Senior Video Editor

Summary

Join Elastic, the Search AI Company, and contribute to the growth of our education program by creating engaging and informative training content. You will develop and deliver scalable, hands-on training solutions for a diverse technical audience, focusing on creating publicly accessible instructional content that aligns with organizational guidelines. This role involves driving the adoption of instructional design best practices, aligning them with business objectives, onboarding content authors, and ensuring quality assurance for video recording and production standards. You will act as a trusted advisor, guiding content authors and driving deeper engagement with Elastic solutions. The ideal candidate thrives in an autonomous setting, takes initiative, and collaborates effectively in a remote work environment. This position offers a competitive salary and benefits package, including equity, 401k, and a range of other benefits focused on employee well-being.

Requirements

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in instructional video editing, preferably in a technical or engineering environment
• Experience in leading and optimizing YouTube channels and other video platforms
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills
• Proficiency in the Adobe suite: Premiere, After Effects, Photoshop, Lightroom, Illustrator
• Ability to manage digital files across multiple projects, formats and project timelines
• Familiarity with agile development processes and collaborative tools and ability to deliver quality content at a rapid pace
• Knowledge of current trends in technology and education
• A capacity to learn new things quickly and express your knowledge in a meaningful way
• A desire to learn as much as possible about the internals and use cases of the Elastic Stack
• Excited to work with a highly distributed team and collaborative environment

Responsibilities

• Manage, maintain, and organize part of the company YouTube channel to ensure content is published, and configured, and tagged, following SEO and company standards
• Cut, arrange, and polish video content, including instructional videos, product videos, and social media content
• Create animations, motion graphics, and special effects to enhance learning experience and help the content authors break down sophisticated technical topics into visual representations
• Design and incorporate text overlays for clarity and accessibility
• Capture and implement feedback from team members and collaborators to continuously improve and refine video content
• Ensure all videos align with brand and instructional design guidelines
• Develop and deliver guidelines, workshops, and recommendations on how to setup and record videos tailored for a diverse audience of engineers who create educational content
• Work with the engineering team, content team, and subject matter experts to improve existing courses

Benefits

• Competitive pay based on the work you do here and not your previous salary
• Health coverage for you and your family in many locations
• Ability to craft your calendar with flexible locations and schedules for many roles
• Generous number of vacation days each year
• Increase your impact - We match up to $2000 (or local currency equivalent) for financial donations and service
• Up to 40 hours each year to use toward volunteer projects you love
• Embracing parenthood with minimum of 16 weeks of parental leave
• Elastic’s equity plan
• 401k plan
• A range of other benefits offered with a holistic emphasis on employee well-being