Video Editor [AQ-19614]

About the role

Aquent is proud to partner with a leading creative studio that stands at the forefront of shaping how a major brand connects with its audience. This dynamic organization is renowned for its innovative approach to content creation, driving engagement across diverse platforms and campaigns. Are you a visionary storyteller with a passion for transforming raw footage into captivating narratives? This exhilarating opportunity offers you the chance to become a core contributor within a vibrant Post Production team. You will be instrumental in shaping how a prominent brand connects with its audience, building its digital and social footprint, pushing creative boundaries, and driving engagement across diverse platforms. Your expertise will directly impact brand perception and elevate the overall presence of a major brand across every channel.

Responsibilities

• Craft and edit a diverse range of content, including commercial spots, digital campaigns, social-first cuts, and long-form branded pieces, ensuring each deliverable is polished, compelling, and optimized for its specific platform.
• Translate creative briefs into effective editorial approaches, actively contributing ideas for pacing, music, and visual rhythm while remaining open to feedback and creative direction.
• Develop and manage multi-deliverable versioning packages, meticulously adapting approved masters into various lengths, aspect ratios, and platform-specific formats (e.g., broadcast, digital, social media, out-of-home).
• Bring a unique creative perspective to the edit suite, making active contributions to performance choices, narrative structure, and music selection, balancing creative ambition with strategic objectives.
• Stay abreast of the latest platform trends, viral content formats, platform algorithms, and the evolving visual language of social media, integrating this knowledge into your editorial choices to build brand presence, keep content fresh, and remain culturally resonant.
• Strategically craft social-first cuts designed to maximize viewer retention, scroll-stopping visual hooks, and platform-specific engagement across channel footprints.
• Maintain rigorous project organization, including clean bin and folder structures, consistent naming conventions, and accurate media management, ensuring seamless collaboration.
• Prepare and export all deliverables to precise technical specifications, including codec, resolution, frame rate, aspect ratio, and loudness standards, performing thorough final technical reviews.
• Contribute to and uphold departmental editorial standard operating procedures and workflow documentation, helping to build a clean and consistent post-production environment.
• Identify and implement opportunities to automate repetitive technical tasks, such as export batches and proxy generation, to maximize creative time and efficiency.
• Prepare clean and complete handoff packages for downstream post-production departments, including conform materials, audio exports, and visual effects pull lists, ensuring smooth transitions.