Video Editor (Trailer-Focused)

About the role

We are seeking a Promo and Trailer Focused Video Editor at 143 Studios. This role focuses on creating high-impact promotional content that drives episode launches, campaigns, partnerships, and audience growth.

Key Responsibilities

• Promotional Editing:
  • Create compelling episode trailers, launch promos, and campaign-driven assets
  • Edit marketing materials including pre-roll ads, website feature videos, paid social creatives, and partnership campaigns
  • Craft concise, high-impact promotional cuts designed to maximize engagement, retention, and conversion
  • Enhance edits with music, sound design, pacing, captions, motion graphics, and animation
  • Version content across multiple formats, aspect ratios, and distribution platforms
  • Collaborate closely with producers, marketers, and creative teams to align promotional content with campaign strategy and brand voice
• Long-Form Editing:
  • Support edit full-length podcast and video episodes as needed
  • Tighten pacing and strengthen narrative structure across conversational content
  • Manage multi-cam edits, syncing, and timeline organization
  • Apply audio cleanup, mixing, and basic color correction
  • Incorporate branded graphics, templates, and visual systems
  • Deliver polished final exports optimized for distribution platforms

Narrative Engineering & Editorial Instincts

• Exceptional editorial instincts with a deep understanding of narrative engineering, emotional pacing, audience psychology, and retention strategy
• Knows how to build compelling narrative arcs, create emotional payoff, and structure edits that keep audiences engaged from start to finish
• Strategically structures storytelling within short-form content, understanding how every cut, beat, and moment influences audience behavior
• Fluent across the Adobe Creative Suite and complementary creative tools, including Premiere Pro, After Effects, Audition, Photoshop, and Cinema 4D
• Curious, analytical, and confident integrating AI into creative workflows — not just testing tools, but embedding them meaningfully into the editing process
• Strong understanding of YouTube Studio, TikTok Analytics, and third-party performance platforms, including retention curves, CTR, CVR, and audience drop-off analysis
• Balances creative instinct with data-informed decision-making, knowing when to trust the numbers and when to challenge them

Creative Discipline & Ownership

• Thinks in story and edits in stats — passionate about emotionally driven storytelling while equally obsessed with retention, pacing, and performance structure
• Seeing AI as a creative partner and actively exploring smarter, faster, and more effective ways to enhance workflow and creative output
• Understands that storytelling and performance are not opposites — high-performing content is built through intentional creative craft
• Brought positive energy, strong collaboration, and a team-first mentality while maintaining accountability to deadlines and delivery
• Moves with urgency and ownership — proactive, focused, and composed under pressure without needing constant direction
• Deeply cares about the mission and believes great editing has the power to shape culture, grow audiences, and elevate an entire brand
• Contributes ideas beyond execution and consistently looks for opportunities to improve the creative, the campaign, and the team overall

Qualifications

• 6–7+ years of professional video editing experience
• Strong experience editing trailers, promos, short-form content, or marketing-driven creative
• Advanced proficiency in Adobe Premiere Pro, After Effects, Audition, Photoshop, and Cinema 4D
• Experience working with long-form conversational or podcast-style content
• Familiarity with AI-powered creative workflows and emerging editing tools
• Strong organizational, communication, and time-management skills
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced production environment while managing multiple projects simultaneously

To Apply: Send us your resume, portfolio and a brief cover letter sharing why you are the perfect fit for this role.