Video Editor - 19844

Video Editor

Employment Type: Full-time, Independent Contractor

Work Model: Remote

Work Hours: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM U.S. Central Time (CT)

Role Summary

We are seeking a highly skilled, technically proficient Video Editor to transform dynamic event footage and premium brand assets into high-performing marketing and social content. In this role, you will collaborate closely with the Media Director and a fast-moving creative team to produce paid advertisements, sponsor-integrated posts, high-energy event recaps, and short-form deliverables engineered to drive ticket sales and fan engagement.

This is a hands-on position requiring deep technical mastery within Adobe Premiere Pro and After Effects, backed by strong color, sound design, and motion graphic fundamentals. A native understanding of live events, festival management, or sports storytelling is highly preferred.

Key Responsibilities

1. Marketing & Paid Advertisements

• Campaign Velocity: Edit high-converting short-form video ads for upcoming events planned 120+ days in advance.

• Multi-Placement Formatting: Build and export asset variations tailored for multiple social placements and specific aspect ratios (9:16, 1:1, 16:9).

• Creative Compositions: Seamlessly integrate on-camera talent, secondary b-roll archives, clean text animations, and lower thirds following established brand guidelines.

2. Social Media & Sponsorship Content

• Sponsor Integrations: Produce partner-integrated social posts and digital cutdowns that respect commercial brand boundaries.

• Brand Continuity: Rigidly apply specified brand colors, typography, and graphic templates across all video layouts.

• Review Cycle Management: Turn around edits rapidly and manage version controls using Frame.io.

3. Event Storytelling & Post-Event Recaps

• Story Assembly: Create compelling event recap videos that highlight overall flow, peak competitive moments, and tournament/event winners.

• Archive Navigation: Independently select and sequence footage from large, unstructured digital video archives with minimal hand-holding.

• Pacing Mastery: Harmonize video pacing, licensed music tracks, crowd energy, and athlete features for maximum emotional impact.

4. Craft, Technical Quality & Workflow

• Finishing Polish: Perform precise color correction, light grading, sound design, voiceover cleanup, and music mixing.

• Technical Ingestion: Manage variable frame rates, high-bitrate footage, and advanced slow-motion interpolation.

• Asset Organization: Maintain highly structured project file directories, asset templates, and standardized naming conventions for efficient cross-team reuse.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• Experience: 4–7 years of professional video editing experience inside a creative agency, sports media network, or live entertainment environment.

• Software Expertise: Advanced mastery of Adobe Creative Cloud (Premiere Pro, After Effects, Photoshop, and Media Encoder) and Frame.io for collaborative reviews.

• Portfolio Requirement: A strong, diverse reel demonstrating high-end short-form advertising, snappy social cutdowns, and narrative-driven event recaps.

• Attention to Detail: Absolute precision across audio leveling, visual continuity, frame composition, and typography alignment.

• Industry Context: Deep familiarity with live events or sports storytelling (direct pickleball ecosystem knowledge is a major plus).

• Language Proficiency: Strong English language proficiency with clear, proactive professional communication habits.

Nice to Have Qualifications

• Direct experience engineering broadcast-ready deliverables.

• Custom motion graphics design capabilities.

• On-site field production, camera capture, or photography experience.

Success Metrics (KPIs)

• Schedule Integrity: Reliable, on-time delivery of creative assets against aggressive campaign calendars.

• First-Pass Quality: Low revision-to-delivery ratios achieved by following brand and sponsor guidelines perfectly on initial drafts.

• Data Hygiene: Keeping shared cloud folders and project file architecture clean, organized, and audit-ready for subsequent editors.

Technology Environment & Tools

• Adobe Creative Cloud (Premiere, After Effects, Photoshop, Media Encoder)

• Frame.io, Slack, Google Drive

• Artlist (and other team-provided music/footage licensing platforms)