Video Editor

About the Role

The Social.co, based in Indiranagar, Bangalore, is seeking a creative and meticulous Video Editor with 2-3 years of experience to join their expanding creative team. The chosen candidate will craft compelling video stories tailored for social media and digital platforms, turning raw footage and creative ideas into refined video presentations that captivate audiences.

Key Responsibilities

• Edit top-tier video content for social media, digital marketing campaigns, brands, and client projects.
• Produce both short and long videos suitable for platforms like Instagram, YouTube, and LinkedIn.
• Create captivating Instagram Reels and social platform-centric videos that emphasize storytelling and proper pacing.
• Edit diverse formats such as interviews, podcasts, educational clips, brand and product videos, and lifestyle features.
• Incorporate motion graphics, animated text, titles, seamless transitions, and visual effects to elevate the content.
• Apply colour correction and grading to maintain consistent visual appeal.
• Manage sound design elements including music, sound effects, voiceovers, and dialogue for polished audio-visual outputs.
• Ensure clear audio quality with balanced sound levels and thoughtful sound design.
• Adapt and repurpose existing footage to fit various formats and platform needs.
• Interpret creative briefs to deliver visually captivating edits.
• Collaborate closely with social media managers, content strategists, graphic designers, cinematographers, and clients to ensure alignment.
• Contribute innovative ideas during brainstorming and content planning.
• Keep abreast of latest trends in editing, motion graphics, social media video formats, and visual styles.
• Handle multiple projects concurrently and meet strict deadlines.
• Organize and maintain project files, footage, assets, and final edited outputs systematically.

Required Qualifications and Skills

• At least 2 to 3 years experience in video editing or related roles.
• A strong portfolio or showreel demonstrating expertise in video editing.
• Advanced skills in Adobe Premiere Pro and/or DaVinci Resolve.
• Proficient with Adobe After Effects and motion graphics creation.
• Expertise in editing talking-head videos.
• In-depth knowledge of editing methods, pacing, transitions, storytelling, and maintaining visual continuity.
• Experience producing short-form social content, specifically Instagram Reels.
• Competence in colour correction and colour grading practices.
• Familiarity with audio editing, sound design, music selection, and incorporating sound effects.
• Keen eye for visual detail and high-quality output.
• Ability to comprehend creative briefs and execute edits autonomously.
• Comfortable working with raw footage from multiple camera types and formats.
• Good communication and team collaboration skills.
• Capability to juggle multiple assignments while adhering to tight deadlines.
• Proactive, creative, flexible, and adept at thriving in a dynamic agency setting.

What We Value

We seek a professional who recognizes that effective editing transcends simple clip assembly. Ideal candidates have a strong grasp of narrative flow, timing, music integration, transitions, visual rhythm, and detail orientation.

The candidate should transform raw footage into polished, engaging, and platform-specific content aligning with creative directives. Creativity, initiative, willingness to experiment, and consistent output quality are highly regarded.

Following current editing trends and mastering various editing styles and techniques are important traits.

Additional Information

Location: Indiranagar, Bangalore

Experience Required: 2 - 3 years

Joining: Immediate