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Video Editor
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About this role
Role overview
Edit and animate video content across long-form, short-form, event, customer, and launch formats. The role combines strong storytelling and visual craft with experimentation in AI-assisted production, working closely with a marketing team to develop ideas, shape edits, and improve the creative workflow.
Responsibilities
- Edit YouTube explainers and interviews, social clips, conference recordings, customer stories, and launch videos. - Create supporting visuals such as motion graphics, title cards, thumbnails, and typography suited to different screens and formats. - Shape story and pacing, deciding what to retain, cut, or emphasize to keep audiences engaged. - Collaborate on concepts before production and incorporate feedback through quick iterations. - Use AI tools to support animation and editing, and explore ways to improve the video-making process. - Develop scripts or workflows that automate tasks such as transcription, thumbnail concepts, and rough cuts from large footage collections.
Requirements
- A portfolio demonstrating strong editing across formats, such as YouTube, short videos, or podcasts. - Strong judgment in story structure, pacing, and audience engagement. - Ability to work across editing, animation, and design, including clear, expressive typography. - Proficiency with professional editing software such as Premiere Pro, After Effects, DaVinci Resolve, or Final Cut Pro. - Experience with AI tools for video creation and curiosity about expanding their use. - Ability to collaborate on creative direction and respond constructively to feedback.
Nice to have
Experience with software or developer-focused content; a channel or account you have grown; code-based video tools such as Remotion; thumbnail and title development; sound design or audio mixing; filming or directing; or livestream and event production.
Benefits and work setup
The source describes flexibility to try new tools, with time and budget for experimentation. The listed US base salary range is $150,000–$200,000; total compensation may also include variable pay, benefits, and equity.