The Role

We're hiring an in-house short-form editor to own our Reels and YouTube Shorts output end-to-end. You'll work directly with [our founder / our creator / our brand team] to ship retention-first edits that earn the first 3 seconds and hold the rest.

This isn't a "drag-clips-to-timeline" role. We want an editor who thinks in hooks, edits in beats, and animates with intent. Mid-level here means you ship publish-ready cuts without hand-holding, push back on briefs that won't perform, and bring trends to us before we ask.

What You'll Ship
- 25 - 30 short-form edits per month:
primarily Instagram Reels and YouTube Shorts, with occasional LinkedIn video and long-form repurposes
- They are motion-graphics-led:
kinetic typography, animated lower-thirds, logo stings, masked transitions, straightforward 2D character/object motion
- Full post-production ownership per edit: rough cut → sound design & SFX → motion → captions → color → delivery
- 2–3 trend or format ideas per week brought to the team — sounds, hooks, on-screen text styles, edit structures




- Light review of junior editor cuts and contributions to our preset/template library

What We're Looking For

Must-haves:
- 2–4 years editing short-form for Instagram Reels and/or YouTube Shorts, with shipped work to show
- Strong
Adobe Premiere Pro + After Effects
workflow — you build your own motion graphics, you don't only adapt templates
- A retention-first instinct: hook in the first 1–3 seconds, pacing that holds the curve, no dead frames
- Current trend literacy on Reels and Shorts — sounds, formats, kinetic caption styles (Poppins / Montserrat / Inter etc.)
- Sound design instincts — when a beat drop, SFX, or beat of silence does the work
- Color grading via Lumetri (or DaVinci Resolve) — clean, consistent, brand-aware
- Comfort shipping 4–6 edits a week without quality drop

Nice-to-haves:
- CapCut Pro for fast trend matches and mobile-native edits
- DaVinci Resolve for grading
- Photoshop / Illustrator for asset crea

📌 Short-Form Video Editor (Bengaluru)
🏢 Phoenix Studio
📍 Bengaluru