Video Editor / Motion Graphics Designer

Onelink Digital; Dubai; On-site; AED 89,000 - 167,000; Full time

Job summary

Onelink Digital in Dubai is seeking a highly creative Video Editor / Motion Graphics Designer to join our team at Emaar Square, Downtown Dubai. You will turn ideas and raw footage into visually compelling content that aligns with brand strategy.

The role requires proficiency in After Effects and Premiere Pro, motion graphics, typography and storytelling, plus the ability to work independently and with a fast-paced creative team.

Qualifications

• 3–4+ years of professional video editing/motion design experience.
• Currently based in the UAE.
• Advanced proficiency in Adobe After Effects and Adobe Premiere Pro.
• Strong understanding of motion graphics, animation and kinetic typography.
• Strong understanding of typography, composition, visual hierarchy and graphic design principles.
• Excellent sense of pacing, rhythm and storytelling.
• Strong sound design and music selection skills.
• Experience with colour correction/grading, masking, tracking, compositing and keyframing.
• Strong understanding of social-first editing, including hooks, retention, pacing and platform-specific formats.
• Ability to work independently and confidently make creative decisions.
• Ability to take feedback and creative direction while still contributing your own ideas.
• Exceptional attention to detail.
• Ability to take relatively simple footage and find ways to make it visually interesting.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced creative environment with multiple projects and deadlines.
• Curious, experimental and constantly looking for new creative techniques.
• Experience incorporating AI into video production and post-production workflows.

Responsibilities

• Edit high-quality short-form and long-form video content across social media, campaigns, brand content and digital platforms.
• Create kinetic typography, motion graphics, animations, title sequences, creative transitions and visual effects.
• Transform raw footage into polished, engaging content without requiring extensive direction.
• Take creative concepts from idea through to final execution.
• Bring your own creative ideas to projects rather than waiting for every detail to be provided.
• Experiment with editing styles, typography, transitions, sound design and visual treatments.
• Use motion and animation intentionally to elevate storytelling.
• Select music, sound effects and other creative elements that strengthen the final edit.
• Create content optimised for Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, LinkedIn and other digital platforms.
• Collaborate with designers, marketers and the wider creative team.
• Use AI tools alongside traditional editing software to enhance workflows, generate assets, explore concepts and push creative possibilities.
• Stay ahead of emerging editing styles, social trends, motion design techniques and AI technologies.
• Manage multiple projects while maintaining a consistently high creative standard.
• Maintain organised project files, footage and post-production workflows.

Skills

Video editing

Motion design

Adobe After Effects

Adobe Premiere Pro

Typography

Storytelling

Sound design

Color grading

AI in video production

Social-first editing

Tools

DaVinci Resolve

Photoshop

Illustrator

Blender

Cinema 4D

CapCut

Job description

Location:Emaar Square, Downtown Dubai, UAE

Experience:3–4+ years

Employment Type:Full-Time

About Onelink Digital

Onelink Digital is a creative and technology-driven digital agency built to turn ideas into reality.

We work across branding, content creation, web design and development, digital marketing, influencer marketing, automation and AI, combining creativity with technology to build experiences that are visually distinctive and commercially effective.

We believe in doing thingsdifferent, by design.That means challenging predictable creative, experimenting with new technologies and constantly looking for smarter, more interesting ways to bring ideas to life.

We’re now looking for aVideo Editor / Motion Graphics Designerto join our team atEmaar Square in Downtown Dubai.

The Role

We’re looking for a highly creative Video Editor / Motion Graphics Designer who can turn ideas, raw footage and creative direction into visually compelling content.

This isn't a role for someone who only cuts footage together.

We want someone who understandsmotion, kinetic typography, animation, pacing, sound, visual storytelling and designand knows how to combine them to create content people actually want to watch.

You should be able to receive a creative brief and run with it, while also bringing yourown ideas, references and creative directionto the table.

What You'll Do

• Edit high-quality short-form and long-form video content across social media, campaigns, brand content and digital platforms.
• Createkinetic typography, motion graphics, animations, title sequences, creative transitions and visual effects.
• Transform raw footage into polished, engaging content without requiring extensive direction.
• Take creative concepts from idea through to final execution.
• Bring yourown creative ideasto projects rather than waiting for every detail to be provided.
• Experiment with editing styles, typography, transitions, sound design and visual treatments.
• Use motion and animation intentionally to elevate storytelling.
• Select music, sound effects and other creative elements that strengthen the final edit.
• Create content optimised forInstagram, TikTok, YouTube, LinkedIn and other digital platforms.
• Collaborate with designers, marketers and the wider creative team.
• UseAI tools alongside traditional editing softwareto enhance workflows, generate assets, explore concepts and push creative possibilities.
• Stay ahead of emerging editing styles, social trends, motion design techniques and AI technologies.
• Manage multiple projects while maintaining a consistently high creative standard.
• Maintain organised project files, footage and post-production workflows.

What We're Looking For

• 3–4+ years of professional video editing/motion design experience.
• Currently based in the UAE.
• Advanced proficiency inAdobe After EffectsandAdobe Premiere Pro.
• Strong understanding ofmotion graphics, animation and kinetic typography.
• Strong understanding of typography, composition, visual hierarchy and graphic design principles.
• Excellent sense ofpacing, rhythm and storytelling.
• Strong sound design and music selection skills.
• Experience with colour correction/grading, masking, tracking, compositing and keyframing.
• Strong understanding ofsocial-first editing, including hooks, retention, pacing and platform-specific formats.
• Ability to work independently and confidently make creative decisions.
• Ability to take feedback and creative direction while still contributing your own ideas.
• Exceptional attention to detail.
• Ability to take relatively simple footage and find ways to make it visually interesting.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced creative environment with multiple projects and deadlines.
• Curious, experimental and constantly looking for new creative techniques.
• Experience incorporatingAI into video production and post-production workflows.

Bonus Skills

Experience withDaVinci Resolve, Photoshop, Illustrator, Blender, Cinema 4D, CapCut, AI video generation, AI image generation or generative motion toolswould be an advantage.

Experience working within acreative agency, marketing agency, production studio or social-first content teamis also highly desirable.

A portfolio or showreel must be submitted with your application.

We want to see more than basic edits. Your portfolio should demonstrate your ability across areas such as motion graphics, kinetic typography, creative transitions, animation, social-first editing, visual storytelling, sound design, commercial or branded content, and experimental/creative editing.

Applications without a portfolio/showreel will not be considered.

Who We're Looking For

We're not simply looking for someone who knows how to use Premiere Pro and After Effects.

We're looking for acreative thinker who happens to be a great editor.

Someone who can be given an idea and think,

“How can I make this better?”

Someone who notices the details, understands what makes content visually satisfying, isn't afraid to experiment and can bring ideas to the table without needing constant direction.

If you love making thingsmove, look and feel different, we'd like to see what you can do.