Video Editor

Role Overview

We are looking for a skilled and thoughtful Video Editor who can translate leadership thinking into clear, engaging, platform-optimised video content. The role focuses on editing short-form and long-form videos for LinkedIn, Instagram, and YouTube, with a strong emphasis on clarity, restraint, and completion rate, not flashy effects.

• Core Responsibilities
• Edit short-form videos (Reels, Shorts, LinkedIn videos) that are sharp, concise, and high-retention
• Edit long-form conversational videos for YouTube with minimal, clean cuts
• Repurpose long-form content into short clips, quotes, and reels while retaining context and intent
• Optimise videos for platform-specific formats (aspect ratios, pacing, length)
• Maintain a consistent visual and editing style aligned with a calm, mature personal brand
• Ensure strong audio clarity, clean visuals, and professional output
• Organise and manage footage, versions, and exports efficiently(Archive & Library maintenance)
• Required Skills
• Editing Style & Sensibility (Very Important)
• Prefers clarity over effects
• Comfortable with pauses, silence, and natural delivery
• Avoids flashy transitions, heavy animations, or trend-led gimmicks
• Understands when not to cut
• Can make content feel calm, authoritative, and intentional
• Technical Skills
• Proficiency in Premiere Pro / Final Cut Pro / DaVinci Resolve
• Strong understanding of short-form video editing for social platforms
• Experience with vertical (9:16), square (1:1), and horizontal (16:9) formats
• Ability to edit for completion rate and watch-time, not just aesthetics
• Clean audio editing skills (noise reduction, levelling)
• Basic colour correction and consistency (no heavy grading)
• Thumbnail graphics & basic designing
• Content Understanding
• Understands leadership, business, or thought-leadership content
• Can identify the core insight in a video and edit around it
• Knows how to structure videos that start with a clear hook or insight, followed by a clean narrative flow(AIDA strategy)
• Soft Skills & Competencies
• Strong attention to detail
• Ability to take feedback without ego and iterate quickly
• Good judgment on pacing, length, and emphasis
• Comfortable working with senior leadership content
• Reliable, organised, and deadline-oriented
• Thinks like a collaborator, not just an executor
• Good to Have (Not Mandatory)
• Experience editing content for LinkedIn thought leaders or founders
• Understanding of engagement metrics (completion rate, retention)
• Familiarity with YouTube long-form editing
• Experience repurposing one video into multiple formats
• What This Role Is Not
• Not meme editing
• Not trend-chasing
• Not over-produced cinematic storytelling
• Not influencer-style content
• Success in This Role Looks Like
• Higher video completion rates
• Clear, distraction-free edits
• Consistent brand look and feel
• Content that feels easy to watch, easy to trust, and easy to return to