Video Editor & Motion Graphics Designer

Responsibilities:

• Take raw narration and documentary scripts and turn them into compelling video essays using stock footage, news clips, AI visuals, motion graphics, and title cards.
• Design simple, effective animations to visually represent complex ideas (maps, timelines, suspect webs, etc.).
• Interpret narrative pacing and dramatic arcs from scripts and enhance with visual tension, rhythm, and symbolism.
• Research, find, and compile relevant stock footage, news clips, documentary B-roll, AI-generated assets, and verified Creative Commons media to support the script.
• Balance dialogue, SFX, and background music for professional-grade audio; ensure smooth transitions, avoid clipping, and preserve emotional tone.
• Select and integrate copyright-free music and sound effects appropriate to tone and mood using channels such as Epidemic Sound, Artlist, or similar.
• Occasionally assist in asset preparation or motion overlays for thumbnails.
• Ensure final videos meet YouTube best practices (formatting, pacing, readability) and are delivered ready for upload in 4K/1080p.
  

Requirements:

• Proficiency in Adobe Premiere Pro and After Effects (or DaVinci Resolve/Fusion if preferred) or other high-powered video editing tools.
• Skilled in creating basic to intermediate motion graphics (text animation, lower-thirds, callouts, overlays, visual metaphors)
• Experience using color grading, audio balancing, and noise reduction plugins (like Izotope RX or built-in tools)
• Solid understanding of audio mixing and mastering for dialogue and SFX-heavy videos
• Fluent in media management and fast organization of large libraries of assets
• A strong portfolio of narrative edits (YouTube documentaries, short films, video essays, or branded storytelling)
• Proven storytelling instincts and understands pacing, emotional beats, and tension building
• Experience working from scripts or voiceovers with little supervision
• Good taste in soundtracks that match the story tone (crime, mystery, suspense, drama)
• Able to work in sync with Creative Director and the Scriptwriting team on revisions and direction notes
• Comfortable receiving feedback and making thoughtful iterations quickly
• Must own or have access to licensed stock footage/music platforms or know how to use copyright-free alternatives legally.