to them and upload to the cloud in the freelancer’s folder.
• Provide stills from the video footage for several categories by adding a marker where you want to create a still on the timeline, add color correction to the clip and export them as tiffs out of Premiere. Send a copy over to the Creative DAM and send a link to the Creative team to use real footage versus stock footage in all of the client’s print, social media and website.
• Monthly backups of new footage for all clients, deleting old footage on the cloud & EVO and updating our Masters library.
• Learning how to convert different file types and sizes using Media Encoder.
• Learning about coop, compliance, state & federal regulations to aid in both filming on a shoot or editing footage for a video.
• Accompanies Video Specialist II or Director on shoots, acting as a PA and/or as a 2nd camera op.

Skills:

• Learn the automotive & retail industry and their terminology.
• Able to communicate interdepartmentally, by using email, Teams chat but most importantly by Teams phone.
• Detail-oriented with strong organizational and project management skills.
• Able to work well under specific deadlines and perform multiple tasks effectively.
• Learn how to strike the perfect balance between speed and quality.
• Stay informed of current client & manufacturer branding, campaigns, and goals.
• Provide constructive feedback in Round 1 of Workfront Proof as a Reviewer.
• Participates in departmental opportunities, share ideas with the whole Production team in our Teams group, add conversation to the end of our Creative Department monthly meetings or be confident to ask questions, share examples of compelling audio & video spots.
• Strive for operational excellence.