Video Editor – Motion Graphics, After Effects

Job Description:

• Edit long-form recorded footage into tight, high-retention videos
• Improve pacing, structure, and clarity while preserving the speaker’s natural delivery
• Create and integrate motion graphics (lower thirds, callouts, simple explainer sequences, UI highlights, transitions)
• Add B-roll, overlays, and on-screen text where it improves understanding
• Handle audio cleanup, leveling, and general sound polish
• Produce rough cuts and iterate quickly based on feedback
• Deliver final exports optimized for YouTube and other channels
• Maintain a consistent style and quality bar across multiple brands and projects
• Improve our workflow over time (templates, presets, reusable motion systems)

Requirements:

• Proven experience editing YouTube videos or long-form educational content
• Strong editorial judgment: pacing, structure, clarity, and storytelling
• Motion design ability (After Effects or equivalent) for clean, modern, functional animation
• High attention to detail across cuts, timing, audio, and on-screen text
• Strong taste: you know what looks modern vs outdated
• Comfortable taking feedback and iterating quickly
• Reliable, self-directed, and able to deliver consistently

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