Video Editor

Summary

Join Elastic's video team as a Video Editor! You'll craft compelling visual narratives for diverse projects, from sizzle reels to webinars, showcasing your expertise in Adobe Premiere Pro, Final Cut Pro, or DaVinci Resolve. Five or more years of experience are required, along with strong storytelling skills and attention to detail. You'll collaborate with a team, manage multiple projects, and integrate motion graphics. Elastic offers a competitive salary, stock options, 401k matching, comprehensive health coverage, flexible work arrangements, generous vacation time, parental leave, and more.

Requirements

• 5+ years of work experience
• High proficiency in Adobe Premiere Pro, Final Cut Pro, DaVinci Resolve or comparable tool
• Strong storytelling abilities with a fluency in design and animation
• Excellent sense of pacing, color, sound and brand consistency
• Ability to manage digital files across multiple projects and timelines
• You are a great teammate with strong interpersonal skills and respond well to feedback
• Ability to uphold responsiveness and collaboration in a remote environment. You are an organized self-starter with excellent communication skills

Responsibilities

• Craft compelling visual narratives, ensuring alignment with the brand, the video's message and goals
• Work on a variety of project types: sizzle videos, multiple ongoing scripted and unscripted series, product explainers, technical walkthroughs, webinar and event recaps, social media cutdowns, thought leadership content and more
• Make our videos look and sound great (Color Grading & Sound Mixing)
• Integrate motion graphics into video projects, working closely with internal partners and external vendors
• Work collaboratively with video editors, producers, and designers
• Proactively gather and implement feedback from team members and collaborators
• Stay on top of multiple projects, managing editing contractors, and ensuring projects are completed on time
• Organize and manage assets, project files, and archives efficiently
• Conduct thorough reviews and quality checks to ensure a high standard of visual and technical execution and the Elastic brand

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working on live-action sets, including DIT work and footage backups
• Familiarity with high-tech/B2B content strategies
• Experience in remote collaboration
• Ability to learn new editing tools and modes of production

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 stock program
• Company-matched 401k with dollar-for-dollar matching up to 6% of eligible earnings