About Horizon Lumora
At Horizon Lumora, we are a fast-growing startup team of 10 people building highimpact digital narratives, deep-dive media assets, and engaging content ecosystems for our dynamic YouTube channels and social media pages. We specialize in exploring cutting-edge technology, global business landscapes, company deep-dives, and industry developments. If you want to make a massive impact in a tight-knit, highgrowth startup environment where your voice truly matters, this is your platform.
About the Role
We are looking for a Documentary Videographer & Video Editor to bring ordinary people’s lives to the screen. In this role, you will follow hardworking people, street vendors, local artists and craftspeople, capturing their daily routines, unique skills, family responsibilities, community life, challenges and achievements. You will handle the full process, from finding stories and planning visits to filming, editing the final documentary.
Job Details
- Experience: Minimum 3 years in videography and video editing.
- Salary: ₹25,000–₹40,000 per month, depending on experience and portfolio.
- Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka.
- Employment: Full-time, work from office, 6 days per week.
- Languages: Spoken Kannada and English are required.
- Travel: Required for filming.
- Filming schedule: Following someone’s full day may require filming between 6:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m., once or twice a week. These days will be planned with breaks and agreed working arrangements.
Responsibilities
- Find and plan stories: Identify people, occupations, arts and crafts worth documenting. Speak with participants, understand their routine, prepare questions and arrange locations and filming permissions.
- Follow everyday life: Capture morning preparation, daily work, customer interactions, breaks and the end of the day. Include family and community life where participants agree, without disrupting their routine.
- Show skills and real experiences: Film the tools, techniques and effort behind unique crafts and arts.
Explore how people earn a living, overcome difficulties and take pride in their work. Show achievements and everyday joys alongside challenges.
- Conduct natural interviews: Speak with people in Kannada and English, ask thoughtful follow-up questions and help them feel comfortable. Get consent, respect private matters and avoid staging events or forcing emotional answers.
- Manage filming independently: Carry and set up cameras, lenses, microphones, lighting and stabilisers. Adapt to crowds, noise, changing light and weather. Keep batteries and storage ready, check recordings and capture clear sound and useful supporting footage.
- Edit the full documentary: Turn hours of footage into a focused story with a robust opening, natural flow and meaningful ending. Complete music, subtitles, suitable graphics, colour correction and audio cleanup while preserving the meaning of life story of hard working people.
- Check and deliver the final video: Verify names, facts and translations, use properly licensed material and review picture and sound quality. Organise files, back up footage after filming, share progress and finish revisions within agreed deadlines.
Skills and Experience
- At least 3 years of professional filming and editing experience, with a portfolio showing relevant long-form videos.
- Ability to interview confidently in Kannada and English and prepare or check English translation for Kannada conversations.
- Strong camera handling skills, including manual settings, lens selection, framing and using tripods or stabilisers.
- Good knowledge of lighting and microphone placement, including recording in busy outdoor locations.
- Proficiency in Adobe Premiere Pro or DaVinci Resolve, including colour and audio editing. After Effects experience is a plus.
- Ability to recognise meaningful moments and build an engaging, honest story. Documentary, craft, travel or community-based filming experience is a plus.
- Ability to manage fieldwork independently, meet deadlines and work with feedback. Patience, clear communication and readiness for travel and long filming days are essential.
How to Apply Email your application to
[email protected].
Email subject: Application – Documentary Videographer & Video Editor – Your Full Name Please include:
- Your updated resume and a working portfolio link.
- Two relevant long-form videos, explaining your role in filming, interviewing and editing.
- The cameras and editing software you have used.
- Your current location and joining availability.
- Share only work you contributed to and make sure all links open without requesting access.
Pay: ₹25,000.00 - ₹40,000.00 per month
Application Question(s)
- 1. How many years of experience do you have in videography and video editing? Share two relevant long-form videos and explain your role.
- 2. Can you make shootings in Kannada and English also translate into English for Kannada conversations?
- 3. Are you willing to work from our Bengaluru office 6 days per week and travel for filming?
- 4. Can you attend planned filming days between 6:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m., once or twice a week, with breaks and agreed working arrangements?
- 5. If you followed a street vendor or craftsperson for a full day, what would you capture? Give three questions you would ask.
- 6. Which cameras, microphones and editing software have you used? Describe how you handled a problem with lighting, sound or equipment during filming.
- 7. Why are you suited to this role and what personal strengths would you bring?
- 8. What is your expected monthly salary and when could you join?
Work Location: In person
📌 Documentary Videographer & Video Editor -- Long-Form YouTube Videos (Bengaluru)
🏢 Horizon Lumora
📍 Bengaluru