Senior Director - Mixmaster

JioStar; Maharashtra; On-site; INR 600,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Jiostar is seeking a Visual Editor to lead AI-assisted storytelling for short form content across microdramas and creator content. The role focuses on film editing, color timing, and VFX to deliver compelling final cuts in an AI-augmented ecosystem.

You will work with AI tools and collaboration with technical teams to enhance editorial efficiency and narrative quality, aligning with Jiostar guidelines and fast-paced production rhythms.

Qualifications

• Experience in film/TV/digital video editing with a portfolio.

Responsibilities

• Use nonlinear editing tools to retime, rearrange and polish short form content daily.
• Support AI-enhanced editorial workflow and help develop prompts and guardrails for AI-assisted editing.
• Create prompts for AI shot editing and ensure visual coherence with narrative goals.
• Understand traditional production principles and serialized formats for short form content.
• Review and refine AI drafts to improve quality and narrative impact.

Skills

Film editing

Nonlinear editing

Motion graphics

VFX

Color timing

Sound editing

Generative AI

AI workflows

Storytelling

Collaboration

Communication

Job description

Role Summary

A Visual Mixmaster is responsible for visual storytelling excitement, coherence, timing, pacing, and scene flow in innovative content developed leveraging an state‑of‑the‑art AI‑driven platform. This role reimagines the job of Editor for an AI‑augmented world and requires film editing, VFX, motion graphics, and colorist skills to deliver compelling final picture edits for GenAI contemporary short form content (Microdramas, Web Series, Creator Content, etc.) that meets quality standards as per JioStar guidelines.

Key Responsibilities

• Use standard nonlinear editing tools, colorist tools, and AI tools to retime, rearrange, and visually polish short form content on a daily basis, leveraging an understanding of the visual storytelling language of contemporary short‑form content and the possibilities of AI‑augmented workflows.
• Work with technical teams to help bring more AI capabilities into the editorial and scene finaling workflow by helping develop policies, guardrails, creation prompts, validation prompts, and agentic architectures that become force multipliers for the entire team.
• Develop and refine specific prompts for AI shot editing.
• Understand traditional foundations, principles and procedures of producing filmed entertainment, especially serialized short form content.
• Conduct human review and editing of AI drafts to enhance quality, resulting in a compelling visual narrative for the audience.
• Work closely with the AI Media Developers to ensure shots being generated are coherent, consistent, and result in a compelling visual narrative.
• Proven ability to rapidly learn new technologies, platforms, and complex processes. Keep up‑to‑date with advancements in editorial AI creative tools.

Requirements

• Experience in film, TV, or digital video editing, with a portfolio showcasing your skills.
• Proficiency in using nonlinear editing, motion graphics, VFX, and color timing tools
• Dialog and sound editing and mixing proficiency a plus
• Generative AI content creation experience a plus
• Understanding of content production principles and workflows
• Excellent attention to detail and creativity
• Ability to work collaboratively in a fast‑paced environment
• Strong communication skills and openness to feedback