Unifrog’s mission

We’re on a mission to level the playing field when it comes to young people finding and applying for their next step after school. We're achieving this by bringing all the available information into one single, impartial, user-friendly platform that helps students to make the best choices, and submit the strongest applications. We also empower teachers and counsellors to manage the progression process effectively.

Our outlook is global - we work with schools and universities all over the world, from the US to New Zealand, and from Italy to Hong Kong. We want to make it so that young people can compare every opportunity taught in English, wherever it is in the world, and have all the support they need to make successful applications.

We have a clear social purpose, and we’re hugely ambitious. We already work with over half of UK secondary schools, and hundreds of international schools. We are growing rapidly in terms of the number of our customers, in terms of how much they use our platform, and in terms of the breadth of products we offer (check out this video to hear more about the Unifrog platform).

Our team is at the heart of our business and is integral to our success. We work hard to foster a culture of openness, happiness and innovation, and we commit to helping every individual learn and grow so that they can reach their full potential. We want to hire talented people, whatever their background. If you are excited by our mission and are ready to work hard, please don’t hesitate to apply. We look forward to hearing from you! We believe in the power of diversity.

If you are from an ethnic minority background, we would like to strongly encourage you to apply. In advance of applying if you have any questions about working at Unifrog, please contact our People and EDI Lead, Jo.

Content at Unifrog

Whether we are communicating through images, video or text, we always try to be straightforward, honest, and to show respect for the people with whom we are communicating. 

Clear communication is particularly important for us because our mission is to level the playing field when it comes to access to opportunities, and a big part of this effort is fair and straightforward access to information. It’s also important for us to be fun, while not talking down to young people. 

Over the last few years, we have created hundreds of videos aimed at students and teachers. We now have an exciting slate of new video projects that we want to produce. We want to use video:

• To develop some of the most popular parts of the Unifrog platform, currently used by hundreds of thousands of young people every week to explore different careers, different subjects at university, and topics that matter to them like Climate Change and Wellbeing.

• To help us create brand new tools within the platform, expanding what Unifrog offers to young people, and how we interact with external partners like employers and universities.

We also want to improve the quality of the videos we create, making them slicker and more useful to our users.

Check out some of our recent videos to get an idea of what we work on:

• Unifrog Employer Profile

• Unifrog University Profile

What you’ll do

As a Post Production Manager, your role will be to oversee the post-production process of the Video Team and line-manage our Video Editors. You’ll lead our team of Video Editors in keeping our existing content up to date and in line with our high standards, and innovating the techniques we use to improve future content.

Alongside these duties, you’ll edit a variety of videos for the platform and Unifrog’s social media platforms. You'll also manage your team's edit schedule, set deadlines, and sign edits off when they meet our high standards. 

Your key responsibilities:

• Assign post-production tasks to video editors and assistant editors, ensuring that all projects are edited within a six-week timeframe from the filming date.

• Creating MOGRT Templates for all editable projects

• Manage key deliverables from organising footage on Dropbox to ensuring projects are live on the platform.

• Ensure subtitles are being fixed properly by each contributing video editor.

• Act as the point of contact for external partners and account teams regarding exported projects, handling any technical queries.

• Develop new content for Unifrog’s social media platforms by repurposing long-form videos to create YouTube Shorts, Reels and Tik Tok videos.

• Create engaging animations and Motion GFX to enhance branding within After Effects and Premiere Pro.

• Ensure brand guidelines are adhered to by all editors and inform them of any changes.

• Guide and mentor other team members in editing skills and post-production workflows.

• Review videos and provide constructive feedback to maintain the highest quality.

• Develop and maintain a post-production pipeline for feedback across stakeholders using Dropbox Review and Frame.io.

Working together

You’ll work closely with Unifrog’s Content team and collaborate with our in-house video team, line-managing video editors and collaborating closely with directors and producers. You will also work with staff on our partner-facing teams, as well as with external partners where necessary.

You will be managed by our Head of Video.

What we’re looking for

• Leadership You’ll manage the video editors and lead the post-production team, ensuring clear communication of goals, prioritising workload efficiently, and providing regular specific and constructive feedback and training when necessary. You will also support your direct reports’ well-being and promote a positive work environment.

• Organisation 

You’ll need strong organisational skills to assign edits to other editors and monitor their progress towards the deadlines set by the Head of Video. You’ll also need to organise your projects and your time. 

• Media management

You should be able to organise media files effectively and efficiently.

• Feedback

You need to review and sign off on edits and give constructive feedback to improve current and future videos.

• Proactive attitude 

You’ll need to assist with troubleshooting. You need to be excited about being a team player and supporting the team to achieve high standards across all edits.

• Communication 

You’ll need excellent written and verbal communication skills

• Ability to take direction

You need to be able to follow project briefs and instructions followed by Producers and/or your Line Manager.

• Video editing skills

You must have a good working knowledge of Adobe Premiere Pro, which is our preferred editing software. It is also essential you have a good eye for editing videos.

• Keen attention to detail

  You'll oversee the editing team ensuring that each project meets the required standards in terms of technical specifications, visual aesthetics, and adherence to guidelines. You'll need a deep understanding of editing software tools and stay updated on emerging trends and best practices in post-production.

Benefits 

Head to our jobs page for a full list of the excellent benefits we offer our team.

• Join one of ‘the best organisations to escape to’ and help transform careers and destinations in schools. 

• Become part of a committed, dynamic, and growing company. We want to build our team for the long term: if you do well, we will do our best to make sure you want to stay at the company for a long time.

• Professional development is important at Unifrog. You will define your own 6-month objectives and will be supported by your line manager and the rest of the team to achieve them. You will have an annual training allowance to spend on what you need to grow and progress.

• Influence the company’s direction: we love to promote great ideas, wherever they come from.

Key details

• £41,500 per annum (Grade C), plus a share in a company-wide performance bonus.

• Full-time.

• Work remotely from the UK or in our London office. 

• 28 days paid holiday per year (plus bank holidays).

• Working hours are 9:00am to 5:00pm, Monday to Thursday, and 9:00am to 4:30pm on Friday. 

• Start date: as soon as possible, though we will be flexible for the right candidates.

• If you require reasonable adjustments, or want to discuss any details about the role before applying, please contact recruitment@unifrog.org.

Application process

• Deadline: 10:00am (GMT) on Wednesday 6th March 2024.

• Stage 1: Application form (~1 hour) ✍️

• Visit our website to upload your CV and complete the questions and tasks below.

• Please note that we do not review CVs at this stage of the application process so please be as specific as possible about your experience.

• i. Why do you want to work at Unifrog? (250 words)

• ii. Tell us about a project or piece of work of which you are particularly proud. What actions did you take to make sure it was successful?  (250 words)

• iii. With reference to your experience, what skills do you have that would make you an excellent line manager? (250 words)

• Stage 2: Video call interview (1 hour) 🖥️

• Standard Q&A from a panel of three, including questions about your experiences and how these relate to the role, and scenario questions based on common situations you might face (plus time for your questions)

• Video call interviews will be held w/c 18th March 2024.

• Your answers are an opportunity to let us know more about your motivations and experience. While we understand that candidates might want to use AI to improve parts of their application, we strongly encourage you to write your answers independently. 

• Please note, we compare all answers to an AI generated answer. Where we suspect AI has been used to write the majority of the answer, this will be taken into consideration when scoring

Inclusion and diversity at Unifrog

• Within the company we try to foster a culture of innovation, and a happy working environment, both because this is the right thing to do, and because we think this results in the most effective team. To this end we believe in open communication, celebrating successes, supporting each other, not being afraid to be wrong or to fail, and promoting good ideas wherever they come from.

• As a platform that supports teachers and students from a huge variety of backgrounds it’s important that our team and leadership reflects this diversity. This is something we are actively working towards and prioritising. We want to embed diversity, equity and inclusion across everything we do, continually evaluating policies and practices to make sure they are inclusive and equitable.

• To make sure everyone’s voice is heard and people have the opportunities to learn to be better allies in the workplace, we encourage the team to share what they’re celebrating, facilitate training and group discussions, and seek regular feedback about what more the company could do to help people feel included.

• To ensure that our recruitment process is consistent and fair, we anonymise your application and therefore do not see your name, personal, educational or professional background. We also randomise the order of responses so that it’s less likely that a candidate is advantaged or disadvantaged by where their answers appear compared to other candidates.