Video Editor

The Oak Hotel and Suites; Nelson; On-site; NZD 61,000 - 92,000; Full time

Job summary

The Oak Hotel Ltd. is seeking a local Video Editor to turn our footage into engaging short-form content for Instagram, TikTok, Facebook and YouTube. You’ll work with existing material and new shoots, delivering edited videos that match each brand’s voice.

You’ll handle music, captions, color correction, and pacing, ensuring a scroll-stopping aesthetic while logging footage for easy access. Remote collaboration possible but in-person handoff is preferred in Nelson area.

Qualifications

• Portfolio or reel of short-form social content you’ve edited.
• Strong skills in Premiere Pro, Final Cut Pro, DaVinci Resolve or CapCut.
• Good ear for music and pacing; eye for what stops the scroll.
• Reliability: hits deadlines and communicates clearly.
• Based in or near Nelson for in-person handoff.

Responsibilities

• Edit short-form vertical video (Reels/TikToks/Shorts) from library and shoots.
• Cut longer pieces for YouTube features and hotel/area footage.
• Add music, captions, text overlays, colour correction and audio cleanup.
• Maintain a consistent look for each brand.
• Organize and log footage for fast retrieval.
• Bring ideas: hooks, trends and formats that fit our brands.

Skills

Premiere Pro

Final Cut Pro

DaVinci Resolve

CapCut

Video editing

Social storytelling

Tools

Audio editing tools

Color grading basics

Job description

Video Editor, Social Media Content (Nelson, BC)

We’re a small, owner-run team in Nelson looking for a local video editor to turn our footage into short-form content for Instagram, TikTok, Facebook and YouTube. We already have a library of footage and keep shooting more, so you’ll start editing from day one.

We run two businesses under The Oak Hotel Ltd.:

The Oak Hotel, a boutique hotel in downtown Nelson
Nelson Surf Co., a wake surf charter on Kootenay Lake, running June to September
The content ranges from on-the-water surf sessions and lake life to the hotel, our town, and the Kootenays. We want someone who gets this place and can make people want to come here.

What you’ll do:

• Edit short-form vertical video (Reels, TikToks, Shorts) from our existing footage library and new shoots
• Cut occasional longer pieces for YouTube, such as surf session recaps and hotel or area features
• Add music, captions, text overlays, colour correction and sound clean-up
• Keep a consistent look and feel for each brand
• Organize and log footage so we can find the good stuff fast
• Bring ideas: hooks, trends and formats that fit our brands
• Shoot now and then if you’re keen (on the boat in summer, at the hotel year-round), though editing is the core of the job

What we’re looking for

Must have:

• A portfolio or reel of short-form social content you’ve edited
• Strong skills in an editor such as Premiere Pro, Final Cut, DaVinci Resolve or CapCut
• A good ear for music and pacing, and an eye for what stops the scroll
• Reliability: you hit deadlines and communicate clearly
• Based in or near Nelson, so we can meet in person and hand off footage

Nice to have:

• Experience with action, outdoor or water sports footage (GoPro, drone, action cams)
• Hospitality or tourism content experience
• Colour grading and motion graphics skills
• Your own camera or drone, and comfort shooting
• A love of the lake and the outdoors

The details

• Pay: negotiable but on payroll unless you are already set up as a sub-contractor
• 30+ hours per week to start

Start

• As soon as possible
• We’ll start with a short paid trial edit so we can both see if it’s a fit.