Senior Video Editor

Razorfish; New York (NY); On-site; USD 54,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid family care

Adoption support

Pet adoption support

Wellness reimbursements

Tuition assistance

Generous PTO

Matching gifts

Flexible working

Work Your World program

Employee resource groups

Job summary

Razorfish is seeking a Senior Video Editor to join our on-site team embedded with a major entertainment client. You will set the editorial bar for high-volume production, mentor junior editors, and shape content for TikTok, Instagram, YouTube Shorts, and X, while elevating craft and output across the team.

You’ll lead editorial strategy, review briefs, and manage final cuts, ensuring pacing, storytelling, and brand tone align with live events, sports, and culture.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional video editing experience, including social first or entertainment/advertising content, with prior experience mentoring or leading editors preferred
• Advanced proficiency in Adobe Premiere Pro and strong working knowledge of After Effects and motion design, plus advanced CapCut skills
• A strong portfolio demonstrating vertical video, storytelling, pacing, and platform native content at a senior craft level
• Deep familiarity with color grading, sound editing, and basic compositing/VFX/motion design
• Sharp instincts for pacing, framing, music, and cultural relevance, with the judgment to guide others' creative decisions
• Ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines while maintaining consistently high quality across a team's output

Responsibilities

• Edit and produce short form video content optimized for TikTok, IG Reels, YouTube Shorts, and X, setting the creative and technical standard for the team
• Review raw footage and briefs to build shot decision lists that serve story, pacing, and brand tone
• Lead ideation and packaging of content with creative directors, social strategists, and community managers
• Own final cuts on flagship or high visibility deliverables, ensuring logical sequencing, timing, and continuity throughout
• Stay ahead of trends, memes, audio, and platform shifts, translating them into editorial guidance for the wider team
• Apply color grading and sound editing expertise, guiding others on technical craft
• Champion new editing technologies and workflow improvements to increase team efficiency
• Supervise and mentor junior and mid-level video editors and motion designers, providing structured, constructive feedback
• Review and QC team output to ensure error free, on brand delivery across all accounts
• Support hiring, onboarding, and skill development within the editing team
• Act as a point of escalation for complex technical or creative editing challenges
• Report to the Agency Producer while also partnering directly with client and agency leads on priority content and campaign strategy
• Manage multiple concurrent projects and deadlines across a high-volume production calendar
• Organize and maintain assets within existing archive infrastructure, setting best practices for the team
• Represent the editorial team in cross functional and client facing creative discussions

Skills

5+ years editing

Premiere Pro

After Effects

CapCut

Portfolio

Color grading

Storytelling

Education

Bachelor's degree in Film/Media

Tools

CapCut

Job description

Company Description

Hi there—at Razorfish, we’re leaders in what's next. Since the dawn of the internet, we’ve helped brands move first through every era of transformation, defining what digital means for business and now leading brands into the age of AI. Everyone has a prediction. Razorfish has a track record.

Named a Most Innovative Agency three years running (2024–2026) by Campaign US, our work reflects a proven ability not just to anticipate what’s coming, but to help our clients actively shape the future. No matter the trend or cultural moment, delivering real business impact wouldn’t be possible without our people. We bring together curious, driven, and diverse thinkers who challenge convention, push boundaries, and hold a high bar for creative excellence.

If you’re motivated to work alongside top performers, push the boundaries of what’s possible, and help define where technology, business, and marketing are headed next—this is the place to do it.

Join us at razorfish.com.

Overview

As a Senior Video Editor at Razorfish, you will be joining our social discipline within our fast-growing Consumer & Content Experience practice. You'll be embedded on-site with our client, a large entertainment brand, working alongside a team of over 30 people who manage organic social marketing for the brand and all its shows.

In this role, you'll be a senior creative voice on the team, setting up the editorial bar for a high-volume production pipeline, mentoring junior editors, and shaping how the brand shows up across TikTok, Instagram, X, and YouTube Shorts. This position turns high octane moments from live events, sports, pop culture, and original IP into scroll stopping content, while also elevating the craft and output of the editors around you.

You’ll Be a Great Fit If You

• Think in TikToks and thumb stopping edits
• Stay ahead of culture and know how to cut for it
• Thrive in a role that's equal parts hands-on craft and creative leadership
• Love mentoring editors while still being deep in the timeline yourself

Responsibilities

Editing and Creative Leadership

• Edit and produce short form video content optimized for TikTok, IG Reels, YouTube Shorts, and X, setting the creative and technical standard for the team
• Review raw footage and briefs to build shot decision lists that serve story, pacing, and brand tone
• Lead ideation and packaging of content with creative directors, social strategists, and community managers
• Own final cuts on flagship or high visibility deliverables, ensuring logical sequencing, timing, and continuity throughout
• Stay ahead of trends, memes, audio, and platform shifts, translating them into editorial guidance for the wider team
• Apply color grading and sound editing expertise, guiding others on technical craft
• Champion new editing technologies and workflow improvements to increase team efficiency

Team Leadership and Mentorship

• Supervise and mentor junior and mid-level video editors and motion designers, providing structured, constructive feedback
• Review and QC team output to ensure error free, on brand delivery across all accounts
• Support hiring, onboarding, and skill development within the editing team
• Act as a point of escalation for complex technical or creative editing challenges

Project and Stakeholder Management

• Report to the Agency Producer while also partnering directly with client and agency leads on priority content and campaign strategy
• Manage multiple concurrent projects and deadlines across a high-volume production calendar
• Organize and maintain assets within existing archive infrastructure, setting best practices for the team
• Represent the editorial team in cross functional and client facing creative discussions

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional video editing experience, including social first or entertainment/advertising content, with prior experience mentoring or leading editors preferred
• Advanced proficiency in Adobe Premiere Pro and strong working knowledge of After Effects and motion design, plus advanced CapCut skills
• A strong portfolio demonstrating vertical video, storytelling, pacing, and platform native content at a senior craft level
• Deep familiarity with color grading, sound editing, and basic compositing/VFX/motion design
• Sharp instincts for pacing, framing, music, and cultural relevance, with the judgment to guide others' creative decisions
• Ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines while maintaining consistently high quality across a team's output

Not Needed, But Nice To Have

• Bachelor's degree in Film, Media, or a related field
• Experience shooting on phone or DSLR
• Prior experience in advertising, marketing or entertainment, ideally in a senior or lead editing capacity

Additional Information

Our Best-in-class Wellness And Benefits Offerings Include

• Paid Family Care for parents and caregivers for 12 weeks or more
• Monetary assistance and support for Adoption, Surrogacy and Fertility
• Monetary assistance and support for pet adoption
• Employee Assistance Programs and Health/Wellness/Comfort reimbursements to help you invest in your future and work/life balance
• Tuition Assistance
• Paid time off that includes Flexible Time off Vacation, Annual Sick Days, Volunteer Days, Holiday and Identity days, and more
• Matching Gifts programs
• Flexible working arrangements
• ‘Work Your World’ Program encouraging employees to work from anywhere Publicis Groupe has an office for up to 6 weeks a year (based upon eligibility)
• Business Resource Groups that support multiple affinities and alliances

The benefits offerings listed are available to eligible U.S. Based employees, are reviewed on an annual basis, and are governed by the terms of the applicable plan documents.

Razorfish is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our employment decisions are made without regard to actual or perceived race, color, ethnicity, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, disability, medical condition as defined by applicable state law, genetic information, marital status, military service and veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local laws and ordinances.

If you require accommodation or assistance with the application or onboarding process specifically, please contact [e-mail].

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Compensation Range: USD $39.05 - USD $62.49/Hourly. This is the pay range the Company believes it will pay for this position at the time of this posting. Consistent with applicable law, compensation will be determined based on the skills, qualifications, and experience of the applicant along with the requirements of the position, and the Company reserves the right to modify this pay range at any time. Temporary roles may be eligible to participate in our freelancer/temporary employee medical plan through a third-party benefits administration system once certain criteria have been met. For regular roles, the Company will offer medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401k, and paid time off. The Company anticipates the application deadline for this job posting will be 11/15/2026.