Video Editor

Location: Bengaluru, India

Department: Non - Academic

Experience: 3-5 years

About the Role

Key Responsibilities

• Cut long-form videos end to end: assembly, story structure, pacing, B-roll, music and sound design.
• Edit for retention - tight cold opens, no dead air, visual change every few seconds, ruthless removal of anything that does not earn its place.
• Handle colour correction and grading, audio cleanup, levelling and mixing to a consistent standard.
• Produce accurate on-screen captions and burned-in subtitles, including for non-native-English viewers.

• Build lower thirds, titles, kinetic text, transitions, animated explainers and end cards in the 21K brand system.
• Create and maintain a reusable template pack so common elements do not get rebuilt every time.
• Turn academic and admissions information into clear visual explainers - curriculum comparisons, timelines, process flows.

• Identify and cut Shorts and Reels from long-form footage with hook-first openings, not trimmed leftovers.
• Version content correctly for each platform: aspect ratios, safe areas, durations, caption placement, thumbnails frames.
• Edit performance-marketing creatives to brief, including multiple variants for testing.

• Support shoots when needed - studio, remote and on-location - including basic camera, lighting and audio setup.
• Ingest, log, back up and organise footage so any asset can be found months later.
• Maintain a clean project and archive structure, with clear file naming and version control.

• Hold agreed turnaround times and flag slippage early rather than at the deadline.
• Take feedback in structured review rounds and close notes cleanly without repeat corrections.
• Keep every output on-brand: colour, type, logo usage, tone and factual accuracy of on-screen claims.

Requirements

• 3-5 years as a video editor in an agency, production house, creator team or in-house brand team - with a showreel we can watch, not just a CV.
• Strong command of Adobe Premiere Pro and After Effects; comfortable with Media Encoder, Dynamic Link and proxy workflows on large projects.
• A retention-first editing instinct - you can explain why you cut where you cut, and what you removed to keep the viewer watching.
• Genuine audio skill: noise reduction, levelling, ducking and music selection. Bad audio loses viewers faster than bad video.
• Motion graphics ability sufficient to build clean titles, text animation and simple explainer sequences unaided.
• Speed with discipline - proven high-volume output, organised projects, and turnaround commitments you actually meet.
• Working English strong enough to cut dialogue-driven content for accuracy and meaning, not just rhythm.

Good to Have

• DaVinci Resolve for grading; Photoshop, Illustrator or Figma for stills and thumbnails.
• Camera operation, lighting and location sound experience.
• Subtitling or editing in Hindi, Tamil or other Indian languages, or for GCC and international audiences.
• 2D character animation, whiteboard or explainer-style animation.
• Fluency with AI-assisted post tools (Descript, Whisper transcription, Topaz, auto-caption and cleanup tools).
• Edtech, education, parenting or another category where factual accuracy matters.

Why Join Us

• Your work is the first impression thousands of parents get of the school - and you will see the retention data prove what worked.
• A planned content calendar with real briefs, not last-minute scrambles.
• Ownership of the channel’s visual language and template system from the ground up.
• [Equipment and workstation provided / learning budget / flexible working - customise]