Fiction Editor(Micro-Drama)

Creator Engine; Mumbai; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Creator Engine in Mumbai is seeking a Fiction Editor (Micro-dramas) to shape pacing, emotion, and narrative beats on daily drama workflows. You’ll work directly with directors on a single project at a time, delivering a solid first cut around 90 minutes in roughly 15 days.

This is not an ordinary edit role; you must think like a creative producer, defend choices in English, and bring a Western drama sensibility to micro-dramas.

Qualifications

• 3 to 5 years editing scripted fiction, with hands-on experience on daily drama and micro-dramas.
• Familiarity with the high-volume cut workflow: a first 90-minute cut in around 15 days is normal for you
• Strong storytelling instincts on A-roll, dialogue scenes, and emotional turn points.
• Working command of Western drama edit sensibility and clear English communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Take full editorial ownership of micro-drama projects: shape episodes from briefs to locked cut, scene by scene
• Deliver a strong first assembly in line with the studio reference of around 90 minutes of cut content in 15 days
• Make confident calls on pacing, performance, and emotional arc, even when briefs shift or coverage is uneven
• Sit one-on-one with directors, walk them through your choices in clear English, and stay open when notes push back
• Bring a Western drama edit sensibility to scenes: how a beat lands in a 60-second vertical cut for an LA show runner is not how it lands in a daily soap
• Manage your timelines and project files so the next person on the chain (color, sound, motion) is never blocked

Skills

Fiction editing

Daily drama workflow

Storytelling instincts

English communication

Adobe Creative Suite

Sound design instincts

Tools

Adobe Creative Suite

Job description

Mumbai (On-site) | Contractual | 6 working days

About Creator Engine

Creator Engine is a creative post-production studio that partners with leading global creators, studios, and networks to shape compelling YouTube stories. We specialise in turning raw ideas into high-impact long-form content - from vlogs and docu-series to BTS, EPKs, interviews, and narrative-driven shows.

We value editors who go beyond cutting footage and actively build emotional arcs, and viewer pull, scene by scene. The work thrives on ownership, clear story judgement, and the rhythm of a Western drama edit.

About the Role

This is not a traditional video editing role. We are hiring a Fiction Editor (Micro-dramas) who has lived inside daily drama and micro-drama workflows already. You will work directly with directors, one project at a time, shaping pacing, performance, and emotional beats. The reference workflow on our projects is a first solid cut of around 90 minutes of content in roughly 15 days. If that rhythm is unfamiliar territory, this role will likely not be the right fit.

You will be in regular one-on-one conversation with directors, taking notes, defending choices, and rebuilding scenes on the fly. Briefs, scripts, and feedback are in English. The story sensibility is Western drama, not Indian daily soap, and that distinction needs to live in your cuts.

What You'll Actually Do

• Take full editorial ownership of micro-drama projects: shape episodes from briefs to locked cut, scene by scene
• Deliver a strong first assembly in line with the studio reference of around 90 minutes of cut content in 15 days
• Make confident calls on pacing, performance, and emotional arc, even when briefs shift or coverage is uneven
• Sit one-on-one with directors, walk them through your choices in clear English, and stay open when notes push back
• Bring a Western drama edit sensibility to scenes: how a beat lands in a 60-second vertical cut for an LA show runner is not how it lands in a daily soap
• Manage your timelines and project files so the next person on the chain (color, sound, motion) is never blocked

What We're Looking for

• 3 to 5 years editing scripted fiction, with direct hands-on experience on daily drama and prior work on micro-dramas
• Familiarity with the high-volume cut workflow: a first 90-minute cut in around 15 days is normal for you
• Strong storytelling instincts on A-roll, dialogue scenes, and emotional turn points
• Working command of Western drama edit sensibility and clear English communication skills
• Advanced proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite
• Sound design instincts: you temp music and SFX into your cuts as you go

You'll Thrive Here If You

• Already think like a creative producer, even if your title has always been "editor"
• Can articulate why a beat works in a Western drama frame, not only in an Indian TV frame
• Are comfortable communicating in English and clearly sharing your decisions and point of view
• Care about narrative integrity more than ticking a delivery box

This Role May Not Be a Fit If You

• Need step-by-step instructions to feel confident on a scene
• Have not yet worked inside a daily drama or micro-drama production rhythm
• Prefer to "just edit what's given" and move on

Why Join Us

• Cut at the front line of vertical micro-drama, one of the fastest growing categories in global streaming
• Get mentored by global post production veterans.
• Opportunity to work on high-profile US digital content.
• Fast-paced, creative, and collaborative work environment.
• Exposure to cutting-edge post-production techniques and workflows.
• Growth opportunities in creative editorial roles.

We hire for judgement, ownership, and narrative thinking before tools or years of experience.