Social Media Content Creator and Editor for a United Nations CSO, London

Exciting new opportunity for a talented creative!

A CSO of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, The Centre for Big Synergy is looking for Social Media Content Creator and Editor for multiple global projects and engagements. 

We enable all global stakeholders meet the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals by 2030, reaching over 250M in over 120 countries via our projects and partners. 

What will you be doing?

You should be an experienced and talented video editor and content creator.  

This is an opportunity to boost your portfolio and build a very high profile network for furthering your career, gain visibility and also be associated a UN Global Goals initiative.

The editor will

• Create short intro and ending animations/transitions for the various SM videos
• Create new videos from copyright free content on various trending topics and news in liason with the team
• Edit the interviews (Zoom/Teams) and additional footage/still to create social media ready files for YT, LI, FB, TW and IG
• Add subtitles and captions as needed for the videos
• You would need to have your own professional equipment and software and a camera and lights (if you are also a videographer - preferred, not mandatory)

What are we looking for?

A committed and meticulous person, passionate about making the world a more sustainable, safer and peaceful place.

• Ability to research new video ideas and topics and work on those with the team
• Can create impactful SM snippets from long videos for SM channels
• Proven experience (3 or more years) of hands-on experience with editing softwares (Adobe After Effects or Final Cut Pro X or Avid Media Composer  or Lightworks and Premier etc)
• Can create dynamic and impactful content for different social media channels
• Capacity to work to tight deadlines
• Experience working to a specification
• Accuracy and attention to detail 
• Understands the resource constraints of a not for profit and is able to work with those
• Open to feedback
• Maintain confidentiality and utmost standards of professional etiquette

What difference will you make?

Your contribution can educate and inspire billions of people to act on the SDGs and bring positive changes that will impact all of us in this complexly interconnected world.

Through our various UN SDGs programmes, we have seen that at least 85% of the global civil society is not aware of the UN SDGs, let alone act on those!

The change makers represent the global citizens who are making a difference in spite of the odds they face, through their exemplary contributions and acts of kindness.

Together we aim to inspire and empower a whole generation to take positive action and address the major global challenges faced by us. 

You can be part of change that is happening now, celebrating the works of change makers who are in turn inspiring millions more to do the same in their community, country and the wider world.