Video Editor

We are seeking a skilled and creatively driven Video Editor with strong technical expertise to lead professional video post-production across a variety of content types including long-form, short-form, educational, interview, podcast, promotional, and brand videos. This role requires more than basic editing; it demands the ability to transform raw footage, scripts, brand assets, and creative direction into polished, publication-ready videos optimized for platforms such as YouTube, LinkedIn, Instagram, TikTok, and other digital channels. The ideal candidate will combine advanced post-production skills with sharp editorial judgment, understanding not just how to edit, but why each decision enhances storytelling, clarity, emotion, retention, and brand perception. You will manage the entire post-production process, from footage organization to final delivery, including motion graphics, sound design, color correction, and quality control.

Key Responsibilities

- Advanced Video Editing & Post-Production: Manage projects from raw footage to final export, creating coherent, engaging content with professional pacing. Make independent editorial decisions on cuts, sequencing, pacing, and narrative flow. Use advanced editing techniques such as dialogue editing, J-cuts, L-cuts, and speed adjustments. Maintain continuity across visuals, audio, and graphics, and produce clean masters tailored to platform specifications.

- Storytelling & Editorial Judgment: Identify the core message and audience before editing. Structure raw footage into clear visual stories with logical beginnings, development, and conclusions. Emphasize or remove content to preserve speaker credibility and natural delivery while enhancing pace. Use B-roll, graphics, text, and sound intentionally to support the narrative and maintain editorial accuracy, especially for educational and business content.

- YouTube & Long-Form Editing: Edit professional educational, business, interview, and documentary-style videos. Create compelling introductions and structure longer videos into logical sections with chapter-ready formats. Integrate supporting visuals like B-roll, screen recordings, and graphics while maintaining viewer engagement without sacrificing depth.

- Short-Form & Social Editing: Produce high-retention vertical videos for platforms such as YouTube Shorts, Instagram Reels, TikTok, and LinkedIn. Extract standalone narratives from longer content, rebuild clips creatively rather than cropping, and design strong hooks. Adapt pacing and style to platform behavior and audience preferences, ensuring mobile readability and safe zones.

- Podcast & Multi-Camera Editing: Edit multi-camera podcasts and interviews by synchronizing footage and audio. Select camera angles to enhance conversation flow, remove interruptions and dead space, and produce full episodes as well as highlights and promotional clips.

- Motion Graphics, Audio & Color: Create professional titles, lower thirds, captions, and motion graphics. Enhance dialogue audio with cleaning, balancing, EQ, compression, and noise reduction. Perform color correction to ensure consistency across cameras and lighting. Maintain strong typography, visual hierarchy, and brand consistency.

- Post-Production & Quality Control: Organize all project assets and conduct thorough technical and editorial quality checks before delivery. Verify synchronization, captions, audio levels, frame accuracy, resolution, and export quality. Utilize AI-assisted tools to improve efficiency but always verify outputs manually.

- AI-Assisted Editing: Employ AI tools for transcription, captioning, masking, reframing, and workflow optimization while maintaining editorial control and confidentiality. Recognize when manual intervention is necessary to uphold quality standards.

- Collaboration & Ownership: Translate creative briefs into effective post-production outcomes. Communicate proactively about missing assets or risks, accept feedback professionally, and manage multiple projects independently. Take full ownership of deliverables with minimal supervision.

Required Qualifications

- Minimum of 3 years of professional commercial video editing experience.
- Strong portfolio demonstrating personal responsibility for video projects from raw footage through final delivery.
- Proficiency in both long-form and short-form editing.
- Experience with talking-head, educational, business, interview, podcast, or promotional content.
- Advanced skills in Adobe Premiere Pro, DaVinci Resolve, Final Cut Pro, or equivalent NLE software.
- Working knowledge of Adobe After Effects or similar motion graphics software preferred.
- Solid understanding of storytelling, pacing, visual rhythm, and audience retention.
- Strong fundamentals in dialogue editing, audio post-production, and color correction.
- Experience with multi-camera footage and content repurposing.
- Knowledge of codecs, frame rates, resolutions, aspect ratios, proxies, and delivery specifications.
- Excellent project and file management discipline.
- Ability to independently troubleshoot post-production challenges.
- Strong attention to detail in visual, audio, editorial, and technical aspects.
- Effective time management with the ability to meet deadlines and handle revisions.
- Clear written and verbal communication skills in English.

Preferred Qualifications and Additional Skills

- Expertise in Adobe Premiere Pro and After Effects.
- Experience with DaVinci Resolve.
- Multi-camera podcast editing proficiency.
- Familiarity with YouTube long-form content creation.
- Skilled in producing high-retention short-form social videos.
- Motion design and kinetic typography capabilities.
- Sound design and advanced color grading experience.
- Background in educational, B2B, technology, or business content.
- Knowledge of content repurposing strategies.
- Understanding of YouTube retention analytics.
- Experience with AI-assisted post-production tools.

What Success Looks Like

Success in this role means transforming raw footage into compelling, publication-ready videos that enhance storytelling and viewer retention. Long-form content should maintain structure and momentum, while short-form videos capture attention quickly and deliver clear value. Audio, color, graphics, and motion elements must remain professional and consistent. Projects should be well-organized, technically sound, and delivered on time with quality issues addressed proactively. Feedback should be incorporated efficiently, demonstrating ownership and clear editorial reasoning.

Hiring Process

The selection process includes a CV and portfolio review, an application form with a practical submission, candidate evaluation meetings, a role evaluation session, and a final interview.