SENIOR VIDEO EDITOR (AI SPECIALIST)

Cinematic Editing | Digital Storytelling | Multi-Format Video Leadership

Experience: 4-5 Years

Location: Andheri East, Mumbai (Work from Office)

Reports To: Creative Director

Leads: Mid-Level Editors, Junior Editors, Motion Designers (project-wise)

Collaborates With: Creative Directors, Art Directors, Copy Leads, Motion Team, Strategy, Production, Creative Tech

The Senior Video Editor (AI Specialist) is responsible for leading end-to-end cinematic storytelling across traditional and AI-assisted production workflows. The role combines filmmaking, editing, AI content creation, workflow automation, and creative innovation to deliver high-quality content at scale.

Beyond execution, this role is expected to continuously evaluate emerging AI technologies, build efficient creative workflows, mentor the team, and help shape the agencys future AI-first content pipeline.

• Lead editing for key brand films, digital ads, testimonials, explainers, product demos, pitch films, and integrated campaign videos.
• Craft compelling story arcs with precise pacing, transitions, sound, visual rhythm, and flow.
• Manage large volumes of footage and assemble complex multi-layered timelines.
  

• Interpret scripts, VO, and ideas from Creative Directors and Copy Leads into cinematic narrative sequences.
• Build rough cuts, directors cuts, and polished final cuts.
• Recommend visual treatments, transitions, music direction, and narrative structure.
  

• Edit content for:
• YouTube long-form & mid-form
• Reels / Shorts / Stories (vertical-first)
• Meta, Google, LinkedIn ad formats
• Event AVs, corporate films, product walkthroughs
• Motion + live-action hybrid videos
• Adapt edits across 9:16, 1:1, 4:5, and 16:9 with platform-native behaviour.
  

• Add sound effects, music beds, VO alignment, and basic sound design.
• Manage sound levels, clarity, ambience, and emotional tone.
• Perform basic colour correction (highlights, shadows, exposure, temperature).
• Work with Senior Leads for final colour grading.
  

• Work with Motion Designers to blend animation layers into footage.
• Coordinate with Art Directors to ensure brand visual consistency.
• Partner with Production Heads on footage organisation, proxies, and on-set requirements.
• Provide shot suggestions during preproduction and support storyboarding.
  

• Stay up to date with the latest AI models, tools, and creative workflows across image, video, audio, and automation.
• Demonstrate strong prompt engineering skills for both image and video generation.
• Be proficient with modern AI creative platforms such as OpenArt, Higgsfield, Runway, Pika, Kling, Google Veo, Midjourney, ChatGPT, Gemini and similar tools.
• Build repeatable AI workflows that improve creative quality while reducing production time.
• Identify opportunities for workflow automation using platforms such as n8n, Make, or similar orchestration tools.
• Experiment with AI agents and automation pipelines to improve creative operations.
• Evaluate new AI tools and recommend adoption where relevant.
• Leverage AI without compromising storytelling, visual quality, or brand consistency.

Creative AI Innovation

• Research emerging AI tools every week and evaluate their creative potential.
• Prototype new workflows that improve production efficiency.
• Document reusable prompt frameworks.
• Build internal AI knowledge repositories.
• Conduct internal AI workshops.
• Help standardize AI-assisted production across teams.
  

• Mentor mid-level and junior editors; provide detailed craft feedback.
• Conduct internal editing workshops and workflow improvement sessions.
• Review and approve team edits before Creative Director review.
• Help manage timelines, workloads, and project handoffs.

• Expert-level proficiency in Adobe Premiere Pro.
• Strong understanding of narrative timing, cinematic language, and storytelling.
• Ability to shape story, emotion, energy, and message clearly.
• Excellent sense of rhythm for music-driven edits.
  

• After Effects (intermediate to advanced)
• DaVinci Resolve for basic grading (good-to-have)
• Adobe Audition (audio cleanup)
• Advanced compositing basics: masking, rotoscoping, keying
• Familiarity with large-format footage workflows (ProRes, RAW, LOG)
• Tools like: OpenArt, Higgsfield, ChatGPT, Google AI Studio, Gemini, Runway, ElevenLabs, Kling, Pika
• Workflow Automation: n8n (preferred), Make.com (good to have)
• Prompt Engineering: Advanced prompt design, Prompt optimizatio, Structured prompting, Character consistency, Reference-based prompting

Audio & Voice

• Strong understanding of cinematic sound design and audio storytelling.
• Professional audio balancing, EQ, ambience, ducking, and mastering.
• Experience using AI voice tools such as ElevenLabs.
• Ability to direct voice performance through prompting and emotion control.
• Understanding of AI voice cloning ethics and production workflows.

Cinematic Thinking & Direction

• Strong understanding of filmmaking grammar.
• Shot composition.
• Camera language.
• Blocking.
• Framing.
• Lens choices.
• Depth.
• Lighting.
• Visual storytelling.
• Storyboarding.
• Mood development.
• Directing actors during interviews or shoots.

• Strong communication and presentation skills.
• Ability to manage multiple edits in parallel.
• Calm under pressure, especially during high-demand campaign periods.
• Strong aesthetic instinct and attention to detail.
  

• Cinematography knowledge (cameras, lenses, frame rates).
• On-set leadership for interviews, product shoots, or B-roll.
• Experience in direction or assistant direction for small shoots.
• Basic 3D/VFX knowledge (Blender, C4D, Unreal Engine).
• Experience creating pitch films, mood films, and dynamic showreels.
  

• Skill, polish, and quality of final video outputs
• Timeliness and reliability across projects
• Team skill uplift & mentoring impact
• Creative leadership demonstrated in pitches and hero videos
• Client satisfaction with video outputs
• AI integration for speed & innovation
• Contribution to major campaigns and brand-building content
• AI workflow improvements introduced
• Average reduction in production turnaround
• Number of reusable AI workflows created
• Automation impact
• Knowledge sharing across the team
• Innovation contribution
• Creative experimentation
• AI adoption across projects

• Bachelors degree in Film Editing, Media, Animation, Design, VFX, or equivalent.
• 7–12 years of editing experience in agencies, studios, production houses, or digital content teams.
• Portfolio must show strong narrative craft, multi-format editing, and advanced polish.
  

6-9LPA, as per experience. 

As a Senior Video Editor, you shape the visual pulse of brands. Youll lead high-impact video storytelling, elevate creative standards, experiment with AI-driven editing workflows, and mentor the next generation of editors and motion artists.