Who We Are:
Mid-States Distributing (“Mid-States”) is the leading Farm, Ranch and Home Retail Cooperative. Our company is owned by 34 independent Farm, Ranch & Home retailers (Members) who operate over 800 stores in 34 states and 9 Canadian provinces with combined annual sales in excess of 7.5 billion dollars. Our member owners retail items such as agriculture parts & supplies, petroleum products, hardware & tools, pet food, lawn & garden, animal health supplies, apparel & footwear, sporting goods and a variety of other products for the Farm, Ranch and Home.
We are looking for competitive people who like to win big and have fun doing it. We place a tremendous amount of emphasis on creating a unique and positive company culture. Most of our employees will tell you this is the best place they’ve ever worked. We value high energy people who like to work hard and play hard. Our consumers are primarily rural people raising kids, cows and quarter horses so traditional values like God, family and patriotism are important virtues around here. So, if you are enthusiastic and competitive, have a great attitude, good communication skills, are good at building relationships, love to win, and you like ice cream – Mid-States is the place for you!
Position Summary: The Video Production & Editing Specialist is responsible for filming and editing commercials, product demos, how to videos, Product photography, etc. This includes assembling interviews, sound bites, product shots, music and graphics. We follow a basic structure for each project but within the context of our structure there is always room for creativity. This is a heavily detail-oriented position and deadlines are crucial.
Essential Functions:
- Producing commercials, product demos, how to videos etc.
- Maintaining Camera, Audio and Lighting gear
- Organizing, archiving and maintaining projects for future use
- Some light After Effects work and basic graphic animation
- Creating graphics in After Effects from original ideas to pre-made templates which will be used in videos
- Product and Endorsee Photography
- Other duties as assigned
Competencies:
- Adobe Premiere CC and Final Cut (7) experience
- Maxon Cinema 4D/Maya 3D modeling
- Mac and PC operating systems knowledge
- Contemporary knowledge of all aspects of video production, to include hardware and software
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Knowledge of web compressions, file conversion and DVD authoring
- Knowledge of lighting a shot and understanding of how to correctly white balance cameras
- Knowledge of POV and DLSR cameras
- Ability to work productively both independently and as a team
Education and Experience:
- High School Diploma
- Photoshop experience
- Shooting for Broadcast editing experience
- Advanced use of Microsoft Windows, Word, PowerPoint and Outlook
- After Effects experience
- Ability to learn and adapt quickly to new technology and industry standards
- Ability to execute new processes, procedures, and standards, in an environment of continuous improvement
- Understanding of how to set up time-lapse shots
- Still photography experience from natural to studio settings
Supervisory Responsibility: This position has no supervisory responsibilities.
Physical Demands and Work Environment: Generally the job requires 80% sitting, 10% walking, and 10% standing. This job is performed in a generally clean environment. The usual and customary methods of performing the job’s functions require the following physical demands: some lifting, carrying, pushing, and/or pulling, some stooping and significant fine finger dexterity.
Travel: Minimal, 10-15%
Other Duties: Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
A few words from our COO:
Mid-States is truly the best company I have ever worked for. We strive to provide a unique, exciting, fulfilling work environment for our staff. We are cautious when we hire because we want to protect that environment. Drama, laziness and entitlement have no place at Mid-States. Our company is very financially sound and growing like crazy. If you are an enthusiastic, high energy person with a positive attitude and the skills described above then you may have just found the last job you will ever apply for. I look forward to meeting you. – Jeff
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Mid-States Distributing Co
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