Junior Video Editor

Unusually usual Creative media; Chennai District; On-site; INR 300,000 - 550,000; Full time

Job summary

Unusually usual Creative media in Chennai is seeking a Junior Video Editor who values storytelling over flashy cuts. You will handle end-to-end editing for social media content, interviews, and promotional videos, taking raw footage to the final output with attention to audio and rhythm.

The role emphasizes learning, ownership, and collaboration with directors and creative teams to sharpen editing craft across formats and platforms.

Qualifications

• Strong editing fundamentals with storytelling focus.
• Experience editing interview or dialogue-driven content.
• Good sense of pacing, rhythm, and continuity.
• Comfort with feedback and multiple iterations.

Responsibilities

• Edit Reels, Shorts, YouTube videos, branded content and digital campaigns.
• Edit interview and interaction-based content, ensuring conversations feel natural, engaging and well-paced.
• Work on series-based content, maintaining consistency in storytelling, pacing, visual language and episode structure.
• Edit conceptual and narrative-driven videos where storytelling and creative interpretation are important.
• Create effective intercuts, montages and parallel edits to build context, emotion and engagement.
• Structure raw footage into a compelling story rather than simply following the chronological sequence.
• Understand when to use hard cuts, match cuts, jump cuts, cutaways and reaction shots.
• Demonstrate a working understanding of J-cuts and L-cuts and use them appropriately to create smoother transitions and natural flow.
• Develop strong pacing and rhythm based on the content, audience and platform.
• Clean and balance dialogue, ambience and background audio.
• Understand basic sound design and audio layering.
• Use music, sound effects and natural sound to enhance storytelling.
• Ensure professional and crisp audio output across different platforms.
• Understand how audio can be used to lead or motivate a visual cut.

Skills

Storytelling and editing fundamentals

Editing interviews / dialogue-driven

Pace and rhythm understanding

Tools

Final Cut Pro

After Effects

Job description

We are looking for a creative, detail-oriented Junior Video Editor who understands that great editing is more than simply putting clips together.

The ideal candidate should have a strong sense of storytelling, pacing, rhythm, visual continuity and sound design, and be comfortable working across different formats from social media content and conceptual videos to interviews, interactions, series-based content and film promotions.

This role is ideal for someone who wants to sharpen their editing craft, work on real-world productions and take ownership of content from raw footage to final output.

If you naturally think about why a cut works, when to hold a shot, how to build a moment and how sound can drive a transition, we'd love to meet you.

Key Responsibilities

Editing & Storytelling

• Edit Reels, Shorts, YouTube videos, branded content and digital campaigns
• Edit interview and interaction-based content, ensuring conversations feel natural, engaging and well-paced
• Work on series-based content, maintaining consistency in storytelling, pacing, visual language and episode structure
• Edit conceptual and narrative-driven videos where storytelling and creative interpretation are important
• Create effective intercuts, montages and parallel edits to build context, emotion and engagement
• Structure raw footage into a compelling story rather than simply following the chronological sequence
• Understand when to use hard cuts, match cuts, jump cuts, cutaways and reaction shots
• Demonstrate a working understanding of J-cuts and L-cuts and use them appropriately to create smoother transitions and natural flow
• Develop strong pacing and rhythm based on the content, audience and platform
• Clean and balance dialogue, ambience and background audio
• Understand basic sound design and audio layering
• Use music, sound effects and natural sound to enhance storytelling
• Ensure professional and crisp audio output across different platforms
• Understand how audio can be used to lead or motivate a visual cut

Visual Quality

• Perform color correction and basic color grading
• Maintain visual consistency across multiple shots and cameras
• Understand basic principles of exposure, white balance, skin tones and contrast
• Use transitions, graphics and effects only when they add value to the story
• Maintain clean compositions and professional visual output
• Work closely with directors, creative teams and content strategists
• Participate in concept development and editing discussions
• Interpret a brief and translate creative ideas into an engaging final edit
• Be comfortable receiving feedback and making multiple iterations
• Contribute ideas around pacing, structure, music, transitions and storytelling

Digital Content & Trends

• Understand what makes content engaging and retention-friendly
• Stay updated with evolving formats across Instagram, YouTube and other digital platformsl>
• Understand hooks, retention, pacing and audience behaviour
• Adapt edits based on the platform and target audience
• Study trending editing styles without blindly copying trends

What We're Looking For

Must-Have Skills

• Strong understanding of editing fundamentals and storytelling
• Experience editing interviews, interactions, conversations or dialogue-driven content
• Understanding of J-cuts and L-cuts
• Understanding of intercuts, cutaways, reaction shots and continuity
• Good sense of pacing, rhythm and timing
• Ability to structure and edit conceptual and narrative videos
• Basic understanding of color correction and sound design
• Proficiency in at least one professional editing software:
• Final Cut Pro
• After Effects

Good to Have

• Experience working on series or episodic content
• Experience with brand films, short films, documentaries or film promotions\
• Understanding of filmmaking and cinematography
• Basic motion graphics knowledge
• Experience working with multi-camera footage
• Knowledge of codecs, resolutions, frame rates and export formats
• Familiarity with AI-assisted video editing tools

Who Should Apply?

This role is suitable for:

• Freshers with a strong editing portfolio
• Recent graduates from Film, Visual Communication, Media, Animation or related fields
• Editors with 1–2 years of experience
• Editors who have worked on YouTube, Instagram, branded content or independent projects
• Editors who are passionate about storytelling rather than just effects and transitions

Portfolios are more important than your qualification.

If you can show us an edit and explain why you made the cuts you made, we want to see your work.

Eligibility & Requirements

• Fresher to 1–2 years of relevant editing experience
• Strong command of at least one professional editing software
• Must have a personal laptop capable of handling video editing
• Must be based in Chennai or willing to relocate
• Open to feedback and continuous learning
• Proactive, responsible and willing to take ownership
• Strong attention to detail
• Ability to work under deadlines
• Strong interest in filmmaking, digital content and storytelling

Compensation

Compensation may be discussed based on editing ability, portfolio and relevant experience.

What You'll Get Exposure To

You won't be restricted to repetitive social media edits.

You'll get an opportunity to work across:

• Brand Films
• Reels & Shorts
• Interview & Interaction Videos
• Series & Episodic Content
• Conceptual Videos
• Film Promotion Campaigns
• Branded Content
• On-set Production
• Digital Campaigns

You may also get opportunities to visit production sets, understand how footage is captured and work directly on promotional campaigns for brands and films.

Why Join Us?

• Creative ownership rather than just execution
• Work closely with directors and creative teams
• Exposure to professional production environments
• Opportunity to work on brands and film promotions
• Learn storytelling, editing and content strategy together
• Fast-paced environment with significant creative exposure
• Opportunity to grow into a Video Editor, Senior Editor or Creative Editor role

Our Ideal Editor

We aren't looking for someone who simply knows how to use Premiere Pro.

We're looking for someone who understands editing.

Someone who knows why a reaction shot matters.

Someone who understands when a conversation needs breathing room and when it needs to move faster.

Someone who knows how a J-cut can pull the audience into the next scene, how an L-cut can keep a moment emotionally alive, and how an intercut can tell two stories at once.

If you see editing as storytelling, not just software operation, this could be the right place for you.