Senior Video Editor

Website: buzzivo.co
Job details:

𝗝𝗼𝗯 𝗧𝗶𝘁𝗹𝗲: Senior Video Editor (Social Media & Content)

𝗟𝗼𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: Chennai (Work From Office)

𝗝𝗼𝗯 𝗧𝘆𝗽𝗲: Full-Time

We are looking for a highly creative and trend-aware Video Editor with a strong understanding of social media platforms and content dynamics, someone who stays ahead of trends and is passionate about creating engaging, platform-ready video content.

The ideal candidate understands what performs on platforms like 𝗜𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺, 𝗙𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸, 𝗫, 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗧𝘂𝗯𝗲, 𝗧𝗶𝗸𝗧𝗼𝗸, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗲𝗱𝗜𝗻, and can 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺 𝗿𝗮𝘄 𝗳𝗼𝗼𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵-𝗿𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁. This role is not just about editing videos — it's about 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘃𝗶𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗸𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘀𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗺𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗮 𝗲𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗱𝘀. You should be someone who actively consumes social media content daily and 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝘆 𝗰𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗼𝘀 𝗴𝗼 𝘃𝗶𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗱𝗼𝗻’𝘁.

𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗣𝗢𝗡𝗦𝗜𝗕𝗜𝗟𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗘𝗦:

𝟭. 𝗩𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗼 𝗘𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴

- Edit short-form and long-form videos for social media platforms.

- Create high-retention edits for Reels, Shorts.

- Add dynamic cuts, captions, sound effects, b-roll, and motion graphics.

- Ensure videos follow fast-paced, engaging storytelling structures.

𝟮. 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗠𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗮 𝗧𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝗔𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀

- Stay updated with latest editing styles, transitions, meme formats, and viral trends.

- Understand what works on Instagram, YouTube Shorts, and LinkedIn.

- Suggest new content ideas and formats based on trending content.

- Regularly research top creators and viral content formats.

𝟯. 𝗖𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗗𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻

- Assist in 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗼𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗺𝗮𝘅𝗶𝗺𝘂𝗺 𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲.

- Implement 𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗸𝘀, 𝗽𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗿𝘂𝗽𝘁𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗶𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘀.

- Work closely with the content team to 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘃𝗶𝘀𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗰𝘁.

𝟰. 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗢𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗶𝘇𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻

- 𝗔𝗱𝗱 𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝘂𝗯𝘁𝗶𝘁𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗶𝘇𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗺𝗼𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴.

- Use 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰, 𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁.

- Ensure videos are optimized for 𝗱𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝘀.

𝗦𝗞𝗜𝗟𝗟𝗦 & 𝗘𝗫𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗘:

• 𝟯+ 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 of video editing experience.
• Strong experience with 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗣𝗿𝗼 / 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝘂𝘁
• Knowledge of 𝗔𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗘𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝗿 𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗵𝗶𝗰𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝗮 𝗽𝗹𝘂𝘀.
• Strong understanding of 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘁-𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗲𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴.
• Strong 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗳 𝘃𝗶𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗲𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝘁𝘆𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗺𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗮 𝗮𝗹𝗴𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗺𝘀.
• Able to identify 𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗲𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗹𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗹𝘆.
• Strong 𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗹.
• Ability to 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝘂𝗴𝗴𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀.
• Comfortable working in a 𝗳𝗮𝘀𝘁-𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗲𝗻𝘃𝗶𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁.

❌ 𝗗𝗢𝗡'𝗧 𝗔𝗣𝗣𝗟𝗬 𝗜𝗙 𝗔𝗡𝗬 𝗢𝗙 𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗦𝗘 𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗦 𝗗𝗘𝗦𝗖𝗥𝗜𝗕𝗘 𝗬𝗢𝗨;

(i) 𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚗𝚎𝚎𝚍 𝚜𝚙𝚘𝚘𝚗-𝚏𝚎𝚎𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 (𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚍𝚘𝚗'𝚝 𝚗𝚎𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚎 𝚝𝚘𝚕𝚍 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚗𝚎𝚎𝚍𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚎 𝚍𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚌𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚕 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐).

(ii) 𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚙𝚞𝚗𝚌𝚝𝚞𝚊𝚕 (𝚍𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚢𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚜 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍𝚗'𝚝 𝚋𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚘𝚗𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚢).

(iii) 𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚌𝚊𝚗'𝚝 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚗 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚖𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚔𝚎𝚜( 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚖𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚔𝚎𝚜, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚊𝚖𝚎 𝚘𝚗𝚎𝚜).

(iv) 𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚊 𝚏𝚒𝚡𝚎𝚍 𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚍𝚜𝚎𝚝 ( 𝚠𝚎 𝚍𝚘𝚗'𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚛 '𝚒𝚝 𝚌𝚊𝚗𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚋𝚎 𝚍𝚘𝚗𝚎', 𝚠𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚛 '𝚒𝚝 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚋𝚎 𝚍𝚘𝚗𝚎, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚠𝚎 𝚗𝚎𝚎𝚍 𝚡𝚢𝚣 𝚝𝚘 𝚎𝚡𝚎𝚌𝚞𝚝𝚎 𝚒𝚝').

(v) 𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚜𝚕𝚘𝚠 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚗𝚎𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚔 𝚒𝚗 𝚒𝚜𝚘𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚘 𝚐𝚎𝚝 𝚘𝚞𝚝𝚙𝚞𝚝𝚜.

(vi) 𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚋𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚎𝚟𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎-𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚔 (𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚋𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚎𝚟𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚏𝚒𝚡𝚎𝚍 𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚍𝚊𝚢𝚜).

(vii) 𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚍𝚘𝚗'𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚗, 𝚎𝚡𝚙𝚕𝚘𝚛𝚎, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚛𝚢 𝚍𝚒𝚏𝚏𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚜.

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