YouTube Video Editor – Long-Form

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Video Editor creating documentary-style content for YouTube focused on science, history, and nature at Atrium. Crafting immersive videos with strong storytelling and high-quality visuals.

Responsibilities:

  • Edit long-form, documentary-style videos tailored for YouTube, with a strong focus on storytelling, pacing, and audience retention
  • Refine the pacing of cuts, voiceover timing, and pauses to create a compelling narrative flow
  • Work with pre-rendered 3D sequences, integrating them seamlessly into the edit based on provided direction
  • Source high-quality, relevant stock footage if needed, and creatively incorporate it to support the story
  • Create immersive transitions and engaging visual moments that elevate the viewing experience
  • Apply color correction to ensure consistency between stock footage and 3D segments
  • Collaborate closely with Directors to align on narrative structure, tone, and creative vision
  • Integrate motion design elements (provided and/or self-created depending on skill level)
  • Handle basic sound design, including audio cleanup, mixing, and balancing
  • Ensure consistency in style, tone, and branding across all videos
  • Deliver high-quality edits within tight deadlines to support a consistent publishing schedule

Requirements:

  • Proven experience editing YouTube content, ideally documentary-style or narrative-driven formats
  • Strong understanding of pacing, storytelling, and audience retention techniques
  • Ability to source and curate high-quality stock footage that enhances storytelling
  • Strong eye for visual cohesion, especially when blending different types of media (stock + 3D)
  • Experience with color correction and creating a consistent visual look
  • Detail-oriented, with a strong focus on quality and storytelling clarity
  • Ability to work efficiently under tight deadlines
  • Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate with creative teams
  • Solid portfolio showcasing relevant YouTube or long-form work
  • Comfortable creating or adapting motion graphics when needed (bonus, not required)
  • Bonus: Experience in sound design and audio post-production

Benefits:

  • Health insurance
  • Paid time off
  • Professional development opportunities