Dealer Communications Specialist I

South Bend, IN (On-site)

Salary Not AvailableMid Level5+ years expFull time

Posted 3 days ago

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Job Summary

Own end-to-end post-production leadership for high-visibility video projects, guiding editors, color, VFX, motion graphics, and audio to deliver brand-aligned content; mentor team, establish standards, and collaborate with producers to meet business objectives.

  • Oversee complex edits from concept to delivery and ensure technical excellence
  • Coach editors and maintain brand-aligned workflows

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Lead the editing of complex and high-visibility video projects from raw footage through final delivery, ensuring exceptional storytelling, pacing, structure, and creative execution.
  • Exercise independent creative and technical judgment to make advanced editorial decisions while maintaining alignment with project goals and brand standards.
  • Apply advanced color correction, color grading, compositing, visual effects, layering, and masking techniques to produce polished, high-quality content.
  • Design and develop motion graphics, titles, and visual effects that enhance storytelling and elevate production value.
  • Execute professional audio editing, mixing, and sound design to ensure exceptional clarity and production quality.
  • Manipulate still imagery and graphic assets using Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator for seamless integration into video projects.
  • Establish, maintain, and continuously elevate editing standards that ensure consistency, technical excellence, and brand alignment across all video content.
  • Serve as a trusted creative and technical resource by reviewing edits from other team members and providing constructive feedback that strengthens overall editorial quality.
  • Mentor and coach editors through technical instruction, creative guidance, and hands-on collaboration to support professional development and continuous improvement.
  • Partner with producers, videographers, and cross-functional stakeholders to interpret creative direction and deliver compelling visual stories that achieve business objectives.

Requirements

  • Minimum of five (5) years of professional video editing and post-production experience, with a proven track record of delivering complex, high-quality video content.
  • Portfolio or demo reel required. Applicants must provide a link to a portfolio, demo reel, or online work samples with their application. Work samples should demonstrate advanced video editing and post-production capabilities, including storytelling, pacing, color grading, motion graphics, compositing, visual effects, and audio mixing. Samples should reflect experience contributing to complex, high-visibility, commercial, branded, or similarly professional productions.
  • Demonstrated expertise in advanced video editing, color correction and grading, compositing, visual effects, audio mixing, motion graphics, and post-production finishing workflows.
  • Advanced proficiency with Adobe Creative Suite, including Premiere Pro, After Effects, Audition, Photoshop, and Illustrator.
  • Strong understanding of post-production workflows, including media management, codecs, color pipelines, and delivery specifications.
  • Demonstrated ability to independently make creative and technical decisions while aligning with brand standards and business objectives.
  • Experience mentoring or coaching editors while providing constructive, actionable feedback.
  • Ability to troubleshoot complex creative and technical challenges with minimal supervision.
  • Excellent communication and collaboration skills with experience partnering with producers, videographers, designers, and cross-functional stakeholders.
  • Strong attention to detail with a commitment to maintaining exceptional quality across all deliverables.

Preferred

  • Experience improving post-production workflows and implementing process enhancements.
  • Experience producing content for e-commerce, digital marketing, or commercial advertising.
  • Knowledge of emerging video production technologies, AI-assisted editing tools, and evolving industry best practices.
  • Experience working within a fast-paced, deadline-driven creative environment.
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Tire Rack

Tire Rack, family-owned and headquartered in South Bend, Indiana, is America’s largest independent tire tester and consumer-direct source for tires, wheels and performance accessories. Our team of 90-plus test drivers (our sales team) tests tires from every major tire manufacturer on our state-of-the-art, 10-acre test facility. The findings are then posted on our website, www.tirerack.com, where you can make an educated decision on a tire, wheel or performance accessory purchase.We have also collected results from more than 150,000 consumer surveys representing over 2.6 billion miles of real-world tire data, the largest known cache of such information anywhere. In addition various testing and informational videos are available online in our Video Center at www.tirerack.com/videosSince 1979, we have grown from a single-point retail store in Indianapolis to encompass over 1.8 million square feet of space in 10 distribution centers across the country. A diverse and broad in-stock inventory from 17 major tire and 41 wheel brands can be delivered anywhere in the country in two days or less. Nationally, more than 9,000 independent Recommended Installers are available to service your local installation needs.

Founded in 1979
South Bend, Indiana, USA
697 employees (61 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
6.1M
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$1.2M
Traffic Source Mix
Search
49.1%
Direct
42.7%
Referral
4.8%
Social
1.5%
Paid
1.9%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~697

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Marketing Team Size
34 (5% of company)
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
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