Video Editor

Summary

Join Darkroom, a rapidly growing omnichannel growth marketing agency, as a Video Editor. This full-time, contract-based role requires expertise in video editing software (Adobe Premiere Pro, FCPX, Adobe Creative Suite), motion graphics, and social media content creation. You will edit UGC-style videos, develop engaging social media content, and collaborate with teams to meet deadlines. The position demands strong technical skills, excellent communication, and the ability to work in a fast-paced environment. Darkroom offers a remote-first culture, unlimited vacation, holidays, equity incentives, profit-sharing, and flexible parental leave.

Requirements

• Experience creating platform native content (including video content and organic content), especially IG Reels, Meta ads, and TikTok viral video campaigns
• Exceptional time management and organization skills with the ability to manage deliverables across an array of brands
• Strong Motion Graphics/ Graphic Design/ Typography skills
• Proficient in Adobe Premiere Pro + FCPX
• Working knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite (especially Media Encoder, After Effects, Premiere, and Photoshop)
• Familiarity with broadcast finishing workflows (mix, color, VFX, conform, online)
• Familiarity working in a networked server environment
• Strong technical knowledge of codecs and transcoding practices
• Strong time management skills and ability to work in a fast-paced environment
• Strong communication skills

Responsibilities

• Edit UGC-style videos in a variety of content formats
• Develop and execute thumb-stopping social media video edits, layer audio seamlessly and overlay text that drives key brand messaging
• Brainstorm inventive edits and hooks that drive engagement, leverage new formats
• Stay current on all social media platforms, ad offerings, content publishers, tools, trends, and best practices
• Be a creative collaborator: Have the ability to be the voice of the brand and the influencer to create content that is authentic and powerful for all channels
• Be comfortable using video editing software, editing audio, and taking editing direction, while working in a fast pace environment
• Provide accessible content that includes closed captioning, voiceover, and overlay text in a variety of aspect ratios
• Setting up projects for edit staff
• Ingesting and logging footage
• Working in tandem with edit staff to meet deadlines
• Editing lower-level projects
• Maintaining media storage (hard drives, servers, GDrive)
• Mastering deliverables and archiving projects
• Assisting senior staff with edit and administrative needs
• Versioning various aspect ratios of completed edits
• Maintaining all software and assets (Mac OSX, server operating system, frame.io , Vimeo, shared assets)
• Coordinating and troubleshooting edit equipment
• Reporting to the Post-Production Supervisor and Producers, the AE will upon request create high-quality video edits that will span various media platforms
• Performance creative editing (collaborating with the performance marketing team in reviewing ad analytics/performance)

Preferred Qualifications

Proficient with animation/ graphic design

Benefits

• Unlimited Vacation Policy and Holidays
• Remote-first culture with a strong community base. With Hubs in the Bay Area, New York, Philly, Lisbon, Sao Paulo, and Barcelona!
• Equity incentives, and a profit-sharing opportunity
• Endless opportunities for growth
• Flexible parental leave benefits