Creative Editor

VX Media; New York (NY); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

VX Media is seeking a Creative Editor in New York, NY to lead editing across branded campaigns and social content. You will own story structure, pacing, transitions, music, and visual flow from concept through final delivery.

You will leverage AI-assisted editing, stay ahead of platform trends, and collaborate with Directors, VFX, colorists, and producers to deliver the strongest possible content under tight timelines.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of professional editing experience in advertising, branded content, social, fashion, or related fields.
• Strong portfolio/reel required.
• Demonstrated portfolio examples using generative AI in professional creative work are required.
• Expert proficiency in Adobe Premiere Pro.
• Strong working knowledge of After Effects, Da Vinci Resolve and broader post-production workflows.
• Hands-on experience with current AI image/video generation and AI-assisted editing workflows.
• Exceptional understanding of pacing, rhythm, music, storytelling, and visual composition.
• Strong knowledge of current social media trends and platform-specific creative styles.
• Strong creative judgment and ability to independently identify and solve visual problems.
• Ability to work efficiently across multiple projects and tight production timelines.

Responsibilities

• Edit branded, campaign, and social-first content from assembly through final delivery.
• Own decisions around story structure, pacing, rhythm, shot selection, transitions, music, and visual flow.
• Take end-to-end creative ownership of select projects, from initial concept and creative development through production, post-production, and final delivery.
• Adapt the original storyboard and creative direction when actual production footage requires a different approach.
• Proactively identify creative opportunities and weaknesses, proposing and executing solutions rather than relying solely on prescribed edit directions.
• Balance internal creative vision and objectives with client feedback and needs to ensure every project is delivered at the highest creative standard and to client satisfaction.
• Collaborate with Directors, Producers, Creative Directors, VFX artists, colorists, motion designers, and sound teams.
• Manage multiple edits, versions, aspect ratios, and deliverables.
• Maintain organized and professional post-production workflows.
• Participate in creative reviews and clearly communicate the rationale behind editorial decisions.
• Proactively work with production and creative teams to find thoughtful, creative and efficient solutions to client feedback or changes during post production edit cycle.

Skills

Editing excellence

Creative ownership

Storytelling

Time management

Tools

Adobe Premiere Pro

After Effects

DaVinci Resolve

AI editing tools

Job description

Compensation: $70,000 ~ $90,000

Location: New York, NY

Duties & Responsibilities

Editing & Creative Ownership

• Edit branded, campaign, and social-first content from assembly through final delivery.
• Own decisions around story structure, pacing, rhythm, shot selection, transitions, music, and visual flow.
• Take end-to-end creative ownership of select projects, from initial concept and creative development through production, post-production, and final delivery.
• Adapt the original storyboard and creative direction when actual production footage requires a different approach.
• Proactively identify creative opportunities and weaknesses, proposing and executing solutions rather than relying solely on prescribed edit directions.
• Balance internal creative vision and objectives with client feedback and needs to ensure every project is delivered at the highest creative standard and to client satisfaction.

Creative Problem-Solving

• Identify missing coverage, weak transitions, continuity issues, pacing problems, and other gaps in production footage.
• Develop solutions through restructuring, alternative footage, reframing, graphics, motion, VFX, sound design, and AI-generated content.
• Determine when production gaps can be solved creatively in post versus requiring pickups or additional assets.
• Use post-production to elevate the final content beyond a straightforward execution of the storyboard.
• Protect creative vision and storytelling while responding to client feedback in ways that address their concerns and satisfies their internal requirements.

AI-Driven Post Production

• Hands-on proficiency with generative AI tools for image and video creation is required.
• Use AI to generate or enhance visual elements, extend shots, create transitions, fill production gaps, develop supplemental footage, and support creative experimentation.
• Integrate AI-generated assets naturally with live-action footage and traditional post-production workflows.
• Understand prompting, image-to-video, video-to-video, generative fill/extension, and AI-assisted post workflows.
• Continuously test emerging AI tools and introduce relevant techniques into the team’s post-production workflow.

Social & Visual Trends

• Stay current with evolving trends across TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, and emerging platforms.
• Understand contemporary hooks, pacing, transitions, typography, sound, visual language, and storytelling structures.
• Ensure content feels current and platform-native while maintaining premium brand standards.

Post-Production Coordination and Collaboration

• Collaborate with Directors, Producers, Creative Directors, VFX artists, colorists, motion designers, and sound teams.
• Manage multiple edits, versions, aspect ratios, and deliverables.
• Maintain organized and professional post-production workflows.
• Participate in creative reviews and clearly communicate the rationale behind editorial decisions.
• Proactively work with production and creative teams to find thoughtful, creative and efficient solutions to client feedback or changes during post production edit cycle.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of professional editing experience in advertising, branded content, social, fashion, beauty, or related fields.
• Strong portfolio/reel required.
• Demonstrated portfolio examples using generative AI in professional creative work are required.
• Expert proficiency in Adobe Premiere Pro.
• Strong working knowledge of After Effects, Da Vinci Resolve and broader post-production workflows.
• Hands-on experience with current AI image/video generation and AI-assisted editing workflows.
• Exceptional understanding of pacing, rhythm, music, storytelling, and visual composition.
• Strong knowledge of current social media trends and platform-specific creative styles.
• Strong creative judgment and ability to independently identify and solve visual problems.
• Ability to work efficiently across multiple projects and tight production timelines.

What Defines This Role

This is not an execution-only editing position.

The Creative Editor is expected to take creative ownership in post-production, understanding the original vision, assessing what was actually captured, identifying what is missing, and using editing, AI, and creative problem-solving to bridge the gap and deliver the strongest possible final content.