Senior Video Editor

CoHo; Wes-Kaap; Remote; ZAR 680,000 - 1,587,000; Full time

Job summary

Coho is seeking a highly skilled Senior Video Editor to turn raw footage into polished, engaging work. You will lead edits from concept to final delivery, mentoring other editors and collaborating with the wider creative team.

The role emphasizes pacing, storytelling, colour grading, and sound design, with the use of AI tools to improve workflows. Remote work across EU time zones is welcome.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional video editing experience.
• Advanced experience with DaVinci Resolve.
• A strong portfolio or reel demonstrating commercial editing work.
• Strong skills in video editing, storytelling and pacing.
• Experience with colour grading.
• A good understanding of sound design.
• Experience integrating AI into creative or post-production workflows.
• The ability to work independently and take ownership of an edit.
• Experience mentoring or leading other editors.

Responsibilities

• Editing high-quality commercial video content from raw footage to final delivery.
• Working primarily in DaVinci Resolve.
• Bringing strong storytelling, pacing and visual judgement to every edit.
• Working with colour grading and sound design as an integrated part of the edit.
• Using AI tools and workflows where they can improve the creative or production process.
• Collaborating closely with the wider creative and production team.
• Giving constructive feedback to other editors and helping raise the overall quality of the team's work.
• Managing multiple projects while maintaining a consistently high creative standard.

Tools

DaVinci Resolve

Job description

Location: Remote | Cape Town, Poland, Romania or locations close to the EU time zone.

Experience: 5+ years

About the role

Coho is looking for a highly skilled Senior Video Editor with a strong commercial eye and the ability to turn raw footage into polished, engaging work.

We are looking for someone who combines excellent editing craft with strong visual judgement. You should be comfortable owning projects from edit through final delivery, while also being able to collaborate with and help develop other editors.

This is a senior role for someone who understands pacing, storytelling, sound and colour, and knows how to create work that feels sharp, contemporary and commercially effective.

What you’ll be doing

• Editing high-quality commercial video content from raw footage to final delivery
• Working primarily in DaVinci Resolve
• Bringing strong storytelling, pacing and visual judgement to every edit
• Working with colour grading and sound design as an integrated part of the edit
• Using AI tools and workflows where they can improve the creative or production process
• Collaborating closely with the wider creative and production team
• Giving constructive feedback to other editors and helping raise the overall quality of the team's work
• Managing multiple projects while maintaining a consistently high creative standard

What we’re looking for

You have:

• 5+ years of professional video editing experience
• Advanced experience with DaVinci Resolve
• A strong portfolio or reel demonstrating commercial editing work
• Strong skills in video editing, storytelling and pacing
• Experience with colour grading
• A good understanding of sound design
• Experience integrating AI into creative or post-production workflows
• The ability to work independently and take ownership of an edit
• Experience helping, mentoring or leading other editors

Motion design experience is a plus, but not a requirement.

We are particularly interested in editors coming from strong commercial post-production environments, as well as experienced freelance editors looking for a more consistent collaboration.

Where you can work from

For this role, we are primarily looking for candidates based in:

• Cape Town, South Africa
• Poland
• Or anywhere close to the EU time zone

These locations allow for close collaboration across similar European working hours.

We care much more about the quality of your work than a perfectly polished CV. When filling