Video Editor

About PointsFly

PointsFly is developing an AI-driven travel rewards platform aimed at helping users maximize their credit-card points, airline miles, and hotel loyalty rewards. Initially focusing on India, the platform clarifies transfer options, redemption possibilities, and travel rewards opportunities to enable users to gain more benefits from flights and hotel stays.

Role Overview

We are seeking a skilled Video Editor with expertise in creating compelling short-form videos that communicate credit-card points, airline miles, hotel rewards, travel deals, and product narratives effectively. The editor will produce videos optimized for Instagram Reels, YouTube Shorts, and other prioritized social channels. The ideal candidate understands that impactful content comes from strategic pacing and message clarity rather than excessive effects.

Key Responsibilities

• Produce polished vertical and square videos suited for social media platforms including Reels, Shorts, paid social ads, product launches, and campaigns.
• Create engaging openings that focus on clear benefits, surprising insights, travel destinations, deals, or common mistakes related to rewards.
• Simplify complex concepts by utilizing pacing, captions, screen highlights, visual comparisons, and on-screen calculations to explain points, cash values, and transfer options.
• Craft aspirational stories by combining talking-head footage, travel visuals, product demonstrations, and motion graphics while preserving accuracy and speaker authenticity.
• Incorporate branded graphics such as captions, callouts, lower thirds, simple motion graphics, maps, price comparisons, and smooth transitions to enhance understanding.
• Repurpose long-form content including product walkthroughs, interviews, travel clips, podcasts, and research into multiple targeted short videos.
• Perform basic color correction, audio cleanup, music selection, sound design, and ensure high export quality.
• Maintain factual correctness by preserving approved data including numbers, program names, dates, disclaimers, and reward claims.
• Collaborate closely with Marketing and subject-matter experts on briefs, scripts, shot lists, edits, and revisions.
• Manage production workflow by organizing footage, project files, adhering to naming and versioning conventions, and meeting scheduled publishing deadlines.
• Analyze performance metrics like watch time, completion rates, engagement, and audience feedback to improve future edits.

Qualifications and Skills Required

• A portfolio showcasing strong short-form video pacing, effective captions, compelling hooks, and clear visual storytelling.
• Proficiency in Adobe Premiere Pro, DaVinci Resolve, Final Cut Pro, CapCut, or similar video editing software.
• Working knowledge of motion graphics software such as After Effects or equivalent.
• Strong sense of timing, composition, typography, music selection, and sound design optimized for mobile-first content.
• Ability to interpret briefs, ask clarifying questions, manage feedback effectively, and deliver polished revisions on time.
• Attention to detail including accuracy in numbers, program names, export settings, aspect ratios, safe zones, subtitles, file management, and version control.
• Good judgment in using trending video formats while maintaining brand consistency and avoiding clichés.

Preferred but Not Required

• Experience editing content related to travel, personal finance, credit cards, fintech, education, or founder-led projects.
• Personal knowledge of credit-card points, airline miles, hotel loyalty programs, or travel deals.
• Skills in basic video shooting, lighting, screen recording, thumbnail creation, map animation, or simple animations.
• Experience producing multiple content variants for both organic and paid social media advertising.
• Familiarity with AI-assisted transcription, rough cut, cleanup, or ideation tools, while maintaining quality.

Success Criteria

• Consistent adherence to publishing schedules and turnaround times.
• High audience retention, completion rates, engagement, and generation of qualified traffic.
• Clarity of message with strong hooks, pacing, captions, audio quality, and faithful brand representation.
• Efficiency in review cycles, including accuracy and responsiveness to feedback.
• Increased volume of effective content generated from each recording or campaign asset.

Why Work at PointsFly

• Opportunity to develop a distinct short-form content style for a growing fintech and travel brand focused on the Indian market.
• Engage with content related to travel inspiration, rewards strategies, product storytelling, and practical examples.
• Build a diverse portfolio spanning education, travel, marketing, founder-driven content, and campaigns.
• Join a team that values creativity, precision, rapid learning, and measurable audience engagement.