18 Oct
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VAdz Media
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Delhi
VAdz Media is a creative social media marketing agency working with premium restaurants, luxury fine-dining establishments, upscale lounges, and hospitality CPG brands across Canada and the United States.
As we expand our portfolio of luxury-driven premium restaurant clients, we are looking for a highly skilled and creatively driven Senior Cinematic Video Editor who understands how to transform professional restaurant footage into exceptional, visually sophisticated content.
We are NOT looking for a basic social media reel editor who relies on flashy transitions, templates, trending effects, or fast-paced editing.
We are looking for someone with an exceptional creative eye who understands cinematic storytelling, quiet luxury aesthetics, intentional pacing, premium colour grading, sophisticated sound design, and high-end visual presentation.
The ideal candidate should be able to make a luxury restaurant look and feel genuinely premium through their editing.
Key Responsibilities :-
1. Luxury Restaurant Cinematic Video Editing
- Edit high-end cinematic Instagram Reels, TikTok videos, restaurant promotional videos, and short-form brand films.
- Create premium, slow-paced, visually engaging edits that reflect the sophistication and exclusivity of luxury fine-dining restaurants.
- Transform professional raw footage into polished, cinematic content that communicates each restaurant's luxury identity.
- Edit content showcasing fine-dining experiences, restaurant interiors, ambience, signature dishes, culinary craftsmanship, cocktails, hospitality, and lifestyle.
- Incorporate smooth transitions, elegant slow-motion sequences, refined shot selection, and intentional pacing.
- Ensure every edit maintains a premium aesthetic without excessive effects or unnecessary visual distractions.
2. Creative Storytelling & Visual Aesthetics
- Develop unique and creative editing concepts rather than simply assembling footage.
- Understand how to use visual storytelling to evoke emotions, build anticipation, and communicate a restaurant's atmosphere and brand positioning.
- Demonstrate exceptional judgment in shot selection, sequencing, composition, and visual flow.
- Create editorial-style edits inspired by luxury hospitality, high-end commercial films, fashion campaigns, and premium lifestyle brands.
- Understand when to use dramatic pauses, cinematic reveals, detailed close-ups, and subtle visual movement.
- Bring independent creative ideas that elevate the quality of the final content.
3. Advanced Cinematic Colour Grading
- Perform professional colour correction and cinematic colour grading on restaurant footage.
- Create rich, sophisticated colour tones suitable for upscale restaurant environments.
- Work with professionally shot footage, including LOG formats and high-resolution camera files.
- Maintain consistent colours, contrast, highlights, shadows, and skin tones throughout each edit.
- Understand how to enhance warm restaurant lighting, moody interiors, fine-dining food presentation, and luxury lounge atmospheres.
- Develop consistent colour treatments aligned with each restaurant's unique brand identity.
4. Premium Sound Design & Music Selection
- Select sophisticated music that complements cinematic storytelling and luxury brand positioning.
- Use refined sound design, ambient audio, and subtle effects to enhance the viewing experience.
- Synchronize visuals with music naturally while maintaining elegant pacing.
- Understand the importance of silence, atmosphere, and restraint in premium cinematic editing.
- Avoid unnecessary sound effects, exaggerated transitions, and overly aggressive music synchronization.
5. Creative Collaboration & Brand Consistency
- Collaborate with our creative strategists, videographers, and marketing team to execute premium content concepts.
- Follow creative briefs, brand guidelines, and visual references.
- Maintain a consistent visual identity across all content created for each restaurant.
- Provide creative suggestions to improve shot selection, storytelling, and overall video quality.
- Manage multiple client projects while maintaining quality and meeting deadlines.
- Incorporate feedback professionally and deliver polished final edits.
Required Skills & Qualifications
- Minimum 3 years of professional video editing experience, with a strong portfolio of cinematic work.
- Proven experience editing content for premium restaurants, fine-dining establishments, luxury hospitality brands, or high-end commercial projects.
- Advanced proficiency in Adobe Premiere Pro and/or DaVinci Resolve.
- Strong expertise in skilled cinematic colour grading, sound design, and visual storytelling.
- Excellent understanding of luxury visual aesthetics, composition, lighting, and intentional editing.
- Experience working with LOG footage, professional cameras, and high-resolution video formats.
- Ability to create sophisticated, slow-paced cinematic edits without relying on preset templates or excessive transitions.
- Strong creative judgment and the ability to independently elevate the quality of raw footage.
- Excellent attention to detail, organization, and communication.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience editing luxury restaurant advertisements, high-end food cinematography, or hospitality brand films.
- Experience with luxury lifestyle, fashion, jewellery, hotel, or premium commercial video production.
- Knowledge of Adobe After Effects for subtle motion graphics and sophisticated visual enhancements.
- Strong understanding of Instagram Reels and short-form social media video formats.
- Experience developing consistent visual identities across multiple premium brands.
We want an editor who:
- Understands the difference between ordinary restaurant social media content and luxury restaurant brand storytelling.
- Can deliver premium, cinematic, visually striking videos that communicate exclusivity, sophistication, and elegance.
- Has an exceptional eye for detail, colours, transitions, pacing, and composition.
- Can creatively transform raw restaurant footage into polished luxury brand content.
- Understands that effective luxury content does not require constant movement, flashy effects, or aggressive transitions.
- Can take creative direction while also bringing original ideas and strong visual judgment.
- Takes pride in delivering exceptional work rather than prioritizing quantity over quality.
Our creative philosophy: Quality over quantity. Every reel should feel thoughtfully produced, visually refined, and aligned with the restaurant's premium brand positioning. To be considered, please submit:
- Your updated resume.
- A portfolio/showreel highlighting your best cinematic editing work.
- At least 3 examples of premium cinematic edits, preferably for luxury restaurants, fine-dining establishments, or upscale hospitality brands.
- Your preferred editing software and experience with colour grading and sound design.
- Your availability.
Important: Applications without a relevant video editing portfolio will not be considered. Shortlisted candidates will be invited to complete a practical editing assessment using raw restaurant footage provided by VAdz Media. The assessment will focus on cinematic storytelling, premium visual aesthetics, colour grading, creative editing, pacing, and sound design.
Join VAdz Media
This is an opportunity to work on premium restaurant and luxury hospitality brands across North America while helping shape their visual identities through exceptional cinematic content.
If you have a strong creative vision, understand luxury aesthetics, and know how to make restaurant content look truly cinematic, we would love to see your work.
Pay: ₹30,000.00 - ₹65,000.00 per month
Work Location: Remote
📌 Senior Cinematic Video Editor – Luxury Brands & Restaurants (Delhi)
🏢 VAdz Media
📍 Delhi