Senior Video Editor

IP Studios; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

IP STUDIOS in Abu Dhabi is seeking a Senior Video Editor with a strong storytelling instinct and hands-on AI workflow experience to turn raw footage into polished content for diverse brands.

You will interpret briefs, propose editorial directions, and deliver compelling first cuts while collaborating with creative teams and meeting tight deadlines across campaigns and social formats.

Qualifications

• Minimum five years of professional video editing experience.
• Strong portfolio across multiple clients and formats.
• Advanced proficiency in Premiere Pro and After Effects.
• Experience with AI-assisted post-production and generative tools.
• Ability to deliver first cuts with limited supervision.
• Understanding of post-production workflows and deliverables.

Responsibilities

• Edit brand films, promotional campaigns, corporate videos, interviews, event highlights and social content.
• Propose editorial treatments, select visual references and develop compelling first cuts from briefs, scripts and raw footage.
• Shape each edit through purposeful pacing, music selection, sound design, colour and graphics.
• Create motion graphics, animated typography and compositing elements that align with each brand.
• Produce campaign cutdowns and versions tailored to different platforms, screen formats and durations.
• Handle colour correction, audio cleanup, subtitles and final quality checks.
• Use AI-assisted post-production and generative image or video tools to create or enhance visual elements, maintaining continuity, quality and brand consistency.
• Collaborate with creative and production teams, manage client revisions and meet agreed deadlines.
• Maintain organised project files, assets, versions and handovers.

Skills

Premiere Pro

After Effects

Storytelling

AI workflows

Color grading

Editorial direction

Portfolio of work

Tools

DaVinci Resolve

Job description

WE’RE HIRING: SENIOR VIDEO EDITOR

IP STUDIOS | Motion Graphics & AI Workflows

IP STUDIOS is looking for an experienced Senior Video Editor with strong storytelling instincts, excellent technical skills and hands‑on knowledge of AI workflows.

You should be confident interpreting a brief, proposing an editorial direction and turning raw footage into polished, engaging content. You’ll work across diverse client brands and formats, with the opportunity to contribute to creative direction and shape the final edit.

Key responsibilities

• Edit brand films, promotional campaigns, corporate videos, interviews, event highlights and social content.
• Propose editorial treatments, select visual references and develop compelling first cuts from briefs, scripts and raw footage.
• Shape each edit through purposeful pacing, music selection, sound design, colour and graphics.
• Create motion graphics, animated typography and compositing elements that align with each brand.
• Produce campaign cutdowns and versions tailored to different platforms, screen formats and durations.
• Handle colour correction, audio cleanup, subtitles and final quality checks.
• Use AI-assisted post-production and generative image or video tools to create or enhance visual elements, maintaining continuity, quality and brand consistency.
• Collaborate with creative and production teams, manage client revisions and meet agreed deadlines.
• Maintain organised project files, assets, versions and handovers.

Essential requirements

• Minimum five years of professional video editing experience, including at least three years within a creative agency or production house.
• A strong portfolio of completed commercial work across multiple clients and formats.
• Advanced proficiency in Adobe Premiere Pro and strong working knowledge of After Effects.
• Excellent understanding of storytelling, shot selection, pacing, music and sound design.
• Ability to develop an editorial direction and deliver a strong first cut with limited supervision.
• Hands‑on experience with AI‑assisted post‑production and generative image or video tools, with examples showing how outputs were incorporated into finished work.
• Strong understanding of post‑production workflows, codecs, frame rates, aspect ratios and final delivery specifications.
• Experience managing multiple projects and responding constructively to client feedback.
• Strong attention to detail and the ability to explain creative decisions clearly.

An advantage

• DaVinci Resolve and advanced colour grading skills.
• Experience editing Arabic and English content.
• Fast‑turnaround event editing.
• Experience maintaining visual and character consistency across AI-generated sequences.

Shortlisted candidates will be invited to a portfolio discussion and a brief practical editing assessment using supplied footage.