Senior Director - Mixmaster

JioStar; Mumbai City; On-site; INR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

Jiostar is seeking an experienced Visual Editor to drive AI-assisted storytelling for GenAI short-form content. You will reimagine editing with AI augmentation, delivering polished final cuts across microdramas, web series, and creator content.

Applicants should bring film editing, VFX, motion graphics, and color timing skills, and be adept at collaborating with AI development teams to refine prompts and workflows. The role emphasizes rapid learning and creative experimentation.

Qualifications

• Experience in film, TV, or digital video editing with a portfolio.
• Proficiency in 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.

Responsibilities

• Craft the final video using nonlinear editing, color timing, and AI tools to polish short form content daily.
• AI innovation: help bring more AI capabilities into editorial workflows, policies, prompts, and guardrails.
• Prompt engineering: develop and refine prompts for AI shot editing.
• Understand traditional filmmaking principles and serialized short form content production.
• Edit and refine AI-generated content through human review to enhance quality.
• Collaborate with AI Media Developers to ensure shots are coherent and compelling.

Skills

Film editing

VFX

Motion graphics

Color timing

Prompt engineering

AI tools

Collaboration

Learning agility

Tools

Nonlinear editing tools

Motion graphics tools

Color timing tools

VFX software

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

• Craft the final video: 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.
• AI innovation: 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.
• Prompt engineering: Develop and refine specific prompts for AI shot editing.
• Familiarity with filmmaking or animation: Understand traditional foundations, principles and procedures of producing filmed entertainment, especially serialized short form content.
• Edit and refine AI-generated content: Conduct human review and editing of AI drafts to enhance quality, resulting in a compelling visual narrative for the audience.
• Collaboration: Work closely with the AI Media Developers to ensure shots being generated are coherent, consistent, and result in a compelling visual narrative.
• Learning Agility: 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