Manager / Assistant Manager- Video Editor

Emeritus; Mumbai; On-site; INR 350,000 - 550,000; Full time

Job summary

Emeritus is seeking a Video Editor to craft sharp, marketing-focused video assets across performance ads, reels, event films, and short-form digital content. The ideal candidate will translate briefs into engaging edits with strong design sense and apply typography, transitions, and pacing to differentiate outputs across brands and campaigns.

Your role involves collaborating with internal teams to ensure brand alignment, optimizing content for social platforms, and staying current with video

Qualifications

• Strong portfolio of marketing-focused video work across performance ads, reels, social videos or digital campaigns.
• Proficiency in video editing and motion tools (Premiere Pro, After Effects) and Canva.

Responsibilities

• Edit performance ad videos, reels, event after movies, and other short-form marketing video collaterals across digital platforms.
• Understand creative briefs and translate them into engaging video edits that support brand awareness, lead generation, and conversion objectives.
• Adapt and optimize video content for different channels, including social media, paid ads, websites, and other digital formats.
• Use design, animation, transitions, typography, pacing, and visual treatment to create distinct video styles across brands, schools, campaigns, and formats.
• Ensure all video assets are aligned with the brief, brand guidelines, editorial direction, and platform requirements.
• Work closely with internal creative, marketing, performance, and brand teams to understand requirements, incorporate feedback, and ensure timely delivery.
• Manage internal stakeholders, feedback cycles, and delivery timelines for short-form video collaterals.
• Stay up to date with video editing trends, social media formats, performance ad styles, platform requirements, and emerging editing tools.
• Use AI-powered video and editing tools to improve output quality, streamline workflows, automate tasks such as captioning, and reduce turnaround times.
• Follow established workflows, naming conventions, feedback processes, and approval timelines to ensure smooth execution.
• Maintain strong attention to detail and quality control across all video outputs.

Skills

Marketing-focused videos

Video editing

Premiere Pro

After Effects

Canva

Photoshop

Illustrator

Figma

AI-assisted editing

Tools

Premiere Pro

After Effects

Canva

Photoshop

Illustrator

Figma

Job description

About Emeritus & Daskalos

Emeritus is redefining global education by making high-quality learning accessible and affordable for individuals, companies, and governments. Through partnerships with over 80 world-class universities, Emeritus delivers industry relevant programs across formats- including short courses, degrees, and executive programs to more than 300,000 learners across 80+ countries.

About Emeritus & Daskalos

Emeritus is redefining global education by making high-quality learning accessible and affordable for individuals, companies, and governments. Through partnerships with over 80 world-class universities, Emeritus delivers industry relevant programs across formats- including short courses, degrees, and executive programs to more than 300,000 learners across 80+ countries.

Daskalos, a strategic initiative of Emeritus, pioneers' transnational education in India by helping leading global universities establish joint campuses under the evolving Indian regulatory framework. With over 15 institutions in advanced discussions, Daskalos is shaping the next chapter in global higher education.

We are looking for a Video Editor who can create sharp, marketing-focused video assets across performance ads, reels, event after movies, and other short-form digital collaterals. The ideal candidate should understand briefs, have a strong eye for design, and be able to use editing, animation, typography, transitions, and treatment to create differentiated video outputs across brands and campaigns.

Core Responsibilities

• Edit performance ad videos, reels, event after movies, and other short-form marketing video collaterals across digital platforms.
• Understand creative briefs and translate them into engaging video edits that support brand awareness, lead generation, and conversion objectives.
• Adapt and optimize video content for different channels, including social media, paid ads, websites, and other digital formats.
• Use design, animation, transitions, typography, pacing, and visual treatment to create distinct video styles across brands, schools, campaigns, and formats.
• Ensure all video assets are aligned with the brief, brand guidelines, editorial direction, and platform requirements.
• Work closely with internal creative, marketing, performance, and brand teams to understand requirements, incorporate feedback, and ensure timely delivery.
• Manage internal stakeholders, feedback cycles, and delivery timelines for short-form video collaterals.
• Stay up to date with video editing trends, social media formats, performance ad styles, platform requirements, and emerging editing tools.
• Use AI-powered video and editing tools to improve output quality, streamline workflows, automate tasks such as captioning, and reduce turnaround times.
• Follow established workflows, naming conventions, feedback processes, and approval timelines to ensure smooth execution.
• Maintain strong attention to detail and quality control across all video outputs.

Ideal Skills & Expertise

• Strong portfolio of marketing-focused video work across performance ads, reels, social media videos, event films, or digital campaigns.
• Proficiency in video editing and motion tools such as Adobe Premiere Pro, After Effects, Canva and other relevant editing platforms.
• Working knowledge of design tools such as Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Canva, or Figma is a plus.
• Strong understanding of short-form video formats, aspect ratios, hooks, pacing, captions, typography, transitions, animation, and motion graphics.
• Ability to use AI tools for video editing, captioning, production support, enhancement, and workflow improvement.
• Good understanding of marketing, performance creatives, audience engagement, and how video supports campaign outcomes.
• Strong visual judgement, attention to detail, and quality assurance discipline.
• Good communication skills, with the ability to understand briefs, manage feedback, and work with internal stakeholders.
• Process-oriented mindset with the ability to manage multiple video projects, timelines, and revisions.

Emeritus provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

In Press

• https://inc42.com/buzz/edtech-startup-eruditus-fy23-revenue-crosses-inr-3000-cr-mark/
• emeritus harvard business school: Edtech unicorn Emeritus story now a Harvard Business School case study - The Economic Times (indiatimes.com)