Senior Video Editor

Publicis Groupe; New York, El Segundo (NY, CA); On-site; USD 95,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Razorfish in New York seeks a Senior Video Editor to lead a high-volume production pipeline for social content across TikTok, Instagram Reels, X, and YouTube Shorts. You’ll set the editorial bar, mentor junior editors, and partner with creative directors and strategists to shape how the brand shows up online.

You will own final cuts on flagship deliverables, stay ahead of culture, and guide the team in color grading, sound editing, and motion design to ensure on-brand storytelling.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional video editing experience, including social-first or entertainment content.

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

Skills

Video editing

Mentoring editors

TikTok editing

Instagram Reels

YouTube Shorts

Premiere Pro

After Effects

CapCut

Tools

Adobe Premiere Pro

After Effects

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