Video Editor

Maker Lab; Singapore; On-site; SGD 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

Maker Lab, a marketing agency, seeks a skilled Video Editor to bring client stories to life through social content. You will own end-to-end post-production—from raw footage to final delivery—with strong editing, motion graphics and visual storytelling.

You will collaborate with creative teams and clients to ensure brand guidelines are followed and content is optimised for social platforms. The role requires 3+ years of experience and expert use of Premiere Pro and After Effects.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of professional experience creating high-quality video content for top brands.
• Expert proficiency with Adobe Premiere Pro and Adobe After Effects.
• Proven ability to create engaging, culturally resonant video narratives.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end post-production, from raw footage to final delivery.
• Oversee video editing quality, pacing, and visual polish for social media.
• Create dynamic visuals, transitions, and animations using After Effects.
• Ensure audio/video quality is optimised for various social platforms.
• Review scripts/briefs and translate concepts into storyboard/timeline.
• Guard brand guidelines and maintain consistent tone across content.
• Stay updated on global/local editing trends and share insights.

Skills

Video editing

Motion graphics

English communication

Creative storytelling

Self-starter

Tools

Adobe Premiere Pro

Adobe After Effects

Job description

Grounded in a talent-centric mindset, Maker Lab is a marketing agency designed to build decentralised technology-led agency teams, rooted in collaboration with clients from the ground up. Maker Lab’s cross-functional teams of multidisciplinary specialists are embedded into client teams across digital marketing competencies — from measurement & analytics to content production.

Job Summary:

We’re looking for a skilled Video Editor to bring the client’s stories to life through compelling social content. You’ll own end-to-end post-production, from raw footage to final delivery, with strong editing, motion graphics and visual storytelling skills.

Role:

• Video Production Ownership: Own the entire process and production of video content, from receiving scripts and reviewing raw footage to final editing, colour grading, and exporting for publishing. It is essential that, for coverage reasons, the video editor must be able to shoot and possess strong, technically sound filming capabilities, primarily in social video content creation.
• Editing & Post-Production: Oversee the quality and progress of all video editing, ensuring that content is engaging, properly paced, and visually polished for maximum impact on social media, incorporating graphic elements and visual assets where appropriate.
• Motion & Effects: Create dynamic and compelling visual effects, transitions, and animations, leveraging expertise in Adobe After Effects to enhance video features and formats, including title cards, lower thirds, and animated graphics.
• Optimisation & Specifications: Monitor the quality of audio and video engineering and ensure all outgoing video content is accurately specced and optimised for the various social platforms it is published on.
• Creative Input: Review scripts and briefs, providing creative input and translating concepts into a full‑fledged video timeline or storyboard, ensuring alignment with the initial vision.
• Brand Guardianship: Ensure the client’s brand guidelines and tone of voice are followed closely and remain consistent across all video content.
• Trend & Innovation: Stay on top of global and local editing and visual trends, proactively sharing these insights to help the team experiment and develop new innovative ways of telling the client’s brand story.

You:

• 3+ years of professional experience creating high-quality video content for top brands, preferably with a mix of in-house and agency production experience.
• Expert proficiency in using specific editing software packages, including Adobe Premiere Pro and Adobe After Effects.
• Proven ability to create engaging, conversational, and culturally resonant editorial narratives through the medium of video.
• Strong understanding of motion graphics principles, sound design, and basic colour grading/treatment, with a good eye for graphic design, typography, layout, composition, and visual hierarchy, and the ability to create or adapt graphic assets for video and social content.
• Highly motivated, energetic, and a self‑starter with a track record of strong performance and commitment to problem‑solving under tight deadlines.
• Experience in collaborating with creative teams, production partners, and clients to improve workflow and post‑production efficiencies.
• Exceptional verbal and written English communications and presentation skills.

Contract Type: Fixed‑Term Contract until 31 December 2027