Manager, Video Retoucher and Colorist - Fenty (Finance)
Job Description
ABOUT KENDO
Kendo Holdings, Inc. is a San Francisco-based beauty brand developer and wholesaler owned by LVMH Moët Hennessy - Louis Vuitton, the world's largest luxury group. A play on the words "can do", Kendo has become the hub of creativity and next generation beauty product development for global Sephora channels and selective retailers outside of Sephora.
Through original development, collaborations and acquisitions the Kendo stable of brands will always be creative, inspiring and innovative. A dynamic engine of speed, expertise and market-savvy, the Kendo team continues to redefine the beauty industry through great product, great storytelling, great retail and direct-to-consumer partnerships. This shows up in everything we do and in what we stand for:
- "Can Do" Spirit: We work together to make our wildest dreams a reality: As entrepreneurs, we embrace optimism and find creative ways to reach our goals
- Advocacy, Diversity, and Inclusion: We recognize and celebrate the full spectrum of personal identities. We create safe spaces so everyone's voice is heard. We listen with humility and act with courage.
- Storytelling: We tell authentic stories like no, one else. It's our key to inspire trust and build relationships, rallying, our people, partners, and consumers around our brands.
- Resilience: We embrace challenges as opportunities. Change is ever- constant, and agility is our strength.
- Product Excellence: We put the consumers first: We constantly raise the bar to create products of the highest quality that everyone just has to have.
The salary range for this position is $91,900 - $114,900 per year based upon a San Francisco location. Offered salary is dependent upon experience and location. Kendo Total Rewards offerings also include an annual bonus and a comprehensive benefits package including: medical, dental and vision insurance, flex paid time off program, parental leave, employee discount/perks, a retirement plan with employer contributions, Summer Fridays, opportunity to work from anywhere for two weeks during the calendar year and December wellness/shutdown week for applicable positions.
The Kendo house of brands currently includes: Fenty Beauty, Fenty Skin, Fenty Eau de Parfum, Fenty Hair, Ole Henriksen, KVD Beauty, Lip Lab.
Position Overview:
As the Video Retoucher and Colorist you will be responsible for the finishing stages of video post-production for Fenty Beauty, Fenty Skin, and Fenty Hair. You will partner with the Creative Director of Video to address key video finishing details, including: color grading, beauty retouching, keying, compositing, and editing.
In this role, you will deliver solutions for a diverse range of marketing and omni-channel needs-ranging from product launch campaigns to paid media to product page videos, you will be hands-on in finishing videos with a strong eye for refined beauty retouching and color.
Responsibilities:
- Collaborate closely with Creative Directors and Stills Retouchers to develop grade looks for all video projects
- Work with Senior Video Editor to streamline post-production process
- Intake retouching notes intuitively, and execute imperceptible beauty work for video
- Execute composite work using green-screen footage
Skills:
- Aware of trends and new ideas within beauty industry, with ability to interpret those into high performing brand right creative
- A strong eye for color and advertising-level video quality control
- Strong grasp of digital finishing programs such as, DaVinci Resolve, Nuke, and After Effects etc.
- Technical knowledge in cinematography, editing, compositing, beauty retouching, and graphic animation
- Understanding of framing & technical constraints in both vertical & horizontal formats
- Ability to work side-by-side with an editor and maintain an efficient and organized workflow
- Passion for Art and Beauty.
- Ability to be flexible and to balance business goals with creative vision
- Communicate information effectively with relevant members of the team throughout creative lifecycle
- Ability to meet stringent deadlines, quickly managing changing priorities
- Experience in editing video for full 360 activation across editorial and paid media platforms
- Ability to anticipate workload and communicate proactively to team members
- Superior organizational and communications skills
REQUIREMENTS:
- Bachelor's Degree in Film/Media Production/Graphic Design-related field of study.
- 5+ years experience in a high volume, deadline-driven environment: fashion and technology industry experience.
- Experience in video finishing within the beauty landscape.
- Excellent communication, time management and organizational skills, deadline driven.
- Comfortable working in a collaborative manner
- Mastery of programs including: DaVinci Resolve, After Effects, Adobe Premiere Pro, Photoshop is a must.
- Understanding of current fashion and beauty trends
- Experience in digital video creation
