Video Editor

We are seeking a highly skilled and creatively driven Video Editor to lead professional video post-production across various formats including long-form, short-form, educational, interview, podcast, promotional, and brand content. This role requires more than basic editing; it demands strong editorial judgment and technical expertise to transform raw footage, scripts, and brand assets into polished, publication-ready videos optimized for platforms such as YouTube, LinkedIn, Instagram, TikTok, and other digital channels. The ideal candidate will manage the entire post-production process, from organizing footage to final delivery, ensuring each edit enhances storytelling, clarity, emotion, and audience retention.

Key Responsibilities

- Own video projects from raw footage ingestion through to final delivery, producing coherent and engaging content with professional pacing.
- Make independent editorial decisions on cuts, sequencing, pacing, and narrative flow, applying advanced techniques such as dialogue editing, J-cuts, L-cuts, and speed adjustments.
- Identify and restructure redundant or weak sections without compromising the intended message, maintaining continuity across dialogue, visuals, graphics, sound, and narrative.
- Manage multiple footage sources, audio tracks, graphics, and supporting assets to produce clean masters and platform-specific deliverables.
- Develop structured visual stories with clear beginnings, developments, and payoffs, preserving speaker credibility and natural delivery.
- Edit long-form YouTube content including educational, business, and interview videos, integrating B-roll, graphics, and other visual elements while maintaining viewer interest and credibility.
- Create high-retention short-form vertical content for platforms like YouTube Shorts, Instagram Reels, TikTok, and LinkedIn, focusing on strong hooks, dynamic captions, and platform-specific pacing.
- Edit multi-camera podcasts and interviews, synchronizing audio and video, selecting camera angles, and producing full episodes as well as promotional clips.
- Design motion graphics including titles, lower thirds, captions, and overlays; enhance audio quality through cleaning, balancing, and sound design; perform color correction to maintain visual consistency.
- Maintain organized project files, conduct thorough quality control checks on synchronization, captions, audio levels, and export quality.
- Utilize AI-assisted editing tools to improve efficiency while verifying outputs and ensuring editorial judgment and quality control remain paramount.
- Collaborate effectively by translating creative briefs into strong post-production decisions, communicating proactively about issues, and managing multiple projects independently.

Required Qualifications

- Minimum of 3 years professional commercial video editing experience with a strong portfolio demonstrating personal responsibility for projects.
- Proven ability to manage video projects from raw footage to final delivery, with experience in both long-form and short-form editing.
- Proficiency in Adobe Premiere Pro, DaVinci Resolve, Final Cut Pro, or equivalent professional NLE software.
- Working knowledge of Adobe After Effects or similar motion graphics software is strongly preferred.
- Solid understanding of storytelling, pacing, visual rhythm, and audience retention.
- Strong fundamentals in dialogue editing, audio post-production, and color correction.
- Experience working with multi-camera footage, captions, subtitles, B-roll, and graphics.
- Knowledge of codecs, frame rates, resolutions, aspect ratios, proxies, and delivery specifications.
- Excellent file and project management skills with the ability to independently troubleshoot post-production issues.
- Strong attention to detail in visual, audio, editorial, and technical aspects.
- Ability to manage multiple deadlines and revision cycles while clearly explaining editorial decisions.
- Effective written and verbal communication skills in English.

Preferred Qualifications and Additional Skills

- Expertise in Adobe Premiere Pro and After Effects, DaVinci Resolve.
- Experience with multi-camera podcast editing and YouTube long-form content.
- Skilled in creating high-retention short-form content, motion design, kinetic typography, sound design, and color grading.
- Background in educational, B2B, technology, or business content production.
- Familiarity with content repurposing and YouTube retention analytics.
- Experience using AI-assisted post-production tools responsibly.

Success in this role is measured by the ability to turn raw footage into compelling, publication-ready content that enhances storytelling and viewer retention, maintains professional audio and visual standards, and meets deadlines with organized, high-quality deliverables. Candidates who rely heavily on basic cuts, templates, or AI without strong editorial judgment, or who struggle with project management and communication, may find this role unsuitable.

The hiring process includes a CV and portfolio review, application with practical submission, candidate evaluation meetings, role evaluation sessions, and a final interview.