Video Editor: Craft Story-Driven Interviews & Tours

Into The Margins; United States; Remote; USD 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Into The Margins is seeking a Video Editor to turn raw footage into clear, engaging videos for social media and longer-form platforms. Projects include short videos, around 10 minutes, podcast-style conversations, and direct-to-camera content supported by graphics, animation, B-roll, or stock footage.

Responsibilities include editing interviews, factory tours, business stories, and behind-the-scenes features, tightening dialogue, adding titles and sound, color grading, and exporting across

Qualifications

• Experience editing interviews, documentary-style content, business videos, or similar projects.
• Strong storytelling, pacing, and visual judgment, including knowing when to use supporting footage or graphics and when to keep the edit simple.
• Practical skills in dialogue cleanup, audio mixing, color correction, and color grading.
• Attention to detail, continuity, file organization, and consistent delivery.
• Ability to work independently, manage projects, and incorporate feedback.
• Experience with factory tours, founder interviews, podcasts, educational content, motion graphics, or animation is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Edit short-form and longer-form videos, shaping footage into a clear story with strong pacing and an engaging opening.
• Edit interviews, factory tours, business stories, behind-the-scenes features, and direct-to-camera videos.
• Tighten dialogue and remove mistakes, unnecessary pauses, and distracting sections while keeping conversations natural.
• Add relevant B-roll, stock footage, titles, lower thirds, captions, transitions, graphics, animation, music, and sound effects as needed.
• Clean and balance dialogue, reduce background noise, and mix music and effects without overpowering speech.
• Correct color and exposure, maintain natural skin tones, and create a consistent look across cameras and environments.
• Export videos to the requested formats and platforms, organize media and project files, and make revisions when needed.
• Communicate clearly about project status, questions, and problems, and meet agreed deadlines.

Skills

Storytelling

Pacing

Dialogue cleanup

Audio mixing

Color correction

Color grading

File organization

Independence

Tools

Adobe Premiere Pro

DaVinci Resolve

After Effects

Final Cut Pro

Audition

Descript

Job description

Into The Margins is seeking a Video Editor to turn raw footage into clear, engaging videos for social media and longer-form platforms. Projects include short videos, around 10 minutes, podcast-style conversations, and direct-to-camera content supported by graphics, animation, B-roll, or stock footage.

Responsibilities include editing interviews, factory tours, business stories, and behind-the-scenes features, tightening dialogue, adding titles and sound, color grading, and exporting across