Animator & Video Editor

Alaia Placement Ghaziabad; Gurugram District; On-site; INR 420,000 - 620,000; Full time

Job summary

Alaia Placement Ghaziabad is seeking an Animator & Video Editor to craft social-first video content, blending motion design with storytelling for platforms like Instagram, YouTube, and LinkedIn.

You will concept, render, and deliver videos from ideation through final cut, ensuring brand personality and visual consistency across campaigns and product launches. Strong storytelling and post-production skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor degree or equivalent experience in animation or related field.
• Experience: 3–5 years; agency/brand experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead video creation across social channels (Instagram, YouTube, LinkedIn) with binge-worthy formats.
• Translate brand strategy into repeatable video formats.
• Develop and maintain video creation guidelines for the brand.
• Conceptualise and execute episodic content formats and recurring IPs to build audience affinity.
• Collaborate with content, design and marketing teams to ensure brand consistency.

Skills

2D Animation

Kinetic typography

Compositing & masking

Camera tracking

Motion graphics

Storytelling & pacing

Video editing

Short-form video editing

Long-form video editing

Sound design & audio syncing

Color correction & grading

Export & platform optimization

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Adobe After Effects

Premiere Pro

Adobe Audition

Illustrator

Photoshop

Job description

About the Role

We are looking for an Animator & Video Editor with expertise in creating engaging social-first videos in different interesting formats by making relevant use of . The role demands someone who exhibits exceptional craft skills, design thinking, storytelling and domain knowledge. If you think you are someone who can create videos that can communicate our brand story with a little twist and a lot of wit, from conceptualising the video to rendering the end product, this role is for you. We're looking for an Animator & Video Editor who can create social-first video content by combining motion design, storytelling, platform-native editing, and emerging technologies to make the brand content impossible to ignore

Responsibilities

Lead video creation charter across social media channels (Instagram, YouTube & LinkedIn) by creating interesting and highly binge-worthy videos for calendarised content, new product launches, campaign sustenance and topical/festive campaigns

• Translate brand strategy into aesthetic, tasteful and repeatable video formats
• Develop and maintain video creation guidelines for the brand
• Conceptualise and execute episodic content formats and recurring IPs that can build audience affinity and brand distinctiveness over time.
• Work closely with the content, design and marketing team to ensure design intent is in line with the brand personality and purpose

Campaigns & Brand Communication

• Support integrated campaigns for launches, seasonal rollouts, festive season communication and exclusive brand moments.
• Adapt product campaigns into:
• Digital & social assets
• In-store communication
• Collaborate with copywriters, marketers, and external partners to ensure visual consistency and impact across channels.
• Help translate big ideas into clear, executable video ideas.

Eligibility Criteria

• Education: Bachelors degree/University degree or equivalent experience.
• Experience: 3-5 years. Agency/brand experience preferred.

Skills

• Must-have Skills & Experience:
• 1. Proven experience in working for FMCG or consumer brands. Brownie points for portfolios that showcase:
• 2D Animation
• Kinetic typography
• Compositing and masking
• Camera tracking and motion graphics systems
• Animation principles (timing, easing, anticipation, squash & stretch)
• Explainer/infographics video animation
• Animated transitions and visual effects o GIF and micro-animation creation
• Short-form video editing (Instagram Reels, YouTube Shorts)
• Long-form video editing (PR footage, interviews, brand films)
• Video cutdowns and repurposing
• Storytelling and pacing o Sound design and audio syncing
• Colour correction and colour grading
• Multi-format exports and platform optimisation

Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite (After Effects, Premiere Pro, Adobe Audition, Illustrator, Photoshop).

Ability to think in systems, not one-off designs.

Strong attention to detail and bias for action on output quality.

Nice-to-have Skills & Experience

• Experience in 3D animation
• Exposure to direction, CGI, or AI-led visual creation
• Knowledge of sound production and SFX
• Character animation
• Storyboarding, Script visualisation
• Shot planning
• Asset management and workflow organisation