Video Editor

21K School; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 800,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equipment provided

Learning budget

Flexible working

Job summary

21K School is seeking a fast, retention‑driven Video Editor to shape the channel’s visual language across long‑form content, Shorts, and social campaigns. You will own end‑to‑end editing, from assembly to captions, working with the YouTube Manager on a planned content calendar.

Bring 3–5 years of editing experience, expert Premiere Pro/After Effects skills, audio mastery, and a proven ability to output high volume without compromising clarity. DaVinci Resolve and motion graphics are a plus.

Qualifications

• 3-5 years as a video editor in an agency, production house, creator team or in-house brand team with a showreel.
• Genuine audio skill: noise reduction, levelling, ducking and music selection.
• Motion graphics ability to build clean titles, text animation and simple explainer sequences unaided.
• Speed with discipline: high-volume output with organised projects and reliable turnarounds.
• Working English strong enough to cut dialogue-driven content accurately.

Responsibilities

• Cut long-form videos end to end: assembly, story structure, pacing, B-roll, music and sound design.
• Edit for retention with tight opens, minimal dead air, and frequent visual changes.
• Handle colour correction and grading, audio cleanup, levelling and mixing to a consistent standard.
• Produce captions and burned-in subtitles, including for non-native-English viewers.
• Build lower thirds, titles, motion graphics and end cards in the 21K brand system.
• Create a reusable template pack to avoid rebuilding common elements.
• Turn curriculum information into clear visual explainers: timelines and process flows.
• Identify and cut Shorts/Reels with hook-first openings and platform-specific formatting.
• Version content for each platform: aspect ratios, safe areas, durations, captions, thumbnails.
• Edit performance-marketing creatives to brief with multiple variants for testing.
• Support shoots (studio, remote, on-location) with basic camera, lighting and audio setup.
• Ingest, log, back up and organise footage; maintain clean project/archive structure.
• Hold turnaround times and implement feedback in structured review rounds.
• Keep outputs on-brand: colour, typography, logo usage, tone and factual accuracy.

Skills

Premiere Pro

After Effects

Audio editing

Motion graphics

Color grading

Storytelling

English communication

Tools

DaVinci Resolve

Photoshop

Illustrator

Figma

Descript

Whisper

Media Encoder

Dynamic Link

Job description

About The Role

We are looking for a Video Editor to edit videos of our YouTube, social and campaign output - long-form explainers, parent testimonials, teacher features, campus and classroom footage, ads and Shorts. You will work directly with the YouTube Manager on a planned content calendar, not on ad-hoc requests.

About The Role

We are looking for a Video Editor to edit videos of our YouTube, social and campaign output - long-form explainers, parent testimonials, teacher features, campus and classroom footage, ads and Shorts. You will work directly with the YouTube Manager on a planned content calendar, not on ad-hoc requests. Expected output is roughly 15 long-form videos and [20-25] Shorts a month, so we need someone fast who does not trade speed for sloppiness. Retention is the metric that matters: we care less about how a cut looks in isolation and more about whether viewers are still watching at the four-minute mark. This is a hands-on craft role with real ownership of the visual language of the channel - templates, motion system, pacing conventions - not a render-and-export seat.

Key Responsibilities

Editing & post-production

• Cut long-form videos end to end: assembly, story structure, pacing, B-roll, music and sound design.
• Edit for retention - tight cold opens, no dead air, visual change every few seconds, ruthless removal of anything that does not earn its place.
• Handle colour correction and grading, audio cleanup, levelling and mixing to a consistent standard.
• Produce accurate on-screen captions and burned-in subtitles, including for non-native-English viewers.

Motion graphics & brand system

• Build lower thirds, titles, kinetic text, transitions, animated explainers and end cards in the 21K brand system.
• Create and maintain a reusable template pack so common elements do not get rebuilt every time.
• Turn academic and admissions information into clear visual explainers - curriculum comparisons, timelines, process flows.

Shorts, social & campaigns

• Identify and cut Shorts and Reels from long-form footage with hook-first openings, not trimmed leftovers.
• Version content correctly for each platform: aspect ratios, safe areas, durations, caption placement, thumbnails frames.
• Edit performance-marketing creatives to brief, including multiple variants for testing.

Production support & asset management

• Support shoots when needed - studio, remote and on-location - including basic camera, lighting and audio setup.
• Ingest, log, back up and organise footage so any asset can be found months later.
• Maintain a clean project and archive structure, with clear file naming and version control.

Workflow & quality

• Hold agreed turnaround times and flag slippage early rather than at the deadline.
• Take feedback in structured review rounds and close notes cleanly without repeat corrections.
• Keep every output on-brand: colour, type, logo usage, tone and factual accuracy of on-screen claims.

Requirements

• 3-5 years as a video editor in an agency, production house, creator team or in-house brand team - with a showreel we can watch, not just a CV.
• Strong command of Adobe Premiere Pro and After Effects; comfortable with Media Encoder, Dynamic Link and proxy workflows on large projects.
• A retention-first editing instinct - you can explain why you cut where you cut, and what you removed to keep the viewer watching.
• Genuine audio skill: noise reduction, levelling, ducking and music selection. Bad audio loses viewers faster than bad video.
• Motion graphics ability sufficient to build clean titles, text animation and simple explainer sequences unaided.
• Speed with discipline - proven high-volume output, organised projects, and turnaround commitments you actually meet.
• Working English strong enough to cut dialogue-driven content for accuracy and meaning, not just rhythm.

Good to Have

• DaVinci Resolve for grading; Photoshop, Illustrator or Figma for stills and thumbnails.
• Camera operation, lighting and location sound experience.
• Subtitling or editing in Hindi, Tamil or other Indian languages, or for GCC and international audiences.
• 2D character animation, whiteboard or explainer-style animation.
• Fluency with AI-assisted post tools (Descript, Whisper transcription, Topaz, auto-caption and cleanup tools).
• Edtech, education, parenting or another category where factual accuracy matters.

Why Join Us

• Your work is the first impression thousands of parents get of the school - and you will see the retention data prove what worked.
• A planned content calendar with real briefs, not last-minute scrambles.
• Ownership of the channel’s visual language and template system from the ground up.
• [Equipment and workstation provided / learning budget / flexible working - customise]