Video Editor

Surf Pacific; Jakarta Utara; Remote; IDR 167,400,000 - 279,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Surf Pacific is a remote video editor role, working with a marketing agency serving clients in Australia, the UK, and the US. You will edit professionally filmed footage into polished videos for websites, social media, and campaigns, using Premiere Pro, After Effects, Photoshop, Lightroom, Capcut, and Canva.

A strong eye for detail, English communication, and ability to collaborate remotely are essential. The role is fully remote, based in Jakarta, with hours 9am-5pm AEST, Monday to Friday,

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years of experience as a Video Editor or similar role.
• Bachelor’s degree in multimedia, creative arts, film, or similar.
• Organised portfolio demonstrating video editing skills.
• Proficient in Premiere Pro, After Effects, Photoshop, Lightroom, Capcut and Canva.
• Experience editing YouTube, short-form content (TikTok, Reels, Shorts) and podcasts.

Responsibilities

• Edit video content across multiple clients and formats.
• Export high-quality videos and create cover images.
• Balance dialogue, color correction and basic color grading.
• Cut interviews into engaging, well-paced videos.
• Produce short-form cutdowns for social media platforms.
• Work with briefs, brand guidelines and reference videos.
• Keep project files and exports organized; manage deadlines.

Skills

Attention to detail

English communication

Remote collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in multimedia, creative arts, film, or similar

Tools

Adobe Premiere Pro

Adobe After Effects

Photoshop

Lightroom

Capcut

Canva

Job description

Surf Pacific is looking for a remote Video Editor to join our growing team. We're a marketing agency based on the Gold Coast, Australia, working with professional and medical clients across Australia, the UK and the US, producing high-quality video content for websites, social media, advertising and broader brand campaigns.

We're looking for someone with a strong eye for detail and a good sense of how to turn professionally filmed footage into polished, engaging content. Photo-editing skills would be a great bonus, too.

This role is primarily post-production: taking footage from interviews, shoots and client projects and turning it into finished videos ready to publish.

The Role

You'll work closely with our Account Management, Creative and Production teams to edit video content across a range of clients and formats. Your work will include:

Editing professionally filmed footage using Adobe Premiere Pro, alongside supporting tools such as Adobe After Effects, Lightroom, Photoshop

Cutting interviews into natural, engaging, well-paced videos

Creating short-form cutdowns and social media content from longer footage

Editing content for Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, websites and advertising

Cleaning up and balancing dialogue and audio, applying consistent colour correction and basic colour grading, stabilising footage where needed, and adding captions, titles, catchy transitions and graphics where appropriate

Exporting videos in the correct format and at high quality

Creating professional cover images for videos made

Working from creative direction, briefs, brand guidelines and reference videos

Support with photo-editing

Making revisions based on team feedback

Keeping project files, footage and exports organised

Managing multiple projects and deadlines across different clients

Our Post Production Workflow

Our shoots can involve large amounts of high-resolution raw footage - sometimes up to 2 TB per project. Rather than requiring editors to store this locally, we often work via remote access to a Surf Pacific editing computer, using proxy files for efficient local editing. You'll need a suitable computer and reliable internet, but not several terabytes of local storage.

Experience with remote, proxy-based editing workflows is highly desirable.

What we’re looking for

Minimum 2 years of experience as a Video Editor or in a similar role.

Bachelor’s degree in multimedia, creative arts, film, or similar

A organised portfolio demonstrating video editing skills in short-form and/or long-form content is a must

Proficient in Adobe Premiere Pro, After Effects, Photoshop, Lightroom, Capcut, and Canva

Experienced in editing YouTube videos, short-form content (TikTok, Reels, Shorts), Podcasts

Strong understanding of video pacing, storytelling, transitions, composition, and audio synchronization.

Confident in communicating in English, both verbally and in writing, with clients and team members.

Ability to collaborate remotely & using a team management software

Agency experience is a plus

Fully remote, based in Jakarta

Monday to Friday, 9am-5pm AEST (Australia time), with a 1-hour lunch break

Follows the Australian public holiday calendar

Candidates should submit a comprehensive resume in English, with work samples demonstrating strong video editing skills. Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted.

Shortlisted candidates will begin with three paid trial video editing projects; if successful, a more permanent arrangement will follow.

Your application will include the following questions:

• Which of the following statements best describes your right to work in Indonesia?
• What's your expected monthly basic salary?
• How many years' experience do you have as a Video Editor?
• Which of the following types of qualifications do you have?