Editor

Jobtailor; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor in Los Angeles is seeking a senior video editor for social-first content. You will craft edits for TikTok, Instagram, LinkedIn, and YouTube, integrating motion graphics and color work to drive engagement across formats.

A strong portfolio showing complete edits is essential, along with 3+ years in digital storytelling. Proficiency in Premiere Pro, After Effects, and Photoshop is required, plus a keen sense of pacing for platform-specific content.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of professional editing focused on social-first content, digital storytelling, entertainment, or creative marketing.
• Advanced Adobe Premiere Pro, After Effects, and Photoshop.
• Motion graphics built independently, including text and logo animation inside an edit.
• Strong understanding of social editing hooks, pacing, content pillars, and platform-specific viewership.
• Command of pacing, structure, sound design, music, captions, and color correction.
• Working knowledge of codecs, frame rates, and post workflows.
• Comfort with longer-form and narrative work.
• Ability to take footage through final delivery with light oversight and take notes enthusiastically.

Responsibilities

• Own editing for social video content across platforms.
• Turn footage into tutorials and demos.
• Create motion graphics, typography, and integrated logo animation.
• Cut YouTube episodes, project breakdowns, interviews, and narrative pieces.
• Analyze post-publication performance data and adjust future edits.
• Organize footage, project files, graphics, music, and exports.
• Build templates, graphics, and project structures to scale production.

Skills

Advanced Premiere Pro

After Effects

Photoshop

Motion Graphics Creation

Social-First Content Editing

Tools

Adobe Creative Cloud

Job description

• Own how Dream Lab and Luma appear in online video content
• Cut and publish social video across TikTok, Instagram, LinkedIn, and YouTube in vertical and horizontal formats
• Find hooks, stories, and structures in raw footage from shoots, workshops, creator sessions, and partner projects
• Turn Luma product moments, including Ray3.2, UNI-1.1, and Luma Agents, into tutorials and demos
• Create motion graphics, text animation, and logo animation integrated into edits
• Cut YouTube episodes, project breakdowns, interviews, profiles, and original scripted or narrative pieces from assembly through picture lock
• Create cutdowns, teasers, trailers, aspect-ratio versions, captions, sound design, and color variations
• Analyze post-publication performance data and adjust future hooks, formats, and openings
• Organize footage, project files, graphics, music, and exports
• Build templates, graphics, and project structures to scale production to two or three published pieces daily across formats

Requirements

• A portfolio is required and is the most important thing you will share with us, including specific videos edited completely (graphics-edit)
• 3+ years of professional editing focused on social-first content, digital storytelling, entertainment, or creative marketing
• Advanced Adobe Premiere Pro, After Effects, and Photoshop
• Motion graphics built independently, including text and logo animation inside an edit
• Strong understanding of social editing hooks, pacing, content pillars, and platform-specific viewership
• Command of pacing, structure, sound design, music, captions, and color correction
• Working knowledge of codecs, frame rates, and post workflows
• Comfort with longer-form and narrative work
• Ability to take footage through final delivery with light oversight and take notes enthusiastically

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in video editing for social media platforms, with a strong focus on storytelling, motion graphics, and performance analysis. Proficient in managing the entire editing process from raw footage to final delivery, ensuring high-quality content tailored for various audiences.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Advanced Adobe Premiere Pro
• After Effects
• Photoshop
• Motion Graphics Creation
• Social-First Content Editing

ATS Optimization Keywords

Hard Skills

• Video Editing
• Sound Design
• Color Correction
• Text Animation
• Logo Animation
• Content Pacing
• Post-Production Workflows
• Performance Data Analysis
• Digital Storytelling
• Creative Marketing

Soft Skills

• Enthusiastic Note-Taking
• Organizational Skills

Industry Keywords

• Social Media Content
• Digital Storytelling
• Entertainment
• Creative Marketing
• Video Performance Analysis