Senior Video Editor: Brand & Product Storytelling

Candidate; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 94,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous benefits

RSU equity and employee stock purchase

Career development & mentorship

Onboarding & buddy program

Inclusive workplace culture

Job summary

Datadog is hiring a Senior Video Editor to own video end-to-end from concept to final delivery. You will work on brand and product content, collaborating with brand, product marketing, and events teams, and help develop AI tools to speed up pipelines.

Work in a hybrid environment with strong emphasis on quality, storytelling, and technical accuracy, handling complex technical subjects and delivering across YouTube, social, and event formats.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of professional video editing experience with a reel showing brand and technical content.
• Advanced Premiere Pro—multicam, nested sequences, proxy workflows, dynamic link, Essential Graphics templates.
• Highly competent in After Effects—expressions, shape layers, 2D/3D camera work, motion tracking.
• Highly competent in Illustrator and Photoshop—assets from scratch.
• Hands-on color grading in DaVinci Resolve Studio—primaries/secondaries, power windows, LUTs.
• Proven ability to script and storyboard: write VO, structure a demo, pitch a board before production starts.
• Demonstrated ability to edit highly technical content in an engaging way through product screens.
• Familiarity with developer tooling, cloud infrastructure, or observability concepts.
• Active use of AI tools in editing with critical assessment of benefits/limits.
• Strong audio instincts—mix, music, dialogue cleanup.

Responsibilities

• Cut brand and product video from raw footage to final delivery in Premiere Pro.
• Script and storyboard own pieces from rough brief to story arc.
• Create motion graphics in After Effects and asset design in Illustrator/Photoshop.
• Color grade in DaVinci Resolve Studio across multi-camera footage.
• Prep, retouch, and composite stills for motion work and thumbnails.
• Use AI-assisted tools in production and evaluate their fit in workflow.
• Deliver versioned cutdowns and aspect-ratio variants for various platforms.
• Keep projects organized with clear naming and handoff files.
• Set and defend the quality bar and review freelancers' work.

Skills

6+ years

Advanced Premiere Pro

After Effects

Illustrator

Photoshop

DaVinci Resolve

Script & storyboard

Technical content editing

AI tools in editing

Audio mix & sound

Self-directed & adaptable

Tools

Premiere Pro workflows

After Effects expressions

DaVinci Resolve grading

Job description

Datadog is hiring a Senior Video Editor to own video end-to-end from concept to final delivery. You will work on brand and product content, collaborating with brand, product marketing, and events teams, and help develop AI tools to speed up pipelines.

Work in a hybrid environment with strong emphasis on quality, storytelling, and technical accuracy, handling complex technical subjects and delivering across YouTube, social, and event formats.