Senior Video Editor

Arthamandapam Advertising; Chennai District; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Arthamandapam Advertising seeks a senior video editor with deep Tamil language fluency to own end-to-end editing of ad films, Reels, Shorts and long-form content. You will ensure correct Tamil on-screen text and subtitles, lead junior editors, and maintain brand-consistent colour and pacing across multiple formats.

The role requires expert command of Premiere Pro, Final Cut Pro, DaVinci Resolve and After Effects, plus experience in audio and motion graphics.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of professional video editing across agencies, studios or digital media.
• Pro-level editing in Premiere Pro and/or Final Cut Pro with multicam and proxies.
• DaVinci Resolve for color correction and grading.
• After Effects for motion graphics and compositing.
• Fluent Tamil comprehension for editing dialogue and on-screen text.
• Show-reel including Tamil-language edits is mandatory.

Responsibilities

• Edit end-to-end from raw footage to final master for ads, Reels, Shorts and long-form content.
• Cut for retention with hooks, pacing, B‑roll layering and platform optimisation.
• Create Tamil on-screen text, subtitles and lower-thirds with correct Unicode fonts.
• Colour correct and grade for a consistent brand look across clips.
• Build motion graphics and titles in After Effects; manage multicam edits.
• Mentor junior editors and ensure project organisation under tight deadlines.

Skills

Tamil language fluency

Storytelling for short-form content

Mentoring junior editors

Tools

Adobe Premiere Pro

Final Cut Pro

DaVinci Resolve

After Effects

Audition

Photoshop

Job description

About the Role

Own the editing and finishing of Arthamandapam's video output client ad films, Reels and Shorts, YouTube long-form, podcasts, interviews, event highlight films and speaker content. Most of our videos are in Tamil, so the editor must understand the language deeply: dialogue rhythm, emotional beats, correct Tamil on-screen text and subtitles. This is a senior hands-on role with quality ownership and mentoring of junior editors.

Key Responsibilities

• Edit end-to-end from raw footage to final master: ingest, organise, sync, assemble, rough cut, fine cut, graphics, grade, mix and export.
• Cut for retention: strong first 3-second hooks, pacing, pattern interrupts, B-roll layering and CTA placement for Reels, Shorts and YouTube.
• Edit Tamil dialogue-driven content (interviews, podcasts, talks, testimonials) tighten speech, remove fillers and jump-cut cleanly without breaking meaning or emotion.
• Create and edit Tamil on-screen text, lower-thirds, kinetic typography and subtitles with correct spelling, Unicode Tamil fonts and accurate timing (SRT and burnt-in).
• Colour correct and grade footage to a consistent brand look, including skin tones and mixed-camera matching (DaVinci Resolve preferred).
• Clean and mix audio: noise reduction, EQ, compression, loudness normalisation (e.g. -14 LUFS for YouTube/social), music and SFX design.
• Build motion graphics logo animations, titles, transitions, templates and info-graphics in After Effects.
• Multicam editing for podcasts, panel discussions and event coverage.
• Deliver multiple formats and aspect ratios (16:9, 9:16, 1:1, 4:5) with correct codecs, bitrates and platform specs; create thumbnails when needed.
• Maintain project organisation, file naming, proxy workflows, backups and archive discipline.
• Review junior editors' work, standardise templates and presets, and hold the output quality line under tight deadlines.
• Work with the Creative Head, Social Media Manager and scriptwriters to translate briefs into finished edits.

Required Technical Skills & Mandatory Experience

• Minimum 5 years of professional video editing, with agency, production house, TV/news or digital media experience.
• Pro-level Adobe Premiere Pro and/or Final Cut Pro fast, keyboard-driven, multicam, nested sequences, proxies.
• DaVinci Resolve for colour correction and grading (nodes, scopes, LUTs, shot matching).
• Adobe After Effects for motion graphics, text animation and compositing (keyframing, graph editor, masks, tracking).
• Audio post-production using Adobe Audition, Resolve Fairlight or equivalent noise reduction, mixing, loudness standards.
• Fluent Tamil comprehension must be able to edit Tamil dialogue for meaning and emotion, and produce error-free Tamil text, titles and subtitles using Unicode Tamil fonts.
• Strong understanding of short-form and YouTube storytelling: hooks, pacing, retention and platform-specific export specs.
• Photoshop for thumbnails, graphics and asset preparation.
• Show-reel is mandatory, including Tamil-language edits (Reels, YouTube, interviews or ads).

Preferred / Good to Have

• TV news, OTT, film or Tamil digital media channel background.
• Experience editing podcasts, speaker/talk content and event highlight films.
• Camera and shoot knowledge (framing, lighting, audio capture) to guide on-set production.
• AI-assisted editing workflows (auto-captions, Premiere Enhance Speech, Runway, Descript, CapCut Pro, AI voice/visual tools).

Experience mentoring or leading junior editors