I'M GLOBALCITIZEN

Video Editor

I'M GLOBALCITIZEN

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: New York City • New York • United States

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Salary

💰 $75,000 per year

About the role

  • Edit high volume, quick turnaround social first content optimized for performance across platforms
  • Edit long-form video content, including documentary-style storytelling and campaign narratives
  • Edit marketing and promotional video assets aligned with brand and campaign objectives, such as promos, sizzles, studio content, explainer videos, and original in-app content
  • Execute final exports and versions across multiple formats, ensuring accuracy and platform specifications
  • Manage multiple editing timelines simultaneously while maintaining speed, quality, and consistency
  • Edit video on demand content for Global Citizen events, including GC Now, Global Citizen Festival, Move Africa, and Amazonia, among others
  • Edit event recaps, speaker content, and stakeholder deliverables with quick turnaround timelines
  • Collaborate with internal teams to ensure timely delivery of event-related content
  • Maintain consistency in style, pacing, and quality across all event-based outputs
  • Execute sound design, including sound effects, audio cleanup, basic mixing, and enhancement
  • Apply basic motion graphics and text treatments to support storytelling and clarity aligned with brand guidelines
  • Perform basic color correction and finishing to ensure polished and professional outputs
  • Incorporate feedback from stakeholders and iterate efficiently on edits
  • Maintain alignment with brand standards and creative direction
  • Organize, catalog, and manage video footage across projects and campaigns
  • Maintain structured project files to support accessibility and collaboration across teams
  • Support internal databasing and archival of video assets
  • Ensure proper media management, including backups and file versioning
  • Contribute to efficient post-production workflows and process improvements

Requirements

  • 2–5 years of professional experience as a video editor
  • Strong experience editing social-first content is required
  • Experience editing event and live video content is strongly preferred
  • Demonstrated experience editing promos and documentary-style content
  • Familiarity with sound design and basic motion graphics
  • Strong proficiency in Adobe Premiere Pro and working knowledge of After Effects and related tools
  • Solid understanding of editing workflows, including ingest, organization, timeline management, and delivery
  • Strong attention to detail in pacing, storytelling, and technical execution
  • Ability to manage multiple projects under tight deadlines in a fast-paced environment
  • Understanding of video formats, codecs, and platform-specific delivery requirements
  • Strong organizational and file management skills
  • Ability to take direction, receive feedback, and iterate quickly
  • Effective communication and collaboration skills across cross-functional teams
Benefits
  • Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance
  • Commuter benefits
  • 403(b) retirement savings & employer match
  • Generous paid time off (vacation, sick, and holidays)
  • Paid parental leave
  • Employee discounts
  • FSA
  • Professional Development Assistance (EAP)
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
video editingsound designmotion graphicscolor correctionvideo formatscodecsediting workflowsstorytellingtechnical executionproject management
Soft Skills
attention to detailtime managementcollaborationcommunicationability to take directionfeedback incorporationorganizational skillsiterationadaptabilityproblem-solving