Company Description Persist is a venture studio dedicated to accelerating innovation and altruism worldwide by supporting founders and companies from idea to scale. Since 2017, Persist has exited two companies, helped portfolio ventures generate over 200 million social media views, and supported partner companies in reaching more than 500 million views overall. The organization provides an ecosystem of services, best practices, and institutional support to increase success and reduce inefficiencies for high-potential founders.

Persist is driven by the belief that persistence and innovation can create a flourishing future, with a focus on building impactful, talent-rich companies that use capital efficiently in emerging technology spaces. Team members join a mission-led environment oriented around positive impact, narrative-building, and global talent development.

About the role

We are looking for a Video Editor to create high-performing brand videos and paid social video ads for Persist Ventures. This role is focused almost entirely on editing performance marketing creative that drives purchases, improves ad performance, and helps scale spend.

This is more than a traditional editing role. Your creative work will have a direct and measurable impact on business performance, with significant opportunities for growth, ownership, and additional earnings based on the performance of the ads you create.

Key Responsibilities

- Edit long-form and short-form videos from raw footage through final delivery.
- Work with producers and editors to shape story structure, pacing, context, and visual flow.
- Select and edit footage, soundbites, music, graphics, captions, transitions, and sound design.
- Create platform-specific versions in different formats, durations,



and aspect ratios.
- Follow the brand’s editorial voice, visual identity, and quality standards.
- Use approved assets and maintain correct attribution.
- Manage feedback and revisions while delivering accurate, polished work on schedule.
- Review audience-retention data and viewer feedback to improve future edits.
- Stay informed about current affairs, political developments, platform trends, competitor content, and emerging creative tools.
- Communicate clearly with producers, editors, and other teams throughout the production process.
- Remain flexible during major or breaking news events, including occasional evening or weekend work when required.

What You Will Need

- Strong experience editing short-form and long-form digital video.
- A portfolio demonstrating excellent storytelling, pacing, clarity, and audience engagement.
- Proficiency in professional editing software.
- Experience working with interviews, speeches, news footage, voiceovers, archive material, music, graphics, and captions.
- A strong interest in politics, elections, public policy, international affairs, and current events.
- An understanding of editorial accuracy, responsible sourcing, copyright, and proper attribution.
- Robust knowledge of social platforms, video formats, audience retention, and content packaging.
- Good visual judgment and close attention to detail across footage, sound, graphics, captions, and on-screen text.
- The ability to recognize misleading edits, missing context, and factual inconsistencies.
- Strong communication, time-management, and organizational skills.
- The ability to manage multiple projects, respond constructively to feedback, and meet tight deadlines.
- Flexibility to support breaking or time-sensitive stories when needed

📌 Video Editor (India)
🏢 Persist
📍 India