Balletboyz Casting Search for Young Dancers

About us.

We’re the team behind digital retailer Very.

Our purpose, helping families get more out of life, powers everything we do.

And we want our people to get more out of life too! If you’re high-performing, ambitious and make the most of every opportunity, we want to hear from you. In return, you’ll enjoy heaps of flexibility, great perks and benefits, and the freedom to be yourself, keep learning and take your career wherever you want it to go.

If you love making a difference, you’ll love making it sparkle for millions of Very customers. ✨

About the role.

We’re looking for a Motion Editor to join HelloStudio, our in‑house creative production agency, and help us bring big ideas to life across Fashion, Sports, Electrical, Beauty, Toys, and Home. If you love crafting beautiful moving images, mixing video with motion design, and making brands feel alive, you’ll feel right at home here.

This is your chance to shape the visual stories behind some of the most exciting campaigns at The Very Group. You’ll work with brilliant creatives, collaborate across teams, and create content that feels modern, polished, and packed with personality.

What you’ll be doing:

You’ll be right at the heart of our Video team, creating standout content across campaigns, social, and internal pieces. Expect to:

• Design and animate motion graphics and typography in After Effects

• Edit beautiful, engaging video sequences in Premiere for social, brand and internal comms

• Bring ideas to life from style frames, storyboards, scripts or fastmoving creative briefs

• Work closely with creative leads, designers and videographers to shape concepts and push them further

• Prepare assets, manage versions and keep projects organised through Lucid Link and Frame.io

• Contribute to HelloStudio showreels, pitches and anything that lets us show off what we can do

• Lead the development of asset variations including cutdowns, re-sizes and reformats

• Stay plugged into design trends, platform needs, new techniques and emerging AI tools that keep our work feeling fresh

This role is all about elevating our visual storytelling. If you love crafting movement that makes people feel something, you’ll thrive.

About you.

We’re after someone who’s as passionate about motion as we are. You’ll need:

• Advanced experience in Adobe Premiere and After Effects
• Experience in editing commercial sports and fashion video content.

• Confident ability to design and animate elements like lower thirds, logo stings, transitions and explainers

• A strong understanding of visual hierarchy, timing, rhythm and composition

• The ability to interpret creative ideas and turn them into engaging visual sequences

• Brilliant attention to detail and solid file-management habits

• Great communication and collaboration skills

• A portfolio or showreel that shows you can do the above (this one’s essential)

• Bonus points for bringing curiosity around AI tools and how they can enhance creative work

Some of our benefits

• Flexible, hybrid working model

• Inclusive culture and environment, check out our Glassdoor reviews

• £1,000 flexible benefits allowance to suit your needs

• 30 days holiday + bank holidays

• LinkedIn learning access

• Bonus potential (performance and business-related)

• Up to 25% discount on Very.co.uk

• Matched pension up to 6%

• More benefits can be found on our career site

How to apply 

Please note that the talent acquisition team are managing this vacancy directly, and if successful in securing this role, you will be required to undertake a credit, CIFAS, Right to Work checks and if a specific requirement of your role a DBS (criminal records) check. Should your application progress we require you to let the team know if there is anything you need to disclose in relation to any of these checks prior to them being undertaken, including any unspent criminal convictions.

What happens next? 

Our talent acquisition team will be in touch if you’re successful so keep an eye on your emails! We’ll arrange a short call to learn more about you, as well as answer any questions you have. If it feels like we’re a good match, we’ll share your CV with the hiring manager to review. Our interview process is tailored to each role and can be in-person or held remotely.

You can expect a two-stage interview process for this position:

1st stage – An informal 30-45 minute video call with the hiring team to discuss your skills, relevant experience and portfolio review. This is a great opportunity to find out more about the role and to ask any questions you may have.

2nd stage – A one-hour formal face-to-face interview where you can expect both competency and technical questions.

As an inclusive employer please do let us know if you require any reasonable adjustments.

If you’d like to know more about our interviews, you can find out here.

Diversity, inclusion and equal opportunities

We’re building a culture of everyday inclusion, and welcome applications from anyone who believes they can do the job. We don’t discriminate based on age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation.

We want our recruitment process to be accessible to everyone. If you need reasonable adjustments to apply, interview, or perform a role, let us know via [email protected]. We’ll be happy to support you.

We’re proud to be a Disability Confident Committed Employer and have nine brilliant colleague networks – including DAWN (Disability Awareness at Very) and Think (Neurodiversity at Very) – that are helping us make Very an even more inclusive place to work.

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Requirements

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